Roots - Specimen details

Roots - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 36756

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Plant Name 175.21 ASPHODELACEAE Asphodelus albus Entry Book Number 29.1894
Artefact Name Roots Vernacular Name
Iso Country Italy TDWG Region Italy
Parts Held Roots Geography Description Northern Italy
Uses RootsUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
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Donor Greenish Prof HG Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: Imported from Genoa as an adulterant with Veratrum root and said to have been collected in Northern Italy. See Pharm Journ 21.4.94 p.873 ' Asphodel root an adulterant of white Hellebore' by HG Greenish The root was sent over from Germany mi, xed with root of Veratrum album - Mr Baker suggested it might be an Asphodel and that perhaps one of the gardeners would know it.

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