drupe Archives - Lizzie Harper

Rosaceae Fruit

Posted on 7th February 20257th February 2025 in botanical terms

Rosaceae Fruit Whilst recently researching the wildflower families, I fell down a fruit-shaped rabbit hole. And it is because of the amount of variety shown in the fruit of the Rosaceae, or rose family. Japanese rose Rosa rugosa For more on what makes a plant a member of the Rosaceae, check out my recent blog […] Read more

Wildflower families: Rosaceae, the Rose family

Posted on 10th January 2025 in Wildflower families

Wildflower families: Rosaceae, the Rose family is the latest blog in a series on common wildflower families, thanks to my online Field Studies Council course. Learning about the botany of a plant and its family, and similarities within a family, is very useful when it comes to being a botanical illustrator. This series talks about […] Read more

Botanical terms for fruit types

Posted on 25th April 201430th November 2018 in botanical terms

Botanical and scientific illustration requires biological knowledge, and this is certainly true when it comes to painting botanical diagrams. I recently did some illustrations for Rodale’s 21st Century Herbal by Michael Balick. One of these was a diagram of fruit types. Sources of information on Fruit type This got me thinking about how little I knew […] Read more