Herbarium specimen: Ballota nigra subsp. nigra
| Taxon: | Lamiaceae: Ballota nigra subsp. nigra |
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| Filed in taxon folder: | Lamiaceae: Ballota nigra subsp. nigra |
| Collected by: | Mr James Cosmo Melvill |
| Collection date: | 6/1901 |
| Locality: | Great Britain, VC9 Dorset, Studland Bay, SZ08, in two places at studland bay, dorset |
| ex herb: | Botanical Exchange Club of The British Isles |
| Institution: | Aberystwyth University Herbarium (ABS) |
| Image: |  |
| fruits/flowers: | no flowers |
| notes: | [Report re subsp] Having gathered B. ruderalis for the first time at Studland, I am satisfied as to its specific distinctness from B.alba (L)., auct. plur. The soft, velvety appearance of the whole plant, and pleasnt odour when bruised, contrasts sharply with the common black horehound. Nyman 'Consp. Fl.Eur.,' p 581, admits the two species -- B.alba(L.) with synonym foetida, Lam., the common species, and B.nigra, L, with synonym ruderalis, Sw., the species with more restricted distribution. Babington ('Mamn.,' ed. viii., p. 284) distinguishes the two species, while Hooker ('Student's Flora,'p.330) unites them. Of course , Bentham does likewise. --J.COSMO MElVILL. "correct."--Ed. |
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