Public domain
Cape Aitonia (Aitonia capensis), plate 2
Henrietta Maria Moriarty · Chicago Botanic Garden, Lenhardt Library
1807Biodiversity Heritage LibraryUsed on: Home, Registry
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25 credited works
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Public domain
Cotinus-leaved Dais (Dais cotinifolia), plate 20
Henrietta Maria Moriarty · Chicago Botanic Garden, Lenhardt Library
1807Biodiversity Heritage LibraryUsed on: Startup Foundations, How it works
Public domain
Barbadoes Amaryllis, or Lily (Amaryllis equestris), plate 30
Henrietta Maria Moriarty · Chicago Botanic Garden, Lenhardt Library
1807Biodiversity Heritage LibraryUsed on: Methodology, Research, Contribute
Public domain
Rose Vervain (Verbena aubletia), plate 49
Henrietta Maria Moriarty · Chicago Botanic Garden, Lenhardt Library
1807Biodiversity Heritage LibraryUsed on: Review Standard, About
CC0
Moon and Autumn Plants
Sakai Hōitsu (1761–1828) · National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
Early 19th centuryFreer Gallery of Art CollectionUsed on: Home hero, About
CC0
Decoration of a Panel
Artist unknown · Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
1725–1750Drawings, Prints, and Graphic DesignUsed on: Home hero, page headers
Public domain — work of the U.S. federal government
Malus domestica (“Seedling of Surprise”)
Royal Charles Steadman · U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
17 January 1924USDA Pomological Watercolor CollectionUsed on: Home hero, Startup Foundations
Public domain
American Bog Plants, plate LXI
Robert John Thornton, after Philip Reinagle; engraved by Thomas Sutherland · Missouri Botanical Garden
1806–1807Biodiversity Heritage LibraryUsed on: Visual directions study
Public domain
Night-blowing Cereus, plate 3381
Walter Hood Fitch; engraved by Swan · Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library
1835Biodiversity Heritage LibraryUsed on: Visual directions study
Public domain
Icones fungorum Niskiensium, plate 20
Lewis David von Schweinitz · Harvard University Botany Libraries, Farlow Reference Library and Herbarium
ca. 1798–1802Biodiversity Heritage LibraryUsed on: Visual directions study
Public domain
Stanhopea tigrina, plate 7
Augusta Innes Withers; lithographed by Maxim Gauci · Missouri Botanical Garden
1837–1843Biodiversity Heritage LibraryUsed on: Visual directions study
Public Domain Mark
Fly agaric fungus
After M. Burnett · Wellcome Collection
ca. 1853Used on: Visual directions study
Public Domain Mark
New hybrid Sarracenias
After H. Moon · Wellcome Collection
ca. 1886Used on: Visual directions study
Public domain; Open Access image under CC0
Study of a Stump with Aerial Roots
Woldemar Friedrich · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
mid-19th–early 20th centuryDrawings and PrintsUsed on: Visual directions study
CC0
Marchantia polymorpha L.
Collected by W. C. Barbour · Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
25 July 1900BotanyUsed on: Visual directions study
Public domain
Grapevine stem and leaf showing transport vessels
Nehemiah Grew · Biodiversity Heritage Library
1682The Anatomy of PlantsUsed on: Visual directions study
Public domain; Open Access image under CC0
Herbarium
Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus; published by Johannes Philippus de Lignamine · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1483–1484Drawings and PrintsUsed on: Visual directions study
Public domain; Open Access image under CC0
Botanical Study
Mary Delany · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1772–1782Drawings and PrintsUsed on: Visual directions study
Public domain; Open Access image under CC0
Spiraea aruncus (Tyrol)
Anna Atkins · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1851–1854PhotographsUsed on: Visual directions study
U.S. Public Domain — work of the U.S. federal government
Richard’s Graft apple
Mary Daisy Arnold · U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
1916USDA Pomological Watercolor CollectionUsed on: Visual directions study
U.S. Public Domain — work of the U.S. federal government
Branch apple
Deborah Griscom Passmore · U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
1900USDA Pomological Watercolor CollectionUsed on: Visual directions study
U.S. Public Domain — work of the U.S. federal government
Avocado Seedling
Elsie Lower Pomeroy · U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
20 June 1906USDA Pomological Watercolor CollectionUsed on: Visual directions study
U.S. Public Domain — work of the U.S. federal government
Yellow Transparent apple
Mary Daisy Arnold · U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
1915USDA Pomological Watercolor CollectionUsed on: Visual directions study
U.S. Public Domain — work of the U.S. federal government
Ruby persimmon
Deborah Griscom Passmore · U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
1905USDA Pomological Watercolor CollectionUsed on: Visual directions study
U.S. Public Domain — work of the U.S. federal government
Wonderful pomegranate
Amanda Almira Newton · U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
1920USDA Pomological Watercolor CollectionUsed on: Visual directions study
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