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Herbarium specimen: Solanum dulcamara

Taxon:Solanaceae: Solanum dulcamara L. ("Bittersweet")
Filed in taxon folder:Solanaceae: Solanum dulcamara L. ("Bittersweet")
Collected by:William West (Bradford)
C P Smith
Collection date:19/5/1890
Locality:Great Britain, VC13 West Sussex, Shoreham-by-Sea, TQ20, beach, (altitude 0ft)
ex herb:William West (Bradford)
Prof George Stephen West
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Solanum dulcamara herbarium specimen from Shoreham-by-Sea, VC13 West Sussex in 1890 by William West (Bradford).
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:A curious prostrate variety.
The year not given on the label, but there are other West/Smith records from Shoreham for May 1890, so that year seems reasonable.

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Documented by john hughes on 25th July 2009.

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