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Five flowering plants, including bistort (Polygonum bistorta) and knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Five flowering plants, including water pepper (Polygonum hydropiper) and redleg (Polygonum persicaria). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Redleg plant (Polygonum persicaria): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

Water pepper plant (Polygonum hydropiper) and two square segments of a gel-like substance. Watercolour.

A plant, possibly a knotweed (Polygonum species): flowering stem and leaves. Watercolour.

Six British wild flowers, including water pepper and knotweed (Polygonum species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

A plant (Polygonum orientale): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1792.

Two plants, one possibly a knotweed (Polygonum species). Watercolour.

A ground-cover plant (Polygonum vacciniifolium): flowering stem. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

Two species of knotweed (Polygonum species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

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Polygonum

Images from the collections

Images about Polygonum

Works from the collections

Redleg plant (Polygonum persicaria): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

A plant (Polygonum orientale): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1792.

Two species of knotweed (Polygonum species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

A ground-cover plant (Polygonum vacciniifolium): flowering stem. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

Six British wild flowers, including water pepper and knotweed (Polygonum species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Polygonum

Images from the collections

Images about Polygonum

Works from the collections

Redleg plant (Polygonum persicaria): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

A plant (Polygonum orientale): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1792.

Two species of knotweed (Polygonum species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

A ground-cover plant (Polygonum vacciniifolium): flowering stem. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

Six British wild flowers, including water pepper and knotweed (Polygonum species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

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