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Herbarium specimen: Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia

Taxon:Asteraceae: Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia (Thuill.) Thell. ex Schinz & R. Keller
named by John Braybrooke Marshall 1962
Filed in taxon folder:Asteraceae: Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia (Thuill.) Thell. ex Schinz & R. Keller
Collected by:Rev Douglas Montague Heath
Collection date:2/8/1916
Locality:Great Britain, VC10 Isle of Wight, Shanklin, SZ58, Road side.
ex herb:Rev Douglas Montague Heath
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia herbarium specimen from Shanklin, VC10 Isle of Wight in 1916 by Rev Douglas Montague Heath.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:"this seems like [Crepis] biennis by the involucre bracts downy within.
The beak however is rather long and the [?]sides[?] of the fruit rough. Called C virens [=capillaris] by F. R[obinson] but surely not? DMH [plus sketch of seed]

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+Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifoliaGB, VC10 Isle of Wight, AlverstoneDouglas Montague Heath6/8/1916BIRM

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