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  • Boerhavia hirsuta L.: flowering and fruiting stem with root and separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    • Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.
    Date
    [1770]
    Reference
    17476i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Common or field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1904.

    Date
    1904
    Reference
    21101i
    • Pictures
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1774]
    Reference
    16859i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Cape shamrock or yellow sorrel (Oxalis corniculata L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M.Bouchard, 1772.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1772]
    Reference
    16686i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Sandwort (Arenaria gracilis): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

    • Schütz, Johann.
    Date
    [1802/12]
    Reference
    18476i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Sandwort (Arenaria verna): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1830, after J. Sowerby.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 May 1830
    Reference
    25089i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris Medikus): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Reference
    17175i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Two species of goosefoot plant (Chenopodium species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

    • Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.
    Date
    [1863-1880]
    Reference
    24482i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A plant (Solanum sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1774]
    Reference
    16861i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) and groundsel (Senecio vulgaris): entire flowering plants.

    • Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.
    Date
    [1865]
    Reference
    24751i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Redleg plant (Polygonum persicaria): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

    • Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909.
    Date
    [1877-1900]
    Reference
    24508i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Enchanter's nightshade (Circaea lutetiana L.): flowering stem with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1778]
    Reference
    17369i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana): flowering stem with caterpillar and insect. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1798, after J. Ihle.

    • Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.
    Date
    22 January 1798
    Reference
    25375i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris): flowering stem. Watercolour.

    Reference
    22262i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Plantain or ribwort (Plantago sp.): flowering plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1774]
    Reference
    16772i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Two species of knotweed (Polygonum species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

    • Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.
    Date
    [1863-1880]
    Reference
    24490i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Plantain or ribwort (Plantago sp.): flowering plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1774]
    Reference
    16771i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Bugloss (Echium lycopsis L.): flowering stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1774]
    Reference
    16983i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Six flowering plants, all types of chickweed, stitchwort or starwort (Stellaria species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    • W. Dickes & Co.
    Date
    [1855]
    Reference
    24783i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Two species of goosefoot plant (Chenopodium species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

    • Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.
    Date
    [1863-1880]
    Reference
    24484i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Weeds and wild flowers : their uses, legends, and literature / by Lady Wilkinson.

    • Wilkinson, Caroline Catharine, Lady.
    Date
    1858
    • Books
    • Online
  • Couch grass (Elymus repens): flower and seedheads with roots and floral segments. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, after W. Müller.

    • Müller, Walther.
    Date
    1887
    Reference
    24533i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Boerhavia scandens L.: flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    • Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.
    Date
    [1770]
    Reference
    17474i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides L.): flowering stem with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1772]
    Reference
    16737i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Knawel plant (Scleranthus perennis): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

    • Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.
    Date
    1 October 1796
    Reference
    25096i
    • Pictures
    • Online
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