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Herbarium specimen: Persicaria lapathifolia

Taxon:Polygonaceae: Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Delarbre ("Pale Persicaria")
Filed in taxon folder:Polygonaceae: Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Delarbre ("Pale Persicaria")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:5/9/1933
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Blagdon Lake, ST5159, On dried mud very abundant on S[outh] side [and] on the N[orth] side Oct[ober] 2[nd]
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Persicaria lapathifolia herbarium specimen from Blagdon Lake, VC6 North Somerset in 1933 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:buds/immature flowers
notes:Fl[owers] pale green and pale Pink; stems glandular, l[eaves], white felted beneath-perhaps attacked by fungus; [and] whole plant much infected by aphis.
A form cut lvs[ leaves] with very large petioles.
[Clipping from journal]" Polygonum lapathifolia L. ? Var. incanum Koch. Blagdon Reservoir, N. Somerset, Sept, 5, 1933- H.S.Thompson Correct, but not well marked.- C.E.Britton.

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+Persicaria lapathifoliaGB, VC6 North Somerset, Blagdon LakeHarold Stuart Thompson5/9/1933SLBI

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