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Herbarium specimen: Prunus spinosa

Taxon:Rosaceae: Prunus spinosa L. ("Blackthorn")
Other name:Rosaceae: Prunus spinosa x domestica = P. x fruticans Weihe.
Filed in taxon folder:Rosaceae: Prunus spinosa L. ("Blackthorn")
Collection date:21/3/1892 ?illegible
Locality:Great Britain, VC38 Warwickshire, Honington, SP24, hedge [Honington - Townsend's home]
ex herb:Mr Frederick Townsend
Mr Allan Octavian Hume
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Prunus spinosa herbarium specimen from Honington, VC38 Warwickshire in 1892.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:[date illegible in photo - label dog-eared] var macrocarpa / fruticans - flowers the size of institia [=domestica], but peduncles & undersides of leaves glabrous [nb leaves same time as flowers?]

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Documented by oldnick on 12th December 2011.

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