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Herbarium specimen: Senecio squalidus

Taxon:Asteraceae: Senecio squalidus L. ("Oxford Ragwort")
Filed in taxon folder:Asteraceae: Senecio squalidus L. ("Oxford Ragwort")
Collection date:18/9/1882
Locality:Great Britain, VC4 North Devon, Torrington Station, SS480198, Waste heap
ex herb:Rev. Augustin Ley
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Senecio squalidus herbarium specimen from Torrington Station, VC4 North Devon in 1882.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:from Wikipedia:
Torrington (L&SWR) station[1] was a west country railway station[2] that dispatched trains to Bideford and Barnstaple, as well as being a terminus for the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway line to Halwill in North Devon[3]. The station was closed for regular passenger services in 1965 but special passenger trains and freight used the line until 1982.

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+Senecio squalidusGB, VC4 North Devon, Bideford13/9/1882BIRM

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