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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationBrassicaceae: Turritis
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00898480
Other Barcodes on Sheet;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Cambridge
LocalitySacramento St
Date Collected1858-06-21
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/1f44417a-b833-4cfe-a878-d6271c12be70
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00898480
HerbariumGH
FamilyBrassicaceae
Determination Turritis glabra Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [filed under] [label name] [current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[#42]
Remarks[#42] [Journal 10(11): 502-3. 1858, "June 21. Vide at Cambridge, apparently in prime, Silene inflata: also, in a rich grass-field on Sacramento Street, what may be Turritis glabra (?), also in prime, the last three or four feet high. Both pressed. Talked with Mr. Bryant at the Natural History Rooms." Henry Bryant was an ornithologist with the Boston Society of Natural History]

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