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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationBrassicaceae: Brassica
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872341
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: Concord
LocalityTurnip? prob.[ably] the wild turnip of Stows field
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d01e16b7-b42f-4648-a04c-0b9986400b7f
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872341
HerbariumGH
FamilyBrassicaceae
Determination Brassica rapa Linnaeus
Determined byAngelo, Raymond Louis
Date Determined2018-10-29
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyBrassicaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Brassica campestris Linnaeus
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2017]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextIs it Brassica campestris?
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[#47]
Remarks[#47; "There is a turnip-like weed now in flower and going to [seed], a pest in grain-fields; same as I noticed formerly in Stow's field; say six weeks. Is it Brassica campestris ?" Journal 8: 381. 1860]

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