compositae

Dandelion Taraxacum luteum showing appressed bracts and unstriped reverse of ligules

Goldilocks aster Galatella linosyris illustrated for South Devon National landscapes

Wall lettuce Lactuca muralis illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Smooth sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Yarrow Achillea millefolium botanical illustration completed for FSC English Ecosystem Surveys i.d. chart

Field fleawort Tephroseris intergrifolia showing basal rosette and furry characteristics

Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare & buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa with details of one modified disc floret and a bract, showing the distinctive brown margin, and hairs.

Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis with details of pappas types on two different achenes

Perennial Cornflower Centaurea montana cut to white

Fox and Cubs showing stolon and basal rosette of hairy leaves, along with distinctive orange and yellow flowers

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.

Hawkweed sketch Hieracium showing basal rosette and dandelion-like flowers

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.

Mouse-ear Hawkweed Pilosella officinarum with stolon and basal rosette

Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica with disc floret seed with pappas and ray floret detail

Canadian Goldenrod Solidago canadensis sketchbook study page with comparisons to Solidago gigantea

Dandelion Taxacum officinale with details of seed and root

Bristly ox-tongue Helminthotheca echioides (formerly Picris echiodes) 

Sunflower Helianthus annuus close up of one flwoer

Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica plant

Ragwort Senecio jacobaea flowering head and leaves with pale leaf underside shown

Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare with flowers and bud

Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre with basal rosette of leaves and erect stem with tight cluster of thistle flowers