Family: Compositae
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Taraxacum orcadense Dahlst.
Name | Det. qual. | Type of det. | Det. based on specimen | Det. by and when | Institution |
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Taraxacum orcadense Dahlst. | Fide | E00746427 | 27th April 1926 | ||
Taraxacum orcadense Dahlst. | Fide | E00746427 | 1989 |
Paratype of Taraxacum orcadense Dahlst.
Collector/Expedition: Johnston, Henry Halcro
Collection number: 2920
Collection date: 12th May 1925
Country/Territory: United Kingdom:Scotland:VC111 Orkney
Collecting locality: United Kingdom:Scotland:(VC 111) Orkney:Mainland, Tiffyhall, Deerness
Habitat: Grassy ditch at roadside
Description: Plants in full flower. Leaves dull green, not spotted, above, pale green beneath, with a purplish-green midrib. Outer phyllaries spreading and reflexed both in flower-bud and in flower; inner phyllaries adpressed, simple (not gibbous or appendaged) at the dull brownish-purple apex. Corolla yellow, striped dull brownish-purple beneath in the outer florets. Style and its two recoiled branches yellow.
Miscellaneous notes: Native. Specimen from the same station as specimens Reference No. 1550, in flower 21st April 1922
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00746427
Herbarium region: 1A (Britain and Ireland)
Number of sheets: 1
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