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Herbarium specimen: Carex hostiana

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex hostiana DC. ("Tawny Sedge")
named by F D Hanson 3/1954
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex hostiana DC. ("Tawny Sedge")
Collected by:Mr William Irvine Fortescue
Collection date:20/8/1885
Locality:Great Britain, VC111 Orkney, Hoy, ND29
ex herb:Rev. Augustin Ley
Botanical Exchange Club of The British Isles
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Carex hostiana herbarium specimen from Hoy, VC111 Orkney in 1885 by Mr William Irvine Fortescue.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits

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Documented by hallucigenia on 29th December 2009.

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