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Herbarium specimen: Lavatera arborea

Taxon:Malvaceae: Lavatera arborea L. ("Tree-mallow")
Filed in taxon folder:Malvaceae: Lavatera arborea L. ("Tree-mallow")
Collected by:Rev Douglas Montague Heath
Collection date:2/7/1914
Locality:Great Britain, VC10 Isle of Wight, Shanklin, SZ58
ex herb:Rev Douglas Montague Heath
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Lavatera arborea herbarium specimen from Shanklin, VC10 Isle of Wight in 1914 by Rev Douglas Montague Heath.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Considered native here by other botanists [Townsend's Flora of Hants[Hampshire]] but apparently by Townsend himself.
In neighbourhood of cottage gardens and bathing machines [Morey] probably introduced. Not in local flora.
This species is found wild locally on W[est] [and] S[outh] Coasts.

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Lavatera arboreaGB, VC4 North Devon, SauntonDouglas Montague Heath7/1923BIRM

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