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Herbarium specimen: Sparganium erectum

Taxon:Sparganiaceae: Sparganium erectum L. ("Branched Bur-reed")
Other name:Sparganium ramosum var. microcarpum
named by Harold Stuart Thompson
Filed in taxon folder:Sparganiaceae: Sparganium erectum L. ("Branched Bur-reed")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:30/8/1925
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Walton Moor, ST47, Ditch by w[est] side of road across the moor.
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Sparganium erectum herbarium specimen from Walton Moor, VC6 North Somerset in 1925 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Plant smaller, Fl[owers]? smaller [and] less abruptly narrowed with a tapering beak.
N.B. S. ramosum [and] S. simplex growing in same ditch.
[And two packets on left of sheet] Top " Fruit of S.neglectum Suffolk sept, 1886 Legit J D Grey for comparison" and " Fruit of S. microcarpum Walton Moor Aug 1925 H.S.T."
Filing note:Sparganium ? ssp. ramosum

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Documented by hallucigenia on 21st October 2010.

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