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Herbarium specimen: Sonchus palustris

Taxon:Asteraceae: Sonchus palustris L. ("Marsh Sow-thistle")
Filed in taxon folder:Asteraceae: Sonchus palustris L. ("Marsh Sow-thistle")
Collected by:Mr James Walter White
Locality:Cultivated
ex herb:Mr James Walter White
Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Mr Cedric Bucknall
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Sonchus palustris herbarium specimen collected by Mr James Walter White.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Given to HST by C Bucknall on 9/1/1922
Letter on sheet viz.
Clifton Jan 9th 1922.
My Dear Thompson
I am rather ashamed to send you the enclosed rather poor specimen of Sonchus palustris with out a label!
But it is the only one I have found among poor Bucknall's stores.
Possible it was from a cultivated plant in his garden-
Kindest regards
Yours sincerely
Jas W White

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Documented by hallucigenia on 31st December 2009.

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