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Herbarium specimen: Orchis ustulata

Taxon:Orchidaceae: Orchis ustulata L. ("Burnt Orchid")
Filed in taxon folder:Orchidaceae: Orchis ustulata L. ("Burnt Orchid")
Collected by:Miss Elizabeth Joan Gibbons
Collection date:6/6/1950
Locality:Great Britain, VC54 North Lincolnshire, Swallow, TA10, Swallow, about 8 miles WSW of Grimsby, on chalk wold.
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K000773941
Image:
© Kew
Orchis ustulata herbarium specimen from Swallow, VC54 North Lincolnshire in 1950 by Miss Elizabeth Joan Gibbons.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Sepals deep blackish-purple, paler as flower opens; lip white with fine red-purple spots.

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Documented by johned on 4th June 2012.

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