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Ranunculus Collection

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Buttercups and Daisies

Buttercups and Daisies
A classic English countryside scene in a summer field with buttercups and daisies interspersed among the wild grasses. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Garden varieties of the Persian buttercup

Garden varieties of the Persian buttercup, Ranunculus asiaticus. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Persian buttercups, Ranunculus asiaticus

Persian buttercups, Ranunculus asiaticus. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Golden bartonia or Lindleys blazingstar, Mentzelia

Golden bartonia or Lindleys blazingstar, Mentzelia lindleyi. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Dog s-tooth violet and moth

Dog s-tooth violet and moth
Dog s-tooth-violet or dogtooth violet, Erythronium dens-canis, and moth. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Daniel Rabel after a botanical illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian from Pierre Joseph

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Bayberry, Morella pubescens

Bayberry, Morella pubescens
Bayberry, bay-rum tree, candleberry, sweet gale or wax-myrtle, Morella pubescens. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Upright meadow crowfoot, Ranunculus acris

Upright meadow crowfoot, Ranunculus acris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1799

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Smallflower buttercup, Ranunculus parviflorus

Smallflower buttercup, Ranunculus parviflorus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Water crowfoot, Ranunculus aquatilis

Water crowfoot, Ranunculus aquatilis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Great spearwort, Ranunculus lingua

Great spearwort, Ranunculus lingua. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Persian buttercup, Ranunculus asiaticus

Persian buttercup, Ranunculus asiaticus (Ranunculo sexto). Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattiolis Discorsi di P.A

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Crowfoot species

Crowfoot species
Montpelier crowfoot, Ranunculus monspeliacus, grass-leaved crowfoot, R. gramineus, stem-clasping crowfoot, R. amplexicaulis, acrid crowfoot, R. acris flore pleno, palmate-leaved crowfoot, R

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Varieties of crowfoot, Ranunculus sylvestris

Varieties of crowfoot, Ranunculus sylvestris and Ranunculus sylvestris luteus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Varieties of crowfoot, Ranunculus urens

Varieties of crowfoot, Ranunculus urens and Ranunculus dulcis. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Varieties of crowfoot, Ranunculus multiplex

Varieties of crowfoot, Ranunculus multiplex and Ranunculus minor. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Water-crowfoot species, Ranunculus aquatilis

Water-crowfoot species, Ranunculus aquatilis. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Waterpepper, Persicaria hydropiper, and water-crowfoot

Waterpepper, Persicaria hydropiper, and water-crowfoot, Ranunculus aquatilis. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Greater spearwort, Ranunculus lingua

Greater spearwort, Ranunculus lingua, Renoncule grande-douve. Handcoloured steel engraving by L. Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Background imageRanunculus Collection: St. Anthonys turnip or bulbous buttercup

St. Anthonys turnip or bulbous buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus. Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby after an illustration by A.E. from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Persian buttercup and Chinese indigo

Persian buttercup and Chinese indigo
Persian buttercup, Ranunculus asiaticus 1, and Chinese indigo, Persicaria tinctoria 2. Renoncule, Renouee. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Buttercup, Ranunculus spicatus

Buttercup, Ranunculus spicatus. 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, Ghent

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Celery-leaved crowfoot, Ranunculus sceleratus

Celery-leaved crowfoot, Ranunculus sceleratus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Double ranunculus varieties, Persian buttercup

Double ranunculus varieties, Persian buttercup, Ranunculus asiaticus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis Lectures

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Water crowfoot, Ranunculus species

Water crowfoot, Ranunculus species
La Renoncule d eau de la Chine a feuilles de Parnassis. Water crowfoot, Ranunculus species. Chinese egret, Egretta eulophotes

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Persian buttercup hybrid Harlequin, Ranunculus asiaticus

Persian buttercup hybrid Harlequin, Ranunculus asiaticus
La Renoncule semdouble des Jardins conue sous le nom d Arlequine. Persian buttercup hybrid Harlequin, Ranunculus asiaticus

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Bachelors buttons, Ranunculus aconitifolius

Bachelors buttons, Ranunculus aconitifolius
La Renoncule a feuilles d Aconit. Bachelors buttons, Ranunculus aconitifolius. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Clasping buttercup, Ranunculus amplexicaulis

Clasping buttercup, Ranunculus amplexicaulis
Clasping buttercup or plantain-leaved crowfoot, Ranunculus amplexicaulis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1794

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Double upright crowfoot, Ranunculus acris flore pleno

Double upright crowfoot, Ranunculus acris flore pleno. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1793

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Cursed buttercup and mezereon

Cursed buttercup and mezereon
Cursed buttercup, Ranunculus sceleratus 1, and mezereon, Daphne mezereum 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 420

Curtis British Entomology Plate 420
Lepidoptera: Cerostoma annulatella = Rhigognostis annulatella (Ringed Diamond-back, Annulated Smudge) [Plant: Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 408

Curtis British Entomology Plate 408
Lepidoptera: Oecophora sulphurella = Esperia sulphurella (Yellow Underwinged Thick-horn) [Plant: Ranunculus bulbosus (Bulbous Crowfoot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 394

Curtis British Entomology Plate 394
Coleoptera: Spercheus emarginatus (Notch-headed Hydrophilus) [Plant: Ranunculus lingua (Great Spearwort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 300

Curtis British Entomology Plate 300
Lepidoptera: Hipparchus smaragdarius = Thetidia smaragdaria (Essex Emerald Moth) [Plant: Ranunculus arvensis Corn Crowfoot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 196

Curtis British Entomology Plate 196
Coleoptera: Pterostichus elongatus (Elongated Pterostichus: a mainland-european species) [Plant: Ranunculus sardous (Ranunculus parvulus, Dwarf Ranunculus)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 95

Curtis British Entomology Plate 95
Coleoptera: Hydaticus cinereus = Graphoderus cinereus (Orange-striped Hydaticus Water-beetle) [Plant: Ranunculus aquatilis (Water Crowfoot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 25

Curtis British Entomology Plate 25
Hymenoptera: Psen equestris = Psen bicolor [Plant: Ranunculus ficaria (Common Pilewort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageRanunculus Collection: RANUNCULUS PELTATUS

RANUNCULUS PELTATUS
WATER CROWFOOT Date: early 20th century

Background imageRanunculus Collection: RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS

RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS
BUTTERCUP Date: early 20th century

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Persian ranunculus varieties: Columbus, Argo, and Hilda

Persian ranunculus varieties: Columbus, Argo, and Hilda.. Handcolored botanical drawn and lithographed by W.G. Smith from H.H. Dombrains Floral Magazine 1872. Worthington G

Background imageRanunculus Collection: American heart-leaved crowfoot, Ranunculus cardiophyllus

American heart-leaved crowfoot, Ranunculus cardiophyllus.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Plantain-leaved crowfoot with white flowers

Plantain-leaved crowfoot with white flowers and yellow eye, Ranunculus amplexicaulis.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Pyrenean crowfoot and Aconite-leaved crowfoot

Pyrenean crowfoot and Aconite-leaved crowfoot
Botanical illustration of Pyrenean crowfoot and Aconite-leaved crowfoot Date: 1896

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Ranunculus glacialis

Ranunculus glacialis
Botanical illustration of Ranunculus glacialis Date: 1896

Background imageRanunculus Collection: European Globeflower / Globe Crowfoot / Globe Flower

European Globeflower / Globe Crowfoot / Globe Flower / Globe Ranunculus / Globe Trollius / Globeflower / Lucken-gowans flowering wild plant (Trollius europaeus)

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Ranunculus biternatus, antarctic buttercup

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

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Ranunculus sp. buttercup

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

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Ranunculus asiaticus, Persian buttercup

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

Background imageRanunculus Collection: Ranunculus lingua, greater spearwort

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



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