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Herbarium specimen: Daboecia cantabrica

Taxon:Ericaceae: Daboecia cantabrica (Huds.) K. Koch ("St Dabeoc's Heath")
Filed in taxon folder:Ericaceae: Daboecia cantabrica (Huds.) K. Koch ("St Dabeoc's Heath")
Collected by:Arnold Eliott
Collection date:10/1921
Locality:Ireland, VCH16 West Galway, Connemara, L85, District
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Daboecia cantabrica herbarium specimen from Connemara, VCH16 West Galway in 1921 by Arnold Eliott.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Stray blossoms Legit Arnold Eliott writing from Letterfrack
Sea level to 1900ft Galway [and] Mayo locally abundant. Not in G[reat] Britain abundant in Northern Spain [and] in Portugal rare in S.W. France. A dwarf var[ity] in the Azores.

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Associated records

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Daboecia cantabricaIE, VCH16 West Galway, ConnemaraJohn Ball8/1852BIRM
+Daboecia cantabricaIE, VCH16 West Galway, ConnemaraH Warden8/1894BIRM

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