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Specimen #291221

Taxon:	Linaceae: Linum catharticum L. ("Fairy Flax")
Filed in taxon folder:	Linaceae: Linum catharticum L. ("Fairy Flax")
Collected by:	Mrs R W Summers
Locality:	Great Britain, England
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	buds/immature flowers

Documented by hallucigenia on 7^th March 2010.

Edit history

date	user	change
07/03/2010	tom humphrey	Added collector: Mrs D W Summers [illegible]
21/03/2010	tom humphrey	Deleted collector: Mrs D W Summers [illegible]
21/03/2010	tom humphrey	Added collector: Mrs R W Summers [illegible]

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hallucigenia wrote

The original label ? is very unclear and the new label seems to be a 'loose' interpretation of it.
I feel that "Black Stain" is more likely to be Black stone VC3. and I am unsure where a "Mrs Summess" appears as collector, what do others think.

[Tom Humphrey]

I've added 'Mrs D W Summers' as collector (presumably the relabeller had some evidence for this). I agree with you that the locality is odd, and I doubt that anything better than 'England' is possible.

regards,

Tom

[oldnick]

Entirely a guess, but Black Stane is on Shetland (while Ysgolion Duon on Carnedd Dafydd could be translated as black stair - and Mrs Summers collected mainly in North Wales) of course neither place is in England (new label)