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Herbarium specimen: Centaurea nigra

Taxon:Asteraceae: Centaurea nigra L. ("Common Knapweed")
named by John L Strother 13/5/2008

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Other name:Asteraceae: Centaurea nigra L. ("Common Knapweed")
det. 7/1839
Collection date:7/1839
Locality:Great Britain, VC21 Middlesex, Twickenham, TQ17
Institution:Charterhouse School Herbarium (GOD)
Accession number:468
Image:Centaurea nigra herbarium specimen from Twickenham, VC21 Middlesex in 1839.
phenologyField:FL/FR
labelheader:COMPOSITAE Juss. SYNGEN.FRUSTRA.
notes:Black Knapweed.-Pastures and road-sides.
A Moxon collection probably at the Botanic Garden of Isaac Swainson

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Documented by andrew doran on 14th December 2009.

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