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Herbarium specimen: Cochlearia officinalis

Taxon:Brassicaceae: Cochlearia officinalis L. ("Common Scurvygrass")
Filed in taxon folder:Brassicaceae: Cochlearia officinalis L. ("Common Scurvygrass")
Collected by:John Gilbert Baker
Collection date:6/1853
Locality:Great Britain, VC62 North-east Yorkshire, Castle Hill Scarborough,Scarborough,Castle Hill, TA0589, "Littoral midagrarian."
ex herb:Prof George Stephen West
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Cochlearia officinalis herbarium specimen from Castle Hill Scarborough,Scarborough,Castle Hill, VC62 North-east Yorkshire in 1853 by John Gilbert Baker.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:1. Flowers/buds at apices of racemes.
2. Re "Littoral midagrarian":- This a 'geognostic' binomial: The first part is always indicative of habitat; the second (Watsonian), bioclimatic.

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Documented by mikedaps on 19th February 2010.

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