Plant that has adapted to living in an aquatic environment

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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-.

Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.

Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.

Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Kingcups (Caltha palustris) and pasque-flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

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Aquatic plants

Images from the collections

Images referencing Aquatic plants

Works from the collections

A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.

Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.

Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Kingcups (Caltha palustris) and pasque-flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Four flowering plants, including cuckoo-pint, sweet flag and two pondweeds. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Aquatic plants

Images from the collections

Images referencing Aquatic plants

Works from the collections

A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.

Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.

Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Kingcups (Caltha palustris) and pasque-flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Four flowering plants, including cuckoo-pint, sweet flag and two pondweeds. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

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