Botanical illustration

Globe flower sketch Trollius europaeus showing characteristic closed flower shape.

Fragrant orchid sketch Gymnadenia conopsea showing flowers and leaves

Field horsetail Equisetum arvense, with background.

Fern spore of an Ophioglossum species, showing the distinctive tri-partite shape and textured spore surface.

Eudicot seedling showing paired cotyledon leaves, seed, and root.

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

Eudicot and monocot seedling comparison showing cotyledon leaves on the eudicot and furled parallel-veined leaves of the monocot.

Delicate Stonewort Chara virgata.  Botanical illustration from the Brecknockshire flora.

Cuckooflower or Lady’s-smock Cardamine pratensis showing basal rosette, flowers, and young silique seed pods.

Horsetails: Calamophytes Field horsetail Equisetum arvense, Marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre, & Water or River horsetail Equisetum fluviatile

Bluebell sketch Hyacinthoides non-scripta showing blue flowers and strap-like leaves

Autumn crocus or meadow saffron sketch Colchicum autumnale.  From the Brecknockshire Flora; example of a monocot

Adder’s-tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum showing spore bearing “tongue”

Crested Dog’s-tail grass Cynosurus cristatus with written name

Crested Dog’s-tail grass Cynosurus cristatus 2 botanical illustration

Cock’s-foot grass Dactylis glomerata with written name

Cock’s-foot grass Dactylis glomerata 2 showing grass with shoots in full flower.

Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus grass with written name in hand painted watercolour text

Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus grass with annotations and name.  Parts include culm, inforescence or panicle, leaf blade, nodes, and internode.

Yorkshire Fog grass Holcus lanatus 2 with striped pink culms and soft green grass blades

Named Grasses with annotation of grass anatomy: False Oat, Crested Dogs-tail, Cocks-foot, and Yorkshire Fog

Grasses: False Oat Arrhenatherum elatius, Crested Dogs-tail Cynosurus cristatus, Cocks-foot Dactylis glomerata, and Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus.

False Oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius with written name botanical illustration

False Oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius botanical illustration