painting flowers

Autumn crocus or meadow saffron sketch Colchicum autumnale.  From the Brecknockshire Flora; example of a monocot

Adder’s-tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum showing spore bearing “tongue”

Common glasswort Salicornia europaea plant for Field Studies Council

Water primrose Ludwigia grandiflora showing submerged and emergent leaves.  For FSC.

Carline Thistle Carlina vulgaris showing straw coloured flowers

Bird’s-foot showing sprawling habit and small multi-coloured flowers

Flower showing spreading habit, pale lilac flowers and rounded leaves

Common stork’s bill Erodium Cicutarium showing long beaked seeds and numerous small flowers in each flowering head.

Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum with Puccinia smyrnii rust on some leaves, and detail of one flower and one seed.

Close up of the lily flower, face on.  Cut to white.

Jersey orchid Anacamptis laxiflora close up showing the top of the flowering spike, with three flowers.

Sprig of blossom of the wild cherry with early emergent leaves

Hares-foot clover Trifolium arvense with detail of one flower and calyx

Partial sketch of a Zinnia flower done to accompany a step-by-step youtube video:

Ground elder Aegopodium podagraria showing individual seed and flower as well as spreading roots

Yellow-wort Blackstonia perfoliata showing basal rosette, individual seed, and distinctive pale green glaucous leaves

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

Yellow horned-poppy Galucium flavum with seed pod

Thrift Armeria maritima with individual flower detail

Spring squill Scilla verna botanical illustration by Lizzie Harper showing large bulb

Sheeps bit Jasione montana showing plant and individual flower

Sea wormwood Artemesia maritima with outline showing shape of one lower leaf and flowering spike

Sea Sandwort Honckenya peploides showing distinctive stacked leaves and individual flower