Botanical illustration

Narrow-leaved yerba santa Eriodictyon angustifolium with individual flower detail

Peony flower Paeonia lactiflora, shown just coming into bloom.

Magnolia flower Magnolia grandiflora, single flower.

Lily of the Valley flower Convallaria majalis.  Single bloom from a drooping flowering spike

Carnation flower Dianthus caryophyllus, white tinged with pink.

Foxglove flower Digitaria purpurea.  Single flower shown face on.

Lilac flower Syringa vulgaris.  Close up of one flower from a larger flowering spike.

Chrysanthemum flower Pom-pom, a single flower with golden petal colour.

Bluebell flower Hyancinthoides non-scripta, single blossom

Dry stone wall with Maidenhair spleenwort, Wall rue, and Soft Shield fern growing; all of which are Leptosporangiate ferns.  Polypoidy ferns growing on a distant tree behind.

Yellow waterlily Nuphar luteum floating on water with developing “brandy bottle” seed flask

Yew Taxus baccata sprig from tree showing red berries

Eudicot plant variety.  Plants illustrated are: , Ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea,  Hawkweed  Hieracium, Meadow saxifrage  Saxifraga granulata, Globe flower Trollius europaeus, Wood Bitter-vetch Vicia orobus, and the Welsh Poppy Meconopsis cambrica.

Wood rush sketch Luzula sylvatica in flower and seed, showing the distinctive long hairs on the leaves

Wood or Upright Bitter-vetch sketch Vicia orobus with pinnate paired leaves and pale mauve flowers.

White waterlily Nymphaea alba shown floating on water with lily pads

White & Yellow waterlily Nymphaea alba & Nuphar luteum comparison, shown in water.

Welsh poppy sketch Meconopsis cambrica showing bud and yellow flower in bloom

Water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile with strobili shown emerging from fresh water.

Sweet vernal grass sketch Anthoxanthum odoratum showing plant with flowering spike

Stag’s-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum showing horizontal growth pattern and spore bearing cones

Mountain or soft leaved sedge sketch Carex montana showing the plant in bloom

Moonwort Botrychium lunaria with sporangia, spore producing stems.

Monocot seedling showing seed, emergent leaves, and root