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Herbarium specimen: Erigeron borealis

Taxon:Asteraceae: Erigeron borealis (Vierh.) Simmons ("Alpine Fleabane")
Filed in taxon folder:Asteraceae: Erigeron borealis (Vierh.) Simmons ("Alpine Fleabane")
Collected by:Kinck
Collection date:7/1865
Locality:Norway, Finnmark, Soroen, Soroen in Finmark [Norway / Sweden]
ex herb:Mr Allan Octavian Hume
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Erigeron borealis herbarium specimen from Soroen, Finnmark in 1865 by Kinck.
collector's number:15609
notes:'A true deep water species, originally described from Bohuslan, Sweden, and Bergen,
Norway. G. O. Sars found it off the Norwegian coast (Hardanger) in a maximum depth
of about 800 m, near Bodo and the Lofoten islands in 280-565 m, and near Hasvig, Soroen,
Finnmark, in the same depth' [- interweb; SW corner of Sørøya island apparently]

Associated records

Other specimen entries from this sheet.
 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Erigeron borealisGB, VC88 Mid Perthshire, Ben LawersCecil Prescott Hurst24/7/1906SLBI
+Erigeron borealisAT, SalzburgAnton von SpitzelSLBI
+Erigeron borealisRobert Collett23/7/1863SLBI
+Erigeron borealisAT, Windischgarsten24/8/1865SLBI

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Documented by oldnick on 21st November 2012.

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