Herbarium specimen: Lythrum salicaria
| Taxon: | Lythraceae: Lythrum salicaria L. ("Purple-loosestrife") |
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| Filed in taxon folder: | Lythraceae: Lythrum salicaria L. ("Purple-loosestrife") |
| Collected by: | Mr Charles Bailey |
| Collection date: | 30/9/1885 |
| Locality: | Ireland, VCH15 South-east Galway, Lough Derg, North western margin of Lough Derg, near Portmuna |
| ex herb: | Rev William Hunt Painter |
| Institution: | Aberystwyth University Herbarium (ABS) |
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| notes: | "with Thalictrum flavum, Galium boreale, Schoenus nigricans and Molinia caerulea"..this plant growing in the rocky, boggy ground....The lower half or two thirds of the stem was leafless, and very slender unlike the luxuriant plant of our Cheshire meres, while the leaves and upper portion of the stem were pilose. It was evident, from the nature of the ground, that the plants were accustomed to grow during times of high water level, when the Shannon was flooded, and hence the bareness of the lower half of the stem. I refer it doubtfully to Koch;s variety canescens, "foliis pilis crispulis subtomentosis" (Synopsis Florae Germ. et Helvet., ed III., p. 214)> There was no trace of flowers or fruit at the late date at which it was gathered, and the members must excuse the autumnal state of the specimens." - Charles Bailey. "I think not. Oh that he had obtained even a trace of the flower or fruit!" C.C. Babington |
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| taxon | locality | collectors | date | institution | ||
| + | Lythrum salicaria | IE, VCH15 South-east Galway, Lough Derg | Charles Bailey | 30/9/1885 | BIRM | |
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Documented by mossysal on 17th January 2008.
