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Herbarium specimen: Deschampsia flexuosa

Taxon:Poaceae: Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. ("Wavy Hair-grass")
named by James B Phipps 1960
Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. ("Wavy Hair-grass")
Collection date:21/7/1915
Locality:Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Crookham
ex herb:Rev Douglas Montague Heath
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Deschampsia flexuosa herbarium specimen from Crookham, VC17 Surrey in 1915.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Pronounced D.setacea by F.R. but will not answer to it by Bab'
[rough upper sheath pedical to 2nd fl.]

To distinguish from D. caespitosa Bab. (sketch and the following note) aura bent twisted at base from ? base of pale and exceeding it

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Documented by chrisu on 9th October 2009.

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