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Herbarium specimen: Saxifraga hypnoides

Taxon:Saxifragaceae: Saxifraga hypnoides L. ("Mossy Saxifrage")
Other name:Saxifraga sponhemica
Filed in taxon folder:Saxifraga sponhemica
Collected by:Rev. Edward Shearburn Marshall
Collection date:30/6/1888
Locality:Great Britain, VC88 Mid Perthshire, Ben More, NN42, (altitude 3000ft)
ex herb:Mr William Hadden Beeby
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Saxifraga hypnoides herbarium specimen from Ben More, VC88 Mid Perthshire in 1888 by Rev. Edward Shearburn Marshall.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Herbage brighter green than in ordinary sponhemica; flowers yellower-white; petals shorter, flatter, contiguous, with 3 greenish veins. Perhpas "S. platypetala"?

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Saxifraga hypnoidesGB, VC88 Mid Perthshire, Ben MoreEdward Shearburn Marshall30/6/1888PTH

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Saxifraga hypnoidesGB, VC48 Merionethshire, Dinas Mawddwy CultivatedAugustin Ley10/6/1879SLBI

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