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Herbarium specimen: Sonchus asper

Taxon:Asteraceae: Sonchus asper (L.) Hill ("Prickly Sow-thistle")
Other name:Sonchus oleraceus var. asper
Collection date:1/7/1822
Locality:Great Britain, VC83 Midlothian, Edinburgh, NT2773
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.2005.27.3938
notes:label has 'Who would suppose this plant, with the pinnatifid
spinous leaves, was the same with or only a variety of that with
entire delicate leaves?'

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