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Herbarium specimen: Silybum marianum

Taxon:Asteraceae: Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. ("Milk Thistle")
Filed in taxon folder:Asteraceae: Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. ("Milk Thistle")
Collected by:William West
Collection date:27/6/1897
Locality:Great Britain, VC16 West Kent, Woolwich, TQ57, By the [River] Thames n[ear] Woolwich Arsenal. On Alluvium
ex herb:William West (Bradford)
Prof George Stephen West
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Silybum marianum herbarium specimen from Woolwich, VC16 West Kent in 1897 by William West.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Several clumps n[ear] the powder magazine.
No 9th Edit. Lond Cat 868

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Documented by hallucigenia on 10th June 2010.

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