natural science

Common knapweed Centaurea nigra flowers

Common Nettle Urtica dioica plant in flower

Common oat grass Avena fatua with individual spikelet detail

Common reed Phragmites australis growing from rhizome with individual spikelet detail and ligule of hairs

Common rock rose Helianthemum nummularia with flowrs from front and behind (showing calyx) and low lying growth habit

Common sedge carex nigra showing root, glume, fruit, ligule detail, stem cross section, and two stigmas

Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa with pointed leaf base and flowers and fruit

Common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii with spotted leaves and flowers on show

Common vetch Vicia sativa with lots of tendrils, a few flowers, leaflets and a ripe and unripe pod

Corn chamomile Anthemis arvensis with two flowers in bloom

Corncockle Agrostemma githago in flower with detail of one leaf behind

Cornflower Centaurea cyanus with buf and flower and both linear and pinnate leaves

Cornish heath Erica vagans showing dense foliage and individual pale pink flower

Cotton plant Gossypium in fruit and also showing the flower, bud, and leaves; plus weevil Anthonomus grandis both on the plant, cut to white, and as a detail in larval and pupal form within the flower bud

Bulmers norman apple Malus domestica in acrylic, a pair of apples and a few leaves

Butress root emerging from the forest floow with liana and shading

Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris with purple flowers and sticky leaves with dead flies on

California poppy Eschscholzia californica side view showing pinnate leaves and bright orange colour of the petals

Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis pencil drawing with an emergent flower and more of this invasive weed grwoing below the water surface

Carnation sedge carex panicea whole plant with details on murcinate leaf apex, glume, fruit, ligule, cross section, three stigma fruit and stem cross section

Cassava Manihot esculenta plant showing manihot growing at the base of the plant trunk

Cedar of Lebanon Cedrus libani growing amongst other non evergreen trees

Chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea with two flowers in bloom

Chive Allium schoenoprasum flower and edible leaves