1,550 Free Artworks of Botanical, Plants (public Domain)

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Blue pimpernel, Italian pimpernel. Anagallis monelli (1807)

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Gazania, Rigid-leaved Gorteria [Gazania rigens as Gorteria rigens], (1807)

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Yellow Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum, as Chelidenium glaucium), and Gum Cistus ( Cistus creticus, as Cistus ladaniferus). The new botanic garden (1812)

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Dodecatheon meadia, Trillium grandiflorum, Adonis vernalis, and Lathyrus vernus [as Orobus vernus] The botanic garden vol. 1 (1825)

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Viola maculata, as Viola pyrolifolia. Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe vol. 7 (1851-1852)

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Queen Cattleya. Cattleya dowiana. A particularly beautiful Cattleya. Flower petals and sepals are yellow. Lip is deep crimson purple, veined gold. L’ Illustration horticole, vol. 14 (1866) [P. Stroobant]

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New South Wales waratah. Telopea speciosissima. Large shrub in the Proteaceae family. Endemic to New South Wales, Australia. It is the floral emblem of that state.

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Heliconia indica. A striking foliage plant to 12 feet tall. Flowers pollinated by bats and hummingbirds. Native to many islands in the South Pacific (1880)

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Sugarbush. One of the easiest proteas to grow. Native to South Africa.

Hardenbergia perbrevidens (1830)

Rhododendron javaniacum. Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 6 (1850-1851)

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Cabbage Palm. Cordyline fruticosa, as Calodracon nobilis. Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 7 (1851-1852)

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Glory pea, parrot beak. Swainsona formosa [as Clianthus dampieri]. The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture..., vol. 20- (1881)

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Rosa 'Devoniensis' Extremely fragrant, ivory colored flowers with centers tinted pink, pale yellow, or beige, depending on the weather. A cross of Smith's Yellow China, and Park's Yellow Tea-scented China, introduced in 1838. (1839)

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Agapanthus and Swallowtail butterfly. Blue lily and large butterfly, natal. By Marianne North (1882)

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Spanish bayonet. Yucca gloriosa. Sword-like leaves and 8 foot panicles of white (sometimes tinged purple or red) bell-shaped flowers. Native to the southeastern U.S. By P.J. Redouté (1827-1833)

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Blanket Flower. Gaillardia aristata. [as Galardia rustica Cass.] Choix des plus belles fleurs -et des plus beaux fruits par P.J. Redouté. (1833)

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Clusia rosea. Autograph plant, pitch apple. Scratch a name on a leaf, it will remain there for the life of the leaf.

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Helleborus niger. Christmas Rose. (1868)

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Cigar Flower (Cuphea lanceolata) and Ornamental grape (Vitis thunbergii).

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Native Wisteria, Wild Sarsaparilla. Hardenbergia comptoniana. Vigorous twining vine, with mauve to purple flowers in winter and spring. Native to Western Australia. Illustration by Sarah Ann Drake. (1836)

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Cross vine, Crossvine. Bignonia capreolata [as Anisostichus capreolata]

Pitcairnia ringens. Showy spikes of red tubular flowers; a bromeliad endemic to Mexico. Deutsches Magazin fur Garten- und Blumenkunde; Stuggart, G. Weise. (1854)

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The aromatic Mormodes. Mormodes aromatica. Inflorescence to 13 inches long carries up to 15 fragrant flowers. Grows at high elevations in Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras.

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Japanese rose. Rosa Kamtschatka, Rosier du Kamtschatka. By P.J. Redouté (1817-1824)

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Aphelandra hort. cv. Fascinator. The Floral world and garden guide, vol.17 (1874)

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Cattleya × whitei orchid (1900)

Santa Marta, Pitajaya De Cerro. Disocactus speciosus. Long, thin stems with large vermilion colored flowers (1842) [S.A. Drake]

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Hibbertia scandens. Guinea Gold Vine. (1833)

Petunia hybrida, Konigin v. Holland. Lovely, large pink flowers striped in white. Deutsches Magazin fur Garten- und Blumenkunde. (1855)

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Papaya (Carica papaya), Scoth grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) and sawa millet (Echinochloa colona). By G.D. Ehret (1748-1759)

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Cymbidium finlaysonianum Lindl. Choix des plantes rares ou nouvelles (1863-1864)

Strawberry Bush, Euonymus americanus with Warblers. (Audubon, Hermit, and Black-Throated Gray). Birds of America [double elephant folio edition], Audubon, J.J., (1826-1838) [J.J. Audubon]

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Surinam cherry. Eugenia uniflora. Produces 1 -1.5 inch, ribbed fruits. They begin green, then ripen through shades of orange, scarlet, and maroon. (1915)

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Roses and anemones by P.J. Redouté

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Tree pincushion, Brown-bearded Sugarbush, and black-flowered protea. All native to South Africa.

Sparaxis spp. Native to South Africa.

Mariposa lily and Thurberia. Flowers from Arcadia (1884)

Sobralia xantholeuca. Bamboo-like canes hold large, Cattleya-like flowers. Repeat blooms. A cool weather, summer blooming orchid from Mexico and Guatamala. The garden. An illustrated…, vol. 22 (1882)

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Flowering peach. Prunus persica. Deutsches Magazin fur Garten- und Blumenkunde. (1855)

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Cattleya purpurata var. Compte de Montebellow (as Laelia purpurata var. Compte de Montebello). Lindenia - iconography of orchids vol. 8 (1894)

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Abutilon insigne. Unusual, and striking. The large flowers, white at their base, are so richly veined in deep crimson, little of the white can be seen. Petal reverses are more delicately veined. Can grow as a shrub, or a vine. (1855) [W.H. Fitch]

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Avocado. Persea-americana [as Persea gratissima] Native to Mexico and Central America. First evidence of it use found in a cave in Coxcatlán, Puebla, Mexico, and dated to 10,000 B.C. The avocado, like the banana, is botanically a berry. (1889)

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Fuchsia. Glory v. Neisse. Deutsches Magazin für Garten- und Blumenkunde; Stuggart, G. Weise. (1855)

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Manzanita and Fritallaria. Flowers from Arcadia (1884)

Wand flower. Native to South Africa.

Hepatica, liverwort, kidneywort, pennywort. Anemone hepatica. Late winter, and spring flowering perennial. Grows in deep shade, or full sun. Heavy or sandy soils. Needs moisture and winter snow cover. American medicinal plants, vol. 1 (c1887)

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African Border Tree. Newbouldia laevis, as Spathodea laevis. Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 6 (1850-1851)

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Hops vine. Humulus lupulus. The fragrant flowers of this vine, provide bitterness, flavor, and preservative properties.

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Potentilla hort. cv. striata formosissima. Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 7 (1852)

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Reticulated Iris. Iris reticulata. Low growing, bulbous perennial blooms in March and April. Flowers purple with gold crest. The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches [ed. William Robinson], vol. 20- (1881)

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Camellia hort. Deutsches Magazin für Garten- und Blumenkunde; Stuggart, G. Weise. (1855)

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LICHEN. Svensk botanik [J.W. Palmstruch et al], vol. 2 (1803)

Flowering peach 'flore albo semi pleno' & 'flore rubro semi pleno.' Prunus persica [as Amygdalus persica var. sinensis] Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 10, (1855)

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Pleione praecox (as Coelogyne wallachiana). Native to the west-central Himilaya to southern Yunnan, China.

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Abutilon darwinii. Flower color varies from yellow to orange to scarlet, usually with darker veins. Evergreen, branching, shrubs 8-10 feet tall. Attracts hummingbirds. Native to Brazil. (1871) [W.H. Fitch]

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Blue flowered milkweed. Tweedia caerulea. Beautiful, star-shaped, true blue flowers on small, twining perennial to 3 feet tall. Herbier General de l'Amateur, tome.2 (1841)

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Cryptostegia grandiflora Roxb. ex R. Br. Choix des plantes rares ou nouvelles (1863-1864)

Raspberry. Rubus idaeus.

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Stemless gentian. Gentiana acaulis. Perennial flower with Intense blue blooms on low growing, evergreen plants. Flowers in late spring and summer. Native to central and southern Europe. Usually found at high elevations. By P.J. Redoute (1827)

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Mountain sage (Salvia regla)

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Pink sand verbena (Abronia umbellata), and Caulinia exima [as Kennedya eximia] Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants [J. Paxton], vol. 16: p. 36 (1839) [S. Holden]

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Pontic Rhoddodendron (Rhododendron ponticum) and Rose Acacia (Robinia hispida) The new botanic garden (1812)

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Hypericum perforatum. Svensk botanik [J.W. Palmstruch et al], vol. 2 (1803)

Candelabra flower. Native to South Africa.

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The Golden Bulbophyllum. Bulbophyllum auratum. Long, purple inflorescence carries an umbel of fragrant flowers. Grows on mangrove trees in southeast Asia. Illustration by Sarah Ann Drake (1843)

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Horned violet (Viola cornuta)

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