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Herbarium specimen: Verbascum virgatum

Taxon:Scrophulariaceae: Verbascum virgatum Stokes ("Twiggy Mullein")
Collected by:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Collection date:10/1944
Locality:Great Britain, VC39 Staffordshire, Handsworth, SP09, Garden weed.
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Verbascum virgatum herbarium specimen from Handsworth, VC39 Staffordshire in 1944 by Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges.
collector's number:1434
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:I have assigned this plant to the above with some doubt. The smooth crenate leaves suggest V. blattaria but the short 1-3 flowering pedicels and eglandular upper leaves suggest virgatum.
Filing note:Verbascum

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Documented by johned on 29th June 2012.

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