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Herbarium specimen: Epilobium hirsutum

Taxon:Onagraceae: Epilobium hirsutum L. ("Great Willowherb")
Filed in taxon folder:Onagraceae: Epilobium hirsutum L. ("Great Willowherb")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:7/1935
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Chew Valley Lake, ST55, Above Chew Magna, gathered when fishing
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Epilobium hirsutum herbarium specimen from Chew Valley Lake, VC6 North Somerset in 1935 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:This is hairy sub glabrous H.S.T.
Koch says in his synopsis vol1, 265, ed 2 [1842]" stems furnished w[ith] much short hair, upper leaves glabrous, vein woolly beneath

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Epilobium hirsutumGB, VC34 West Gloucestershire, WesterleighIda Mary Roper17/8/1921BIRM

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