Asterales Collection

Heathland
Original artwork for Heathland by Barbara Nicholson, signed B.E.N. copyright British Museum (Natural History) 1973, printed in England by Lund Humphries

Heathland poster with captions by Barbara Nicholson, signed B.E.N. copyright British Museum (Natural History) 1973, printed in England by Lund Humphries

Dahlia pinnata, pinnate dahlia
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

see record 3688 - Helianthus annus, sunflower
Page 68 from Illustration of the Sexual System of Linneaus (1777) vol 2, by John Miller (1715-c. 1790)

Dahlias sp
Plate 1 from The Beauties of Flora 1820, by Samuel Curtis (1779-1860) with drawings by Clara Maria Pope. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Taraxacum officinale, dandelion (fruiting head)
Scanning electron microscope image showing a vertical section through an unripe fruiting head of a dandelion in the yellow flower stage. Colour added artificially by computer

Phaenocoma prolifera, everlasting
Watercolour No. 8 by Ralph Stennett, c. early 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Syncarpha vestita, Cape everlasting
Watercolour No. 35 by Ralph Stennett, 1807. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Silybum marianum, milk thistle
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Chardon Marie

Stylidium scandens, climbing trigger plant
Plate 82 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Helianthus annuus, sunflower
Plate 578 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pollen sketch by Francis Bauer
Francis Bauers pollen watercolour sketch from the Natural History Museums Botany Library. Page 63, showing Centaurea, Clarkia, Achilia, Bignonia and other pollen

Chrysanthemum x morifolium, chrysanthemum. Plate 582 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Phasianus colchicus shawii, common pheasant
Plate 51 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Campanula rotundifolia, harebell

Inula helenium, elecampane
Page 27 from a volume of botanical drawings. Watercolour on paper, 1815 by Frances Anna M. Phillipps (1786-1863). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1815

Carduus nutans, musk thistle
Watercolour and ink on paper, c. mid-19th century by Ellen Hawkins (fl.1821-1868).Held in the Library and Archives

Chrysanthemum, CT scan image
CT Scan image of a Chrysanthemum

Downy Woundwort, Stachys germanica
Plate 83/11, illustration of Downy Woundwort from Deutschlands Flora (1841) by Jacob Sturm (1771-1848). Date: 1841

Archimedes swallovanus, bryozoan
Fossil bryozoan dating from the Carboniferous rocks, Mississippian, Golconda Fm. Marigold, Illinois, U.S.A

Gazania splendens, gazania and Callicarpa purpurea, purple b
Plate 29 from The Illustrated Bouquet (1857-64) by Edward Geroge Henderson. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Caltha palustris, yellow marsh marigold
Drawing 1/9 made in 1906 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 031

Taraxacum offininale, dandelion clock
Dandelion seeds (Taraxacum offininale) in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Derek Adams, April 2003

Leucanthemum vulgare, oxeye daisy
Oxeye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003

Dandelion growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003

Metitaea ismeria and Helianthus tracheliifolius

Sonchus palustris, marsh sow-thistle
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Tagetes erecta, marigold
Illustration of marigold (Tagetes erecta) by August Johann Georg Carl Batsch (1761-1802) from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum

Brachyglottis repanda, bushmans toilet paper
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Carthamus tinctorius, safflower
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Helichrysum bracteatum, strawflower
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Celmisia gracilenta, dainty daisy
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Dampiera stricta, blue dampiera
Outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Senecio candidans, sea cabbage
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Cacalia lanuginosa

Tagetes patula, marigold
Illustration of marigold (Tagetes patula) by August Johann Georg Carl Batsch (1761-1802) from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum

Plants for salads

Anthemis nobilis, chamomile
Plate 154 from Medicinal Plants by Bentley & Trimen, Vol 2 1880. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Olearia furfuracea, tree daisy
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Chicorium intybus, chicory
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Lechenaultia filiformis
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Senecio rufiglandulosus
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Tetrax tetrax, little bustard
Plate 18 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Chrysanthemum x morifolium, chrysanthemum
Plate 590 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Campanula medium, Canterbury bells
Plate 63 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Also shows Macrophylla, Barbata, Punctata, Alpina and Sarmatica

Aricanis minor, marigold
Page 268 of Flora Exotica (1720) by Johanne Godfredo Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Telekia speciosa, telekia
Plate 44 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Solanum hystrix, Afghan thistle
Plate 107 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Onopordum acanthium, cotton thistle
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

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