
Ivy-leaved Bellflower sketch Wahlenbergia hederacea
Ivy-leaved Bellflower sketch Wahlenbergia hederacea showing sprawling habit

Hawkweed sketch Hieracium species
Hawkweed sketch Hieracium showing basal rosette and dandelion-like flowers

Globe flower sketch Trollius europaeus
Globe flower sketch Trollius europaeus showing characteristic closed flower shape.

Fragrant orchid sketch Gymnadenia conopsea
Fragrant orchid sketch Gymnadenia conopsea showing flowers and leaves

Field horsetail Equisetum arvense
Field horsetail Equisetum arvense, with background.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Common glasswort Salicornia europaea
Common glasswort Salicornia europaea plant for Field Studies Council

Water primrose Ludwigia grandiflora
Water primrose Ludwigia grandiflora showing submerged and emergent leaves. For FSC.

Carline Thistle Carlina vulgaris
Carline Thistle Carlina vulgaris showing straw coloured flowers

Little White Bird’s-foot Ornithopus perpusillus
Bird’s-foot showing sprawling habit and small multi-coloured flowers

Marsh violet Viola palustris
Flower showing spreading habit, pale lilac flowers and rounded leaves

Common stork’s bill Erodium Cicutarium
Common stork’s bill Erodium Cicutarium showing long beaked seeds and numerous small flowers in each flowering head.

Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum with Puccinia smyrnii rust on some leaves, and detail of one flower and one seed.

Wood vetch Vicia sylvatica
Wood vetch showing branching tendrils, growth habit, and the darker-coloured banner petals.