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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:Mr Allan Octavian Hume
Collection date:22/8/1900
Locality:Great Britain, VC2 East Cornwall, West Looe, SX25, Old Polperro Road just above Downs.
ex herb:Mr Allan Octavian Hume
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Cirsium arvense herbarium specimen from West Looe, VC2 East Cornwall in 1900 by Mr Allan Octavian Hume.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Stem solid - pappus not very perceptibly feathery - Flowers a red purple like palustris, not the usual mauve blue of arvensis.

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Documented by xmhcman on 14th December 2012.

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