Organ of a higher plant that anchors the rest of the plant in the ground, absorbs water and mineral salts from the soil, and does not bear leaves or buds

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Mandrake roots in human form; the mandrake plant; ginseng. Engraving.

Solomon's seal (Polygonatum multiflorum): rootstock. Watercolour.

Angelica (Angelica archangelica): root segments and stem with bud. Watercolour.

A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowering and leafy stems with thick, fleshy roots. Watercolour.

Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.

Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and rootstock. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Two entire flowering plants, a yellow crocus (Crocus species) and a herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

Bunium bulbocastanum L.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Peruvian rhatany (Krameria triandra): flowering and fruiting plant with roots and fruit segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.

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Plant Roots

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Images referencing Plant Roots

Works from the collections

Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.

Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and rootstock. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Two entire flowering plants, a yellow crocus (Crocus species) and a herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

Bunium bulbocastanum L.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Peruvian rhatany (Krameria triandra): flowering and fruiting plant with roots and fruit segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.

Plant Roots

Images from the collections

Images referencing Plant Roots

Works from the collections

Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.

Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and rootstock. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Two entire flowering plants, a yellow crocus (Crocus species) and a herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

Bunium bulbocastanum L.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Peruvian rhatany (Krameria triandra): flowering and fruiting plant with roots and fruit segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.

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