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Herbarium specimen: Colchicum autumnale

Taxon:Liliaceae: Colchicum autumnale L. ("Meadow Saffron")
Filed in taxon folder:Liliaceae: Colchicum autumnale L. ("Meadow Saffron")
Collected by:Mrs Frances Louisa Foord-Kelcey
Collection date:7/9/1908
Locality:Great Britain, VC25 East Suffolk, Bredfield, TM25, Plentiful on heavy soil about Bredfield, nr. Woodbridge, Suffolk.
ex herb:Mr Charles Bailey
Mrs Frances Louisa Foord-Kelcey
exchanged:Watson Botanical Exchange Club
Institution:Manchester Museum (MANCH)
Image:Colchicum autumnale herbarium specimen from Bredfield, VC25 East Suffolk in 1908 by Mrs Frances Louisa Foord-Kelcey.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:white variety C candicum Scott & Kotschy. journal cuttings re ?native status

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Documented by janecara on 12th January 2007.

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