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Six flowering plants: five types of sandwort (Arenaria species) and a sea purslane (Honkenya peploides). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Three-nerved sandwort (Arenaria trinervis): flowering plant. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Sandwort (Arenaria verna): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1830, after J. Sowerby.

Sandwort (Arenaria tenuifolia): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.

Sandwort (Arenaria gracilis): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

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Sandworts

Images from the collections

Images about Sandworts

Works from the collections

Sandwort (Arenaria gracilis): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

Sandwort (Arenaria verna): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1830, after J. Sowerby.

Six flowering plants: five types of sandwort (Arenaria species) and a sea purslane (Honkenya peploides). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Sandwort (Arenaria tenuifolia): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.

Three-nerved sandwort (Arenaria trinervis): flowering plant. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Sandworts

Images from the collections

Images about Sandworts

Works from the collections

Sandwort (Arenaria gracilis): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

Sandwort (Arenaria verna): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1830, after J. Sowerby.

Six flowering plants: five types of sandwort (Arenaria species) and a sea purslane (Honkenya peploides). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Sandwort (Arenaria tenuifolia): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.

Three-nerved sandwort (Arenaria trinervis): flowering plant. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

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