Submission - 08/04/2021

Sighting - 2021-04-04

Species Seen	Toothwort
Scientific Name	Lathraea squamaria L.
Recorder	Simon Crampin
Record Status	Confirmed
Identified on	08/04/2021
Location	ST750709

Locality	Monk Woods
Notes	Unusual branched specimen seen. A few days earlier in the same vicinity I saw some plants that were pale creamy-yellow. Haven't seen that before, only the normal pinky-mauve form. All growing under hazel. I have never seen stems that are branched but flowers sometimes lack the pink pigment and on rare occasions flowers can be completely white. I have seen it in the past on Elm and Sycamore and at Claverton Manor it grows on Cherry Laurel - Rob Randall.