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Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium showing red leaf tip and stem cross section as well as entire plant

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

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

Blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus showing lateral growth along a rhizome, rooting nodes, stem cross section showing hollows in the pith, and individual fruit detail

Bottle sedge Carex rostrata showing flowers, fruits, ligule, seeds, and glumes as well as the pinkish basal area

Broad leaved Cottongrass Eriophorum latifollium with individual seed, murcinate leaf tip, stem cross section, and flowering spike

Brown sedge Carex disticha with stem cross section and individual fruit detail

Black bog rush Schoenus nigricans showing individual flowering spike, stem cross section, and basal colour

Amethyst deceiver Laccaria amethystina clump growing on moss and dead woos and in different stages of growth

Drawing of a broom plant with colour details of individual flowers, leaves, and a seed pod

Illustration of the Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris examing different anatomy and colour forms of the flowers along with the seed pods and soft green lobed leaves

Sketchbook study of the Cornflower Centaura cyanus showing its rich blue colour and details of individual florets as well as of the thin leaves and flowering head, some details in colour and some in tonal pencil

Cow parsley illustration in pencil with details of stem, leaves and flowering head picked out in watercolour, and with a small view of the plant grwing at a distance, close up study of the individual flower and its anatomy

Sketchbook study of the Exploding cucumber Cylantha explodens with lots of details of the fruit exploding and curling back on itself, and details of the knobbly brown seeds along with a detailed colour study of a few fruit with dark green leaves behind. Lots of details of the curling tendrils and some simple watercolour wash […]

Forget me not Myosotis sketchbook study concentrating on the blue flowers and details of how these are carried in relation to the seed pods, an accompanying sprig is shown in detailed pencil

Giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum study giving an impression of the enormous size of this tall umbellifer plant with its thick stems and froth of white flowers; details of individual flowers and seeds in colour, and one leaf illustrated in full colour

Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera study page with colour details of the red flushed stem, orchid like purple flowers, details of different colour forms, close up of the seed pod, wash on one green leaf, graphite or pencil tonal studies of another leaf, and details of the little red growths below where a leaf adheres to […]

Sketchbook page of studies of the Ivy Hedera helix with one leaf in full colour detail, a berry, a flowering leaf, a seedhead, and some stem examinations in full colour. Lots of line drawings and tonal pencil studies of other parts of the plant such as the seeds and flowers, line drawings and habit sketches […]

Sketchbook illustration of Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica with a few leaves shown in full colour detail along with a detailed colour study of the roots and lower stem, individual studies of lone flowers ara accompanied with tonal pecnil studies of the racemes of white fkowers and leaves showing venation pattern

Lichen fruiting bodies study examining the different means of reproduction visible under the microscope shown by different species of lichens

Pencil line drawing of the Nettle Urtica dioica with one leaf and one leaf underside in full colour, and a few details of the flower and purplish stem in colour, and an accompnying pencil line drawing of a different plant

Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare study with enlarged detail of one flower showing the golden centre and slightly damaged white petals, a whole plant is drawn to the left of this with one leaf in detailed pencil tone and another in full colour, along with a section of the stem

Study of the Polygala fruticosa sweet pea shrub with full colour detail of two flowers from various angles and the simple leaves growing up the stem, pencil line drawing shows the rest of the plant shape and growth habit

Sweet pea Lathyrus odoratus study of the dark purple form of the flower with pale green stem and associated tendrils, there are also some colour swatches and a study of the placement of the flower veins on the blossom