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Herbarium specimen: Mercurialis annua

Taxon:Euphorbiaceae: Mercurialis annua L. ("Annual Mercury")
Filed in taxon folder:Euphorbiaceae: Mercurialis annua L. ("Annual Mercury")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:9/1921
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Bristol, ST57, University trial ground, Woodland Road
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Mercurialis annua herbarium specimen from Bristol, VC6 North Somerset in 1921 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:All [female symbol] specimens there have small lancalate or ovate-lancalate leaves H.S.Thompson
M.annua is extremely common about Bristol
[packet on bottom R/H corner] "seeds Mercurialias annua B'stol sept 1921"

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Documented by hallucigenia on 11th February 2010.

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