European

Honey bee worker Apis mellifera completed for a chinaware design company

Dark green fritillary Speyeria aglaja completed for a chinaware company

Painted lady butterfly Vanessa carduii

Adonis blue butterfly Polyommatus bellargus cut to white, completed for a chinaware company

Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae at rest, completed for a chinaware design company

Harebell illustration, slightly idealised and with extra blooms, completed for a packaging job.

Sharp rush Juncus acutus with leaf tip and nutlet detail

Marram grass Ammophila arenaria with detail of flowering head, ligule and in-rolled leaf

Sand pansy Viola tricolor ssp curtisi showing insubstantial foliage and yellow and white flowers

Duck potato Sagittaria latifolia botanical illustration by Lizzie Harper showing underwater “potato” growths

Greater Bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus pendunculatus or Lotus uliginosus with calyx detail

Fool’s water-cress Apium nodiflorum with seed and flower detail

Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus with detail of flower calyx and seed

Water fern Azolla filiculoides shown floating with water repelling properties

Water figwort Scrophularia auriculata with detail of flower stem and seed

Water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpiodes showing growth habit

Water-pepper Persicaria hydropiper or Polygonum hydropiper

Water-violet Hottonia palustris showing submerged leaves

Amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium floating form in flower

Brooklime Veronica beccabunga in flower showing red stem

Celery-leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus showing whole plant and roots

Common butter-bur Petasites hybridus with male flowers inflorescence

Common duckweed Lemna minor showing plant growing and close up of flower

Great yellow-cress Rorippa amphibia with detail of seed and flower