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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationBrassicaceae: Boechera
Classification 1Brassicaceae: Turritis
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00898481
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
LocalityLee's Cliff
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/c9f1564f-9ca6-4f98-890d-3e4ce307706f
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00898481
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipHerbarium of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
FamilyBrassicaceae
Determination Boechera stricta (Graham) Al-Shehbaz
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Textfide R. L. Angelo, Vascular Flora of Concord, Massachusetts (http://www.ray-a.com/ConcordMassFlora.pdf) Accessed 22 September 2015
FamilyBrassicaceae
Determination Turritis stricta Graham
Determination Remarks [label name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[#43]
Remarks[#43, specimen mounted on newspaper] Agrees with plate in Gray's genera [A. Gray, Gen. Fl. Amer. Bor. Ill. Vol. 1, plate 59. 1848; "June 6 . . . I find on the shelf of the rock the Turritis stricta, now gone to seed, but two feet two inches high (Gray allows but one foot?); Pod upright and nearly three inches long, linear, and flat leaves decidedly lanceolate or linera; but some minute imperfect unexpanded flowers still on it appear as if they would have been yellowish." Journal 5: 228. 1853; Fruiting specimen on upper left: "May 17. . . At Lee's [Cliff] the Turritis stricta pods three inches long, and plant two and a half feet high by measure. Get some to press." Journal 8: 341. 1856]

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