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Herbarium specimen: Aconitum napellus

Taxon:Ranunculaceae: Aconitum napellus L. ("Monk's-hood")
Filed in taxon folder:Ranunculaceae: Aconitum napellus L. ("Monk's-hood")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:1903
Locality:Cultivated Great Britain, VC61,VC62,VC64, York, SE65
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Aconitum napellus herbarium specimen from York, VC61,VC62,VC64 in 1903 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
notes:note at bottom of sheet: Although described as perennial the root really survives but one winter. In the autumn the taproot from where the fl. stem has been produced dies away, its place is taken by a younger root which has previously developed from the parent during the summer F.Ransom in ?Phasom. journ.

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Aconitum napellusGB, VC5 South Somerset, MilvertonThomas Clark9/8/1835BIRM
+Aconitum napellusGB, VC41 Glamorganshire, LlanishenHarold Stuart Thompson10/7/1885BIRM

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Documented by tom humphrey on 27th July 2009.

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