Bracken plants (Pteridium aquilinum): both young and old fronds. Watercolour.

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23598i
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Bracken plants (Pteridium aquilinum): both young and old fronds. Watercolour. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Young bracken fronds are tinned and eaten in Japan, the older fronds are poisonous to stock

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1 painting : watercolour

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The painting is in an album of 18th century Japanese watercolours of plants and landscapes

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Wellcome Collection 23598i

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