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Cerastium

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Images referencing Cerastium

12 images from works
  • A chickweed plant (Cerastium quaternellum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Mouse-ear (Cerastium latifolium): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.
  • Chickweed (Cerastium ciliatum): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Sticky mouse-ear (Cerastium glomeratum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1800.
  • Mouse-ear (Cerastium tetrandrum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.
  • Mouse-ear (Cerastium alpinum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.
  • Little mouse-ear (Cerastium semidecandrum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1806.
  • Field mouse-ear (Cerastium arvense): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1793.
  • Chickweed plant (Cerastium glomeratum) with two associated wasps and their anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Seven flowering plants: all types of mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Sticky mouse-ear (Cerastium glomeratum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1800.
  • Chickweed (Cerastium perfoliatum): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Works from the collections

12 works

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    Mouse-ear (Cerastium alpinum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: 1 May 1798 | Reference: 25132i
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    Chickweed (Cerastium perfoliatum): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

    | Reference: 17249i
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    Mouse-ear (Cerastium latifolium): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: 1 May 1798 | Reference: 25133i
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    Chickweed plant (Cerastium glomeratum) with two associated wasps and their anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

    | Date: 1 September 1831 | Reference: 24217i
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    Little mouse-ear (Cerastium semidecandrum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1806.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: 1 August 1806 | Reference: 25129i

Related topics

Botany
Plants
Caryophyllaceae
Wild flowers - Great Britain

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