Scientific, botanical, animal and nature illustrations.
Inspired by taxonomy.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
The Musk thistle or Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans) is a member of the sunflower family Asteraceae. It is a biennial herb with showy red-purple flowersand sharply spiny stems and leaves.
Pertusaria is a genus of lichenized fungi in the Pertusariaceae family
(via Flora Batava of Afbeeldingen en Beschrijving von Nederlandsche gewassen, XII. Deel. (1865))
Boletus granulatus
(via Flora Batava of Afbeelding en Beschrijving van Nederlandsche Gewassen, (1872))
Boletus cyanescens
(via Flora Batava of Afbeelding en Beschrijving van Nederlandsche Gewassen, X Deel. (1849))
Skimmia rubella. (via Rutaceae - Skimmia rubella.)
Petunia is genus of 35 species of flowering plants of South American origin, closely related to tobacco, cape gooseberries, tomatoes, deadly nightshades, potatoes and chili peppers; in the family Solanaceae.
Scrophulariaceae, the figwort family, are a family of flowering plants. The plants are annual or perennial herbs with flowers with bilateral (zygomorphic) or rarely radial (actinomorphic) symmetry.
(via Scrophulariaceae - Calceolaria (varieties) Van Houtte.)
Taxodiaceae - Sequoia gigantea
Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia, giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, or Wellingtonia) is the sole living species in the genus Sequoiadendron, and one of three species of coniferous trees known as redwoods.
(via Taxodiaceae - Sequoia gigantea - Wellingtonia gigantea.)
