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Herbarium specimen: Limonium lychnidifolium

Taxon:Plumbaginaceae: Limonium lychnidifolium
Other name:Plumbaginaceae: Limonium auriculae-ursifolium (Pourr.) Druce ("Broad-leaved Sea-lavender")
det. John Richard Edmondson 22/6/2012

Yes, probably from Alderney, but the marsh was there before the Germans!

Collected by:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Collection date:1948
Locality:Great Britain, VC113 Channel Islands, Growing in considerable quantity in a small salt marsh produced during the Germain occupation, when making the sea defence wall.
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Limonium lychnidifolium herbarium specimen from VC113 Channel Islands in 1948 by Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges.
collector's number:1334
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
Tags:number: 1334
notes:[Photo of specimen growing]
Locality likely to be Alderney, viz. reference to "defence wall" (at Longy Bay).
Filing note:Plumbaginaceae/Polemoniaceae

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