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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Fabaceae: Lespedeza
Complex Object	This is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00872459
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
Date Collected	1856-08-18
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/8e55efe3-d16c-4588-ab7c-9b39820f4096
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00872459
Herbarium	GH
Family	Fabaceae
Determination	Lespedeza violacea (Linnaeus) Persoon
Determination Remarks	[is label name] [is Current name]
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Phenology	Flower
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed
Description	[Aug. 18, 1856]

Remarks

["See by the high path side N[orth] of Moores Holly Swamp -- ap[parently] what I have called D.[esmodium] Dillenii .... Close by a few rods more E[ast] a new var[iety] ap[parently] of Lespedeza violacea -- which ap.[parently] opens with the common -- The flowers are a peculiar light red-purple not violet -- Plant 15 or 20 inches high, much & long branched -- Peduncles 4 to 6/8 of an inch long !! rising above leaves -- & longer leaflets 1/2 to 1 inch [?] or smoothish petioles 1/4 inch or more long. Call it the long-peduncled var[iety] of Lesped[eza] -- Violacea. I suppose it can not be the L.[espedeza] Stuvei" unpublished passage for Journal of Aug. 18, 1856]