weeds

Thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Smooth sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Shepherds purse Capsella bursa-pastoris illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Purple toadflax Linaria purpurea illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Procumbent pearlwort Sagina procumbens illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Opium poppy Papaver somniferum illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Mouse-eared chickweed Cerastium fontanum illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Hybrid bluebell Hyacinthoides x massartiana illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Chinese bramble Rubus tricolor illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Yellow corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Annual meadow grass Poa annua illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

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Crested Dog’s-tail grass Cynosurus cristatus with written name

Crested Dog’s-tail grass Cynosurus cristatus 2 botanical illustration

Cock’s-foot grass Dactylis glomerata with written name

Cock’s-foot grass Dactylis glomerata 2 showing grass with shoots in full flower.

Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus grass with written name in hand painted watercolour text

Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus grass with annotations and name.  Parts include culm, inforescence or panicle, leaf blade, nodes, and internode.

Yorkshire Fog grass Holcus lanatus 2 with striped pink culms and soft green grass blades

Named Grasses with annotation of grass anatomy: False Oat, Crested Dogs-tail, Cocks-foot, and Yorkshire Fog

Grasses: False Oat Arrhenatherum elatius, Crested Dogs-tail Cynosurus cristatus, Cocks-foot Dactylis glomerata, and Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus.

False Oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius with written name botanical illustration

False Oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius botanical illustration  

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