Main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants, usually consisting of a flat green blade attached to the stem directly or by a stalk

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Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum): leaves and fruits. Pen drawing, partially coloured.

Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.

A fern frond, leaves and grasses framing a rectangular space. Nature print.

Rose stem with autumn leaves. Watercolour drawing.

Tibetan musical score. Wellcome Tibetan 42.

A group of dead leaves. Watercolour.

Autumn leaves of bramble (Rubus species). Watercolour drawing.

Two plants: leafy stems, one with bulb and flower. Watercolour.

Golden-leaved alder (Alnus species): leafy shoot. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.

Twenty seven compound plant leaves of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Rose hips and leaves. Watercolour and pen drawings.

Mathematische und mikroskopisch-anatomische Studien über Blattstellungen nebst Betrachtungen über den Schalenbau der Miliolinen / von G. van Iterson Jun.

Leaves of birch (Betula species). Pen drawing with pencil.

A plant (Senecio kaempferi): variegated leaf and entire potted plant. Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews, c. 1861, after himself.

Seven leaves of different forms, including dandelion, rose, poppy, nasturtium and potato. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

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Plant Leaves

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Mathematische und mikroskopisch-anatomische Studien über Blattstellungen nebst Betrachtungen über den Schalenbau der Miliolinen / von G. van Iterson Jun.

Leaves of birch (Betula species). Pen drawing with pencil.

Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.

A plant (Senecio kaempferi): variegated leaf and entire potted plant. Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews, c. 1861, after himself.

Seven leaves of different forms, including dandelion, rose, poppy, nasturtium and potato. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

Plant Leaves

Images from the collections

Images referencing Plant Leaves

Works from the collections

Mathematische und mikroskopisch-anatomische Studien über Blattstellungen nebst Betrachtungen über den Schalenbau der Miliolinen / von G. van Iterson Jun.

Leaves of birch (Betula species). Pen drawing with pencil.

Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.

A plant (Senecio kaempferi): variegated leaf and entire potted plant. Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews, c. 1861, after himself.

Seven leaves of different forms, including dandelion, rose, poppy, nasturtium and potato. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

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