Ranunculales Collection

Clematis viticella, Polish spirit
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

Papaver somniferum, Opium poppy
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church in 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Fumaria officinalis, fumitory
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Aquilegia sp. columbine
Drawing 1/5 by Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 018

Papaver sp. blue poppy
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Aquilegia vulgaris, Columbine
Ink drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903 Date: 1903

Papaver orientale, oriental poppy
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver somniferum, opium poppy
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

Fumaria officinalis. Colored engraving

Nigella hispanica, fennel flower
Drawing 1/20 made in 1905 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). 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

Papaver orientale, Eastern poppy
Folio 22 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Aconitum napellus, monkshood
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Aquilegia
Page 247 (248) from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula

Helleborus kochii, false rose
Watercolour drawing by Claude Aubriet (1665-1742). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papver sonniferum, field poppy
Plate 49 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ranunculus biternatus, antarctic buttercup
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Ranunculus flaccidus

Aquilegia canadensis, wild columbine
Drawing 1/6 by Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 020

Delphinium ajacis, rocket larkspur
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1908. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Aquilegia vulgaris, European columbine
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Platte 023

Helleborus viridis, green hellebore
Hellebores contain a powerful cardiac poison & narcotic. Used medicinally for a variety of conditions, it needed to be administered with care to avoid being fatal to the patient

Papaver sp. yellow poppy
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Aconitumm napellus, monk s-hood
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 12

Nigella damascena, love-in-a-mist
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1905. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Meconopsis napaulensis, blue poppy

Nigella orientalis, yellow fennel flower
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1905. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 062

Chelidonium glaucum, celandine
Illustration from the Botany Library held at the Natural History Museum, London

Anemone sp. anemone
Illustration from Full Directions for the Young Artist (1817) by George Brookshaw. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Delphinium formosum, hardy larkspur
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Clematis integrifolia, solitary clematis
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 10 July 1909

Ranunculus sp. buttercup
Illustration from Full Directions for the Young Artist (1817) by George Brookshaw. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Epimedium roseum, barrenwort
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 9 May 1909. Plate 101

Aconitum variegatum, monkshood
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 30 July 1906

Aquilegia chrysantha, golden columbine
Ink and wash drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1906. Figure for Types of floral mechanism

Papaver nudicaule L, arctic poppy
Papaver nudicaule L. var. rubro-aurantiacum Fisch. Ex DC. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium, collected in Russia, 1948

Papaver rhoeas L, corn poppy. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium. Seed from Poland, plant collected in 1952

Papaver rhoeas L, common poppy. Collected on the 31 August 1983. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium

Papaver rhoeas, shirley poppy, double mixed. Cultivated at Threshelfords, Kelvedon, Essex. Collected on the 23 July 1981. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium

Papaver rhoeas, field poppy
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver orientale, oriental poppy
Watercolour by William King, c. 1750s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver alpinum, dwarf poppy
Folio 58 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ranunculus asiaticus, Persian buttercup
Folio 51 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Anemone hepatica, liverleaf
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1905. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ranunculus lingua, greater spearwort
A photograph of the detail from one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Ranunculus lingua, greater spearwort

Anemone nemorosa, wood anemone
Wood anemones form an attractive springtime carpet in the woodland area of the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, April 2004

Papaver bracteatum, Oriental poppy
Watercolour painting by John Lindley 1799-1865. Lindley was Professor of Botany at UCL (University College London) and the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) library is named after him

Papaver bracteatum, Oriental poppy (detail)
Watercolour painting by John Lindley 1799-1865. Lindley was Professor of Botany at UCL (University College London) and the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) library is named after him

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