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Concept

Geum

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  • Eight British wild flowers, including wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca), cinquefoils (Potentilla species) and water avens (Geum rivale). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Wood avens (Geum urbanum): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • A type of aven (Geum species): flowering stem. Watercolour by M. A. Bayfield, 1839(?).
  • A type of aven (Geum album): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • Wood avens (Geum urbanum L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, floral segments and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
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    Wood avens (Geum urbanum): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

    Naudin, Philibert, active 1870. | Date: [1865] | Reference: 24664i
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    Wood avens (Geum urbanum L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, floral segments and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

    | Date: [1778] | Reference: 17340i
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    A type of aven (Geum species): flowering stem. Watercolour by M. A. Bayfield, 1839(?).

    Bayfield, Mary Anne. | Date: 1839 | Reference: 21987i
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    A type of aven (Geum album): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1772] | Reference: 17807i
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    Eight British wild flowers, including wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca), cinquefoils (Potentilla species) and water avens (Geum rivale). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

    Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879. | Date: [1856] | Reference: 24638i
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