floating leaves

Amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium floating form in flower

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Yellow waterlily Nuphar luteum floating on water with developing “brandy bottle” seed flask

White waterlily Nymphaea alba shown floating on water with lily pads

White & Yellow waterlily Nymphaea alba & Nuphar luteum comparison, shown in water.

Broad-leaved Pondweed Potamogeton natans with detail of fruiting spike, one seed, and one flower.

Frog’s-bit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae showing plant with female flowers on the left, and one with male flowers on the right.  Illustration shows rhizomes as well as floating orbicular leaves and flowers.

Yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea pencil drawing of flowers, brandy bottle seed head, and leaves floating on the water surface

White waterlily Nymphaea alba flower against a darker floating lily leaf, pencil

Fringed waterlily Nymphoides peltata pencil drawing of flowers, buds, and leaves

Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata emerging from the water with its fringed pale pink flowers and trifoliate leaves