Herbarium specimen: Myosoton aquaticum
| Taxon: | Caryophyllaceae: Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench ("Water Chickweed") |
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| Filed in taxon folder: | Caryophyllaceae: Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench ("Water Chickweed") |
| Collected by: | Mr Harold Stuart Thompson |
| Collection date: | 28/8/1931 |
| Locality: | Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Chew Valley |
| ex herb: | Mr Harold Stuart Thompson |
| Institution: | University of Birmingham (BIRM) |
| Image: |  |
| notes: | Sometimes in N. Somerset and elsewhere this plant forms enormous colonies, with stems 6 to 8ft long. Especially in damp waste ground, as near Glastonbury Railway Station, Bedminster meads etc. |
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Documented by tom humphrey on 5th December 2009.
