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Herbarium specimen: Melittis melissophyllum

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Melittis melissophyllum L. ("Bastard Balm")
Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Melittis melissophyllum L. ("Bastard Balm")
Collected by:Robert Desmond Meikle
Collection date:4/6/1961
Locality:Great Britain, VC5 South Somerset, Timberscombe, SS94, Right hand side gowing towards Timberscombe from Wheddon Cross, a few yards past Sully Corner.
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K000790504
Image:
© Kew
Melittis melissophyllum herbarium specimen from Timberscombe, VC5 South Somerset in 1961 by Robert Desmond Meikle.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:A large colony; leaves bright green, rugose. Flowers white with a broad band of pale purple on the mid lobe of the lower lip.

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Documented by johned on 17th September 2012.

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