Herbarium specimen: Erophila verna
Taxon: | Brassicaceae: Erophila verna (L.) DC. ("Common Whitlowgrass") |
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Filed in taxon folder: | Brassicaceae: Erophila verna (L.) DC. ("Common Whitlowgrass") |
Collected by: | John Whewell Statter |
Collection date: | 4/1892 |
Locality: | Great Britain, VC13 West Sussex, Brighton, TQ30 |
ex herb: | Dulwich College |
Institution: | South London Botanical Institute (SLBI) |
Image: | ![]() |
fruits/flowers: | seeds/fruits |
notes: | Etymology of the name given in Greek ("drabe; acrid; in allusion to the taste"); also called "'Agnail-wort' or 'White blow' (from its supposed curative powers in cases of agnail or whitlow" |
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Documented by kkopp on 9th March 2011.