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Herbarium specimen: Stellaria palustris

Taxon:Caryophyllaceae: Stellaria palustris Ehrh. ex Hoffm. ("Marsh Stitchwort")
Other name:Stellaria glauca
Filed in taxon folder:Caryophyllaceae: Stellaria palustris Ehrh. ex Hoffm. ("Marsh Stitchwort")
Collected by:Mr Edward Charles Wallace
Collection date:1/7/1928
Locality:Great Britain, VC21 Middlesex, Walton Bridge, TQ06
ex herb:Mr Edward Charles Wallace
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Stellaria palustris herbarium specimen from Walton Bridge, VC21 Middlesex in 1928 by Mr Edward Charles Wallace.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Cutting: Stellaria glauca With. var. viridis Fr. By Walton Bridge, Middlesex, July 1928. - E.C. Wallace. See Journ. Bot. 1910, 223. No flowers seen at end July. I found it near Amberley on Aug. 19. - E.C. Wallace. Quite correct. My specimens have green leaves, somewhat similar to those of S. Holostea or S. graminea without the cilia on the margins of both, and without the bristly hairs on the lower side of the nerve of the former. - J. Fraser.

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