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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Lobeliaceae: Lobelia
Complex Object	This is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00967044
Other Barcodes on Sheet	;
Collector	H. D. Thoreau
Country	United States of America
State	Massachusetts
Geography	North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Locality	from Card. [Cardinal] Ditch
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/71105280-e603-4565-8de8-0eca9fdd81fa
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00967044
Herbarium	GH
Family	Lobeliaceae
Determination	Lobelia cardinalis Linnaeus
Determination Remarks	[label name] [current name]
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Phenology	Flower
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed
Description	{L. cardinalis White]

Remarks

[“Aug. 27. P. m. – To Clintonia Swamp and Cardinal Ditch. The cardinals in this ditch make a splendid show now, though they would have been much fesher and finer a week ago. They nearly fill the ditch for thirty-five rods perfectly straight, about three feet high. I count at random ten in one square foot, and as they are tow feet wide by thiry-five rods, there are four or five thousand at least, and maybe more. They look like slender plumes of soldiers advancing in a dense troop, and a few white (or rather pale pink) ones are mingles with the scarlet. That is the most splendid show of cardinal flowers I ever saw. They are mostly gone to seed, i.e. the greater part of the spike.” Journal 9: 28-29. 1856]