Loosestrife Collection

European wand loosestrife, Lythrum virgatum, Lithrum virgatum, Litro affilato, Salicaria da Giardini. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Silver berry or oleaster, Elaeagnus angustifolia
Silver berry or oleaster, olivier de Boheme, Elaeagnus angustifolia. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Spreading loosestrife, Lythrum diffusum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The British Flower Garden, Ridgeway

Tufted loosestrife, Lysimachia thyrsiflora. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1794

Red loosestrife, Lysimachium rubeum, and figwort, Scrophularia nodosa. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Yellow loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris, and purple loosestrife, Lysimachion purpureum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Cape loosestrife, Lysimachia nutans. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe

Crown imperial flower, Fritillaria imperialis, Hexandria, 1, and loosestrife, Lysimachia europaea (Trientalis europaeus), Heptandria, 2

Purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria
La Salicaire. Purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Curtis British Entomology Plate 250
Coleoptera: Ochthebius hibernicus = Ochthebius punctatus (Irish Ochthebius) [Plant: Lysimachia vulgaris (Yellow Loosestrife)] Date: 1824-39

Bombus hypnorum, bumblebee
A bumblebee perched on Lythrum salicaria, purple loosetrife, in the Natural History Museums Wildlife Garden

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