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Herbarium specimen: Poa bulbosa

Taxon:Poaceae: Poa bulbosa L. ("Bulbous Meadow-grass")
Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Poa bulbosa L. ("Bulbous Meadow-grass")
Collected by:Rev Douglas Montague Heath
Collection date:8/5/1918
Locality:Great Britain, VC10 Isle of Wight, Saint Helens Spit, SZ6388
ex herb:Rev Douglas Montague Heath
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Poa bulbosa herbarium specimen from Saint Helens Spit, VC10 Isle of Wight in 1918 by Rev Douglas Montague Heath.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:2 loose roots July 16th 1917.
!The stems soon wither and the tubers lie loose until the autumn" Babington
" Flowers in April, stems stems soon wither [and] roots lie loose [and] blow about till autumn when they finily fix themselves in the soil" A. Pratt.

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Poa bulbosaGB, VC27 East Norfolk, Great YarmouthFrederick Robinson10/5/1914BIRM

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