Feedback request: Ajuga chamaepitys (38240)

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Specimen #363974

Taxon:	Lamiaceae: Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. ("Ground-pine")
Filed in taxon folder:	Lamiaceae: Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. ("Ground-pine")
Collection date:	7/1894
Locality:	Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Mickleham Downs, TQ15
ex herb:	Dulwich College
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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fruits/flowers:	mature flowers
notes:	Note on Greek names English Ground Pine, Ground Ivy, Field Cypress Before the present century this plant was known as the Forget-me-not, owing that title to the nauseous taste it leaves in the mouth!

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Documented by portwild on 18^th June 2013.

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portwild wrote

Nice notes on the name, but by who? F.R.?