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Herbarium specimen: Potamogeton gramineus

Taxon:Potamogeton gramineus L. ("Various-leaved Pondweed")
det. George Taylor & James Edgar Dandy 1939
Filed in taxon folder:Potamogeton gramineus L. ("Various-leaved Pondweed")
Collected by:Dr Henry Halcro Johnston
Collection date:25/10/1923
Locality:Great Britain, VC111 Orkney, Loch of Boardhouse, HY22, near Langa Ness, Birsay, Mainland. Muddy and stony bottom of a loch under water 6 feet deep., (altitude 51ft)
Institution:Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
Accession number:E00708293
Image:Potamogeton gramineus herbarium specimen from Loch of Boardhouse, VC111 Orkney in 1923 by Dr Henry Halcro Johnston.Potamogeton gramineus herbarium specimen from Loch of Boardhouse, VC111 Orkney in 1923 by Dr Henry Halcro Johnston.
collector's number:2456
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Plant in unripe fruit, and openly in flower, and wholly submerged in water after heavy rain filling up the loch to above its normal summer level.

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Documented by xmhcman on 23rd December 2015.

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