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Herbarium specimen: Geranium purpureum subsp. fosteri

Taxon:Geraniaceae: Geranium purpureum subsp. fosteri
Filed in taxon folder:Geraniaceae: Geranium purpureum subsp. fosteri
Collected by:Mr Herbert William Pugsley
Collection date:24/6/1925
Locality:Great Britain, VC13 West Sussex, Middleton, SZ99, Shingle at Middleton, bognor
ex herb:Mr Herbert William Pugsley
exchanged:Watson Botanical Exchange Club
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Geranium purpureum subsp. fosteri herbarium specimen from Middleton, VC13 West Sussex in 1925 by Mr Herbert William Pugsley.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:G. purpureum Vill., var Forsteri wilmott. Shingle at Middleton, Bognor regis, sussex, June 27,1925 [No 415] coll H W Pugsley. this is a prostrate form of G. purpureum analogous with variety maritimum Bab. of G Robertianum L., from which it may be distinguished by its much smaller flowers, with yellow anthers,and by its more strongly wrinkled fruits. Vide Journ. Bot. lix, 93 (1912) - H W Pugsley

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Documented by johned on 24th October 2011.

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