Herbarium specimen: Hippocrepis comosa
| Taxon: | Fabaceae: Hippocrepis comosa L. ("Horseshoe Vetch") |
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| Filed in taxon folder: | Fabaceae: Hippocrepis comosa L. ("Horseshoe Vetch") |
| Collected by: | Mr Harold Stuart Thompson |
| Collection date: | 12/6/1921 |
| Locality: | Great Britain, VC6,VC34, Bristol, ST57, By River Avon, Bristol, in Rifle range enclosure. |
| ex herb: | Mr Harold Stuart Thompson |
| Institution: | University of Birmingham (BIRM) |
| Image: |  |
| fruits/flowers: | mature flowers |
| notes: | Heads 25-26 mm across average in type 18-21 mm. Plant Straggling, 4 to 8 decimetres, caespitose?, and much branched, Peduncles long, 8-17 centimetres. flowers rather large, 9-12 mm. leaves large. I consider this var merly an elongated large form, due to growing in a level damp grassy place HST; Rouy says "Lieux herbeux, presque humides" |
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Documented by hallucigenia on 11th April 2009.
Checked by oldnick
