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Herbarium specimen: Centaurium pulchellum

Taxon:Gentianaceae: Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Druce ("Lesser Centaury")
Filed in taxon folder:Gentianaceae: Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Druce ("Lesser Centaury")
Collection date:8/7/1921
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, River Brue, ST34, Saltmarsh at mouth of River Brue
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
exchanged:Watson Botanical Exchange Club
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Centaurium pulchellum herbarium specimen from River Brue, VC6 North Somerset in 1921.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Erythraea ramosissima Pers., var. pulchella Griseb. ap DC Prodf. = E. pulchella var. B. Fries. Small and often 1-flowered seedlings from Salt Marsh at mouth of R. Brue, N. Somerset, July 1921. In 1898 from the same marsh larger specimens with broad leaves were considered by C, E. Salmon a rather remarkable form of pulchella.-H. S. Thompson. Yes, Persoon's name dates from 1807, Fries' from 1814. Why Fries' name has been so long used seems odd. It seems to be the same as E. pulchella Fr., sub-var. pusilla, Coss. et Germ. "Fl. Paris," p. 258 (1845).- A. Bennett.
Filing note:Erythraea pulchella

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