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Herbarium specimen: Centaurea nigra

Taxon:? Asteraceae: Centaurea nigra L. ("Common Knapweed")
Other name:Asteraceae: Centaurea jacea L. ("Brown Knapweed")
Locality:Great Britain, VC12 North Hampshire, Alresford, SU5833
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.2005.27.4498
notes:this specimen looks more like Centaurea nigra than Centaurea
jacea, cf. the following specimen; white mounting strips

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