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Herbarium specimen: Carex acutiformis

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex acutiformis Ehrh. ("Lesser Pond-sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex acutiformis Ehrh. ("Lesser Pond-sedge")
Collection date:5/7/1894
Locality:Great Britain, VC100 Clyde Islands, Machrie Bay, NR883369, Close to mouth of the river Iorsa at D[o]ugarie, 4 mils N of Machrie.
ex herb:Mr Arthur Bennett
Institution:Natural History Museum (BM)
Accession number:1126615
Image:Carex acutiformis herbarium specimen from Machrie Bay, VC100 Clyde Islands in 1894.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:"Dear Sir: I forward herewith a somewhat striking sedge I have today met with in a marsh - where there was abundance of [Carex] rostrata ... though I searched diligently [rest of letter not shown].

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Documented by johned on 21st April 2015.

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