Template:Did you know nominations/Erythranthe peregrina

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:25, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Erythranthe peregrina

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Erythranthe peregrina

... that the discovery of a foreigner (pictured) in Scotland was compared to seeing the beginning of the Big Bang? Source: "looking at the big bang in the first milliseconds of its occurrence"
- ALT1:... that Erythranthe peregrina (pictured) is a very rare example of a species developing in multiple locations from parents that normally produce sterile hybrids? Source: "is one of a small number of known species (see Introduction) that have arisen via allopolyploid speciation in the last 200 years, and provides the first such study system in the order Lamiales." and "has formed at least twice, independently, from local populations of M. x robertsii, both on the Scottish mainland and on the Orkney Islands."

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Packhorse Inn
Comment: moved from user space to article space 24 Feb 2017. HalfGig talk 02:29, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Created by HalfGig (talk), Sminthopsis84 (talk), and Peter coxhead (talk). Nominated by HalfGig (talk) at 02:29, 24 February 2017 (UTC).

Length, Date, Cite, QPQ, and Earwigs checks for both hooks. Image is freely licensed and verified by OTRS. Mifter (talk) 17:25, 26 February 2017 (UTC)