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Herbarium specimen: Erophila verna

Taxon:Brassicaceae: Erophila verna (L.) DC. ("Common Whitlowgrass")
Other name:Brassicaceae: Erophila verna var. stenocarpa
det. Edward Shearburn Marshall
Filed in taxon folder:Brassicaceae: Erophila verna (L.) DC. ("Common Whitlowgrass")
Collected by:William Robert Sherrin
Collection date:22/4/1918
Locality:Great Britain, VC11 South Hampshire, Southampton, SU41, "Near Townhill Pk"
ex herb:William Robert Sherrin
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Erophila verna herbarium specimen from Southampton, VC11 South Hampshire in 1918 by William Robert Sherrin.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:"This is not I think, stenocarpa, which has longer pedicles, of which Boreau says "silicules deuxfois plus courtes que le pedicelle," a feature borne out in examples in my herbarium. I cannot, however, name Mr Sherrin's plant; not majuscula. - CES"
Filing note:Erophila verna var stenocarpa

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Erophila vernaGB, VC20 Hertfordshire, Saint IppolytsJoseph Edward Little5/1913SLBI

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