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Old 03-07-2009, 07:05 PM
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Re: Rowan or not?

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Originally Posted by diggleken View Post
its just laziness to use agg...................he he
Eyebrights one, where euphrasia agg is often seen used, because there are so many species, over 130 known, and differences are so small that sometimes location is the best indicator I gather.
Count me out of that one.
I always thought that agg was used where there were so many possibles, whereas spp was maybe from just a few likely close suspects - is that right?
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Ken
I was told that in order to claim a find of an Eyebright, you need to send six separate samples of the plant for another person to ID and authenticate it
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