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Herbarium specimen: Monotropa hypopitys

Taxon:Monotropaceae: Monotropa hypopitys L. ("Yellow Bird's-nest")
Filed in taxon folder:Monotropaceae: Monotropa hypopitys L. ("Yellow Bird's-nest")
Collected by:Mr Victor Samuel Summerhayes
Collection date:30/7/1946
Locality:Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, West Horsley, TQ05, Sheeps Lane. At edge of beech wood, on almost bare ground.
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K000773323
Image:
© Kew
Monotropa hypopitys herbarium specimen from West Horsley, VC17 Surrey in 1946 by Mr Victor Samuel Summerhayes.
collector's number:1605
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Whole plant yellowish with apex of scales brown.

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Documented by johned on 27th June 2012.

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