Herbarium specimen: Myosoton aquaticum
| Taxon: | Caryophyllaceae: Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench ("Water Chickweed") |
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| Other name: | Caryophylleae: Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop. |
| Filed in taxon folder: | Caryophyllaceae: Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench ("Water Chickweed") |
| Collected by: | Mr Harold Stuart Thompson |
| Collection date: | 13/10/1933 |
| Locality: | Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Blagdon, ST45, Blagdon Lake. In quantity with the normal plant on the then dry southern area. |
| ex herb: | Mr Harold Stuart Thompson Mr Job Edward Lousley |
| exchanged: | Watson Botanical Exchange Club |
| Institution: | South London Botanical Institute (SLBI) |
| Image: |  |
| notes: | Dr A.H. Campbell finds no sign of fungus attack, and regards as feasible the suggestion of Dr. Nierenstein (Bio-Chemist)that the dark purple stains are due to traces of tannin in the plant owing to traces of iron in the water. Succulently brittle when fresh, immediately becoming limp in the press and very flaccid, S.aquatica is a most difficult plant to dry. H.S.T |
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| taxon | locality | collectors | date | institution | ||
| + | Myosoton aquaticum | GB, VC6 North Somerset, Blagdon | Harold Stuart Thompson | 13/10/1933 | BIRM | |
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Documented by srk21 on 3rd September 2011.
