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Herbarium specimen: Cirsium arvense

Taxon:Asteraceae: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. ("Creeping Thistle")
Filed in taxon folder:Asteraceae: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. ("Creeping Thistle")
Collected by:J Breach
Collection date:14/7/1834
Locality:Great Britain, VC11 South Hampshire, Oliver's Battery, SU42, [OS SU4527]
ex herb:J Breach
Robert Russell Hutchinson
Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Cirsium arvense herbarium specimen from Oliver's Battery, VC11 South Hampshire in 1834 by J Breach.
fruits/flowers:no flowers
notes:In cultivated fields and by road sides, a very troublesome weed. Perennial July.
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Documented by xmhcman on 13th December 2012.

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