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[oldnick]

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Specimen #312691

Taxon:	Brassicaceae: Draba muralis L. ("Wall Whitlowgrass")
Filed in taxon folder:	Brassicaceae: Draba muralis L. ("Wall Whitlowgrass")
Collection date:	10/5/1921
Locality:	Great Britain, VC36 Herefordshire, Ledbury, SO73, Wall top near Ledbury [Bickham's abode; mistranscribed as 'Sedbury']
ex herb:	Mr Spencer Henry Bickham Mr Isaac A Helsby
exchanged:	Watson Botanical Exchange Club
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	seeds/fruits
notes:	'Draba muralis, Speedwell-leaved Whitlow-grass'

Inferred details are marked.

Documented by mossysal on 2^nd January 2011.

Edit history

date	user	change
24/11/2011	oldnick	Deleted locality: GB VC34 Sedbury, Wall top near
24/11/2011	oldnick	Added locality: GB VC34 Sedbury, Wall top near [see message board!]
24/11/2011	oldnick	Deleted locality: GB VC34 Sedbury, Wall top near [see message board!]
24/11/2011	oldnick	Added locality: GB VC36 Ledbury, Wall top near [see message board!]
22/09/2015	oldnick	Deleted locality: GB VC36 Ledbury, Wall top near [see message board!]
22/09/2015	oldnick	Added locality: GB VC36 Ledbury, Wall top near Ledbury [Bickham's abode; mistranscribed as 'Sedbury']
22/09/2015	oldnick	Added note: 'Draba muralis, Speedwell-leaved Whitlow-grass'

Specimen #312692

Taxon:	Brassicaceae: Draba muralis L. ("Wall Whitlowgrass")
Filed in taxon folder:	Brassicaceae: Draba muralis L. ("Wall Whitlowgrass")
Collection date:	7/5/1928
Locality:
ex herb:	Mr George Claridge Druce Mr Isaac A Helsby
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
fruits/flowers:	seeds/fruits
notes:	small plant from Dr Druce [no site info]

Documented by mossysal on 2^nd January 2011.

Edit history

date	user	change
22/09/2015	oldnick	Deleted note: small plant from Dr Druce
22/09/2015	oldnick	Added note: small plant from Dr Druce [no site info]

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User comments about this sheet

oldnick wrote

Sedbury or Ledbury? I suspect a transcription error for the latter, which I think is more Bickham's area. I have seen labels in his handwriting where his L in Ledbury is superficially like an S

[mossysal]

There is an old record for D muralis from ST59 [Sedbury] and none from SO63 [Ledbury]. On checking further though, this is a sheet from Bickham so the same error may have been perpetuated - well spotted! Having spent a while on this I am sure you are right.

[David Price]

For the record Ledbury is SO73 and New Atlas has a pre 1970 for this sp. In both Ledbury and Sedbury it was an alien.

[mossysal]

Yes, thank you. that one was also Bickham's collection from the same date 10/5/1921 in BM. "Now extinct". Classed as casual although native on limestone. Why do we not consider ferns on mortared walls to be aliens, I wonder?

[oldnick]

This can't be Draba muralis - the fruits and leaves are completely unlike!

[oldnick]

Sorry, it is Draba muralis - my mistake, I'd been looking at Diplotaxis muralis ......... duh.