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Herbarium specimen: Taraxacum

Taxon:Asteraceae: Taraxacum F.H. Wigg.
Other name:Leontodon taraxacum
Collection date:1844
Locality:Great Britain, VC90 Angus, Auchmithie, NO6844, on [shore] near
donated by:Prof John Hutton Balfour (Donation to Perth Literary and Antiquarian Society, apparently arranged by William Carmichael MacIntosh ) 1880
Institution:Perth Museum and Art Gallery (PTH)
Accession number:PTH.2005.27.3857
notes:specimen not present but pale outline of it showing branched
scape (see below) is clear (there are actually two sheets that
must have been either side of the specimen); label has 'Curious
branched variety' and 'this specimen given to Sir Wm. Hooker
Febry 2nd. 1846, another given to Botanical Society Edinburgh';
watermark 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1839'

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