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Herbarium specimen: Cephalanthera longifolia

Taxon:Orchidaceae: Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch ("Narrow-leaved Helleborine")
Filed in taxon folder:Orchidaceae: Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch ("Narrow-leaved Helleborine")
Collected by:Mr Victor Samuel Summerhayes
Collection date:19/5/1957
Locality:Great Britain, VC8 South Wiltshire, Winterbourne, SU13, Winterbourne Down, N.E. of Salisbury. In beech plantation with C. damasonium and few other plants., (altitude 350ft)
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K000790099
Image:
© Kew
Cephalanthera longifolia herbarium specimen from Winterbourne, VC8 South Wiltshire in 1957 by Mr Victor Samuel Summerhayes.
collector's number:2952
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Leaves bright green; flowers pure white, labellum with yellow apex.

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Documented by johned on 16th May 2012.

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