Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica
Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica with flower fruit seed and leaf underside
Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis
Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis with details of pappas types on two different achenes
Evening primrose Oenothera biennis
With stem detail showing swollen red bases of stem hairs
Round-headed Club-rush Scirpoides holoschoenus
With spikelet detail, showing how the upper leaf looks like a continuation of the stem
Sand hill Screwmoss Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis
Sand hill screwmoss Wet specimen showing green starry tips against bronze background
Dry specimen of Sand hill Screwmoss Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis
Dry specimen showing how incurled the moss becomes when not wet
Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis Sand Hill Screwmoss details
Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis fascicle and leaf with hyaline tip
Western eyebright Euphrasia tetraquetra
Western eyebright Euphrasia tetraquetra with leaf & flower detail
Sharp rush Juncus acutus
Sharp rush Juncus acutus with nutlet and inflorescence
Bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella
Bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella showing sprawling habit
Sea stock Matthiola sinuata
Showing seed, pale pink flowers, woolly blue leaves and a seed
Sand pansy Viola tricolor ssp. curtisii
Showing yellow and cream colouration and sprawling, tufted habit
Common or Black Knapweed Centaura nigra
Common or Black Knapweed Centaura nigra, showing diverse leaf shape and typical spherical, purple flowering heads.
Leptosporangiate fern variety on dry stone wall with tree ferns
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
Yellow waterlily Nuphar luteum floating on water with developing “brandy bottle” seed flask
Yew Taxus baccata sprig from tree
Yew Taxus baccata sprig from tree showing red berries
Wood rush sketch Luzula sylvatica
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
Wood or Upright Bitter-vetch sketch Vicia orobus with pinnate paired leaves and pale mauve flowers.
White waterlily Nymphaea alba
White waterlily Nymphaea alba shown floating on water with lily pads
White & Yellow waterlily Nymphaea alba & Nuphar luteum comparison
White & Yellow waterlily Nymphaea alba & Nuphar luteum comparison, shown in water.
Welsh poppy sketch Meconopsis cambrica
Welsh poppy sketch Meconopsis cambrica showing bud and yellow flower in bloom
Water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile with strobili
Water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile with strobili shown emerging from fresh water.
Sweet vernal grass sketch Anthoxanthum odoratum
Sweet vernal grass sketch Anthoxanthum odoratum showing plant with flowering spike
Stag’s-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum
Stag’s-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum showing horizontal growth pattern and spore bearing cones