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Nettle (Urtica nivea L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Clearweed (Pilea pubescens): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by Weddell, c. 1824, after J. Curtis.

Four examples of thorny or hairy plant stems: a rose, barberry, plum and stinging nettle. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Harick (Forsskaolea tenacissima L.): flowering stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Five flowering plants, including hornworts (Ceratophyllum species) and nettles (Urtica species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

A plant of the Urticaceae family: flowering stem with pink, catkin-like inflorescences. Watercolour.

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Urticaceae

Images from the collections

Images about Urticaceae

Works from the collections

A plant of the Urticaceae family: flowering stem with pink, catkin-like inflorescences. Watercolour.

Clearweed (Pilea pubescens): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by Weddell, c. 1824, after J. Curtis.

Nettle (Urtica nivea L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Harick (Forsskaolea tenacissima L.): flowering stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Five flowering plants, including hornworts (Ceratophyllum species) and nettles (Urtica species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Urticaceae

Images from the collections

Images about Urticaceae

Works from the collections

A plant of the Urticaceae family: flowering stem with pink, catkin-like inflorescences. Watercolour.

Clearweed (Pilea pubescens): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by Weddell, c. 1824, after J. Curtis.

Nettle (Urtica nivea L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Harick (Forsskaolea tenacissima L.): flowering stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Five flowering plants, including hornworts (Ceratophyllum species) and nettles (Urtica species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

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