Family: Compositae
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Taraxacum orcadense Dahlst.
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Name Det. qual. Type of det. Det. based on specimen Det. by and when Institution
Taraxacum orcadense Dahlst.FideE00746428 1989
Taraxacum orcadense Dahlst.FideE00746428 27th April 1926
Isolectotype of Taraxacum orcadense Dahlst.
Collector/Expedition: Johnston, Henry Halcro
Collection number: 2986
Collection date: 27th April 1926
Country/Territory: United Kingdom:Scotland:VC111 Orkney
Collecting locality: United Kingdom:Scotland:(VC 111) Orkney:Hoy, north-east side of Ward Hill
Habitat: Rocky crags on hillside
Description: Plants in full flower. Leaves dark green, not spotted, above, pale green beneath with a purplish-green midrib. Outer phyllaries recurved both in flower-bud and in flower; inner phyllaries adpressed, simple (not gibbous or appendaged) at the dark purplish-brown apex. Corolla yellow, striped pale purplish-brown beneath in the outer florets. Style and its two recoiled branches darker yellow than corolla.
Miscellaneous notes: Native
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SPECIMEN/SHEET
Barcode: E00746428
Herbarium region: 1A (Britain and Ireland)
Number of sheets: 1
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