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Aquatic plants

Plant that has adapted to living in an aquatic environment

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Images referencing Aquatic plants

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  • Arrowgrass (Triglochin palustris): flowering stems rising from water's edge with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R.Br.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate calyx, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): an expanded flower with surrounding leaves and buds. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • Four flowering plants, including cuckoo-pint, sweet flag and two pondweeds. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Seven flowering aquatic plants, including eelgrass (Zostera marina) and bog rush (Schoenus nigricans). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.
  • Seven flowering plants, all named types of rush (Juncus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): an opening flower with surrounding leaves and buds. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • A plant (Limnophila racemosa): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809, after J. Ihle.
  • White waterlily (Nymphaea alba L.): leaf, flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
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Botany
Plants
Plants, Cultivated
Wild flowers - Great Britain
Water lilies
Tropical plants
Botany - Japan
Plants, Ornamental
Victoria (Plants)
Victoria amazonica