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Specimen #300913

Taxon:	Asteraceae: Inula conyzae (Griess.) Meikle ("Ploughman's-spikenard")
Filed in taxon folder:	Asteraceae: Inula conyzae (Griess.) Meikle ("Ploughman's-spikenard")
Collected by:	Mr Isaiah Waterloo Nicholson Keys
Collection date:	1851
Locality:	Great Britain, VC3 South Devon, Plymouth, SX45, Stoke Damerel
ex herb:	John Gilbert Baker Prof George Stephen West
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers

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Documented by hallucigenia on 11^th June 2010.

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date	user	change
13/06/2010	hallucigenia	Deleted locality:
13/06/2010	hallucigenia	Added locality: GB VC3 Plymouth, Stoke Damerel,
13/06/2010	hallucigenia	Deleted collector: J W N (J W N)
13/06/2010	hallucigenia	Added collector: Mr Isaiah Waterloo Nicholson Keys

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hallucigenia wrote

I think the date is 1851 but it could be 1857. also the place name is very faint [Sark?], and collector ideas?

[David Price]

Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, Devon
I W N Keys

[hallucigenia]

Thanks again.
I collected a specimen the other day which I cannot trace;
80-100cm tall flower spike, no leaves at base or on stem, two dozen or so greenish flowers on a fairly loose spike on the top 10-15cm, the flowers have six equally spaced petals pointed at the tip, it could I suppose be a parasite, it is in the press at the moment but I intend to find another and photograph it.
C

[David Price]

Sounds interesting. Why do you think it may be a parasite? What is its habitat? Is it a monocot? It sounds as if it could be an Ornithogalum - have a look at O. pyrenaicum http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/276615/?image or try Quentin Groom's key http://www.botanicalkeys.co.uk/flora/
D

[hallucigenia]

David
Parasite bit of a wild guess because it has no leaves of any sort, and lots of dead wood/ fungus here, but I see looking again in my books that it could be O.pyenaicum although the picture [B+W] shows lanceolate leaves, but lasting but not long lasting, I know of a large area of them in a lane so I will go and look tomorrow and examine the leaves [if any] closely.
There is a very odd plant that grows by the river in very wet places never more then 4-5 cm high deep blue / purple no leaves in very large dense clumps often under water in winter floods, we intend to try and find it [not hard] next time we visit Prayssac.
Lots of varied Orchards in flower now, it helps that this is a plant conservation area and the verges are cut very late and only one cut wide.
Chris

[hallucigenia]

You were right it is O.pyenaicum I photographed the large clump and carefully went over the ground by the stem bases but no leaves or remains of such, as a double check I will study the seed pods when formed.
Chris