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Herbarium specimen: Verbascum speciosum

Taxon:Scrophulariaceae: Verbascum speciosum Schrad. ("Hungarian Mullein")
Filed in taxon folder:Scrophulariaceae: Verbascum speciosum Schrad. ("Hungarian Mullein")
Collected by:Mrs Christina Mayne Dony
Collection date:7/7/1953
Locality:Great Britain, VC38 Warwickshire, Great Alne, SP15, on the old sidings of a long disused railway track.
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K001014585
Image:
© Kew
Verbascum speciosum herbarium specimen from Great Alne, VC38 Warwickshire in 1953 by Mrs Christina Mayne Dony.
collector's number:H1369/53
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Determined by I.K. Ferguson, 1977 as V. speciosum Schrad, previously named as "V. thapsus L. x?"
Some plants about 7ft. high.
Hairs on stamen white.
Corolla bright yellow

Inferred details are marked.

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+Verbascum speciosumGB, VC38 Warwickshire, Great AlneChristina Mayne Dony7/7/1953K
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Documented by mccloughlin on 29th June 2014.

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