nature

Danish Scurvy-grass Cochlearia danica with pod

Common Sea lavender Limonium vulgare with individual flower, and anther attachment to petal

Common Scurvy-grass Cochlearia officinalis showing distinctive basal rosette

Common Restharrow Ononis repens showing its sprawlign habit and pink flowers

Common Glasswort Salicornia europaea showing the platn and a close up of the tiny petal free flower

Common Cord Grass Spartina anglica showing grass, flowering spike, rhizome, and characteristic growth pattern

Common centaury Centaurium erythraea showing plant with basal rosette and detail of individual flower

Bucks horn plantain Plantago maritima showing plant and an individual flower

Sea spurge Euphorbia paralias botanical illustration by Lizzie Harper showing flowering and non flowering shoot and individual flower

False Virginia creeper Parthenocissus inserta showing berries, flowers and tendrils free of suckers.  For more, check out my blog

False acacia Robinia pseudoacacia with detail of the grey bark and of one opened seed pod

Entire leaved Cotoneaster Cotoneaster‌ integrifolius sprig showing leaf rosette, berries, and detail of one flower.  For more on Cotoneassters, check out my blog

Entire leaved cotoneaster Cotoneaster integrifolius detail of small leaf rosette, one berry, and the underside of a leaf.

Broad leaved rush Juncus planifolius showing its growth habit, wide leaves, and flowering spike. Botanical illustration by Lizzie Harper

Brazilian Giant rhubarb Gunnera manicata showing a flowering spike in front of one of the plant’s gigantic leaves

Hottentot Fig Carpobrotus edulis showing the large pink flowers and pale succulent leaves

Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera with details of flower, seed and seed pods, stem, roots, and growth habit.

Himalalyan knotweed Persicaria wallichii showing a plant and close up of one flower.

Giant rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria showing one enormous leaf and a crimson tinged flowering spike

Giant rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria Detail habit drawing

Giant knotweed Fallopia sachalinensis showing numerous drooping flowers, large leaves, stem section and detail of the orange underground rhizome

Few flowered leek Alium paradoxum showing flowers and fruit, with cross section of stem and one leaf.

Perfoliate Alexanders Smyrnium perfoliatum

Monbretia Crocosmia x crocosmiliiflora plant showing orange flowers and corms