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Herbarium specimen: Medicago sativa subsp. sativa

Taxon:Fabaceae: Medicago sativa subsp. sativa ("Lucerne")
Other name:Fabaceae: Medicago sativa subsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. ("Sand Lucerne")
Filed in taxon folder:Fabaceae: Medicago sativa L.
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:1/9/1921
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Burnham, ST34, sandhills
ex herb:Mr Isaac A Helsby
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Medicago sativa subsp. sativa herbarium specimen from Burnham, VC6 North Somerset in 1921 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Forms mostly dull yellow or white, but dull purple on some tufts. Probably not a hybrid, but merely a colour form [of ssp sativa].

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Documented by oldnick on 31st October 2011.

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