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Herbarium specimen: Ballota nigra

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Ballota nigra L. ("Black Horehound")
Other name:Ballota foetida
det. Arthur Bennett
Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Ballota nigra L. ("Black Horehound")
Collected by:Willam Henry Brown
Collection date:7/1883
Locality:Great Britain, VC67 South Northumberland, Monkseaton, NZ37, Roadside between Preston and Monkseaton
ex herb:Mr William Hadden Beeby
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Ballota nigra herbarium specimen from Monkseaton, VC67 South Northumberland in 1883 by Willam Henry Brown.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Ballota, var., with calyx teeth larger than nigra and approaching ruderalis - W.H. Brown. "There is nothing marked about this, simply B. foetida: it might be matched on almost any hedge bank" - Arthur Bennett

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+Ballota nigraGB, VC67 South Northumberland, MonkseatonH E Brown7/1883BIRM

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