Compositae Collection (page 3)

Tussilago farfara, coltsfoot
Close-up of a coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, March 2003

Echinacea purpurea, purple coneflower

Helichrisum brachteatum, strawflower
Illustration of strawflower (Helichrisum brachteatum) by Sydney Parkinson

Lactuca sativa, lettuce
Plate 19 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas, 1870. Picture depicts a close-up on a lettuce (Lactuca sativa). Illustration entitled Plantes pour salades

Zinnia peruviana, Peruvian zinnia
Sketch 180 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Anthemis cotula, mayweed chamomile
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Helichrysum obconicum
Copper plate by Gabriel Smith from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Barrosoa apiculata
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Eupatorium succulentum

Baccharis pingraea
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Chrysocoma albiflora

Helianthus tubaeformis, southern sunflower
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Callistephus chinensis, China aster
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

Senecio Incanus var. persoonii
Senecio Incanus, subspecies persoonii, a flowering plant of the Asteraceae (or Compositae) family

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