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

Soft brome Bromus hordeaceus grass showing growth habit and botanical details of spikelet and ligule

Red Dead Nettle Lamium purpureum two flowers with a tangle of small leaves at their base

Poppy Papaver rhoeas with bud, seed capsule, and leaf

Oat grass Avena ludoviciana with individual spikelet

Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile showing lateral spreading growth and individual leaf detail. Fruits and flowers shown

Cut leaved cranesbill Geranium dissectum with small pink flowers, seeds, and deeply cut pinnate leaves

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 […]

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