Description
Twenty-three chromolithographed plates of medicinal plants from Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, the German pharmacy atlas that pictured every herb a druggist might stock. Each plate shows the whole plant in rich botanical color, with flowers, seeds, roots and cross-sections drawn around it. Perfect for apothecary labels, tea and tincture packaging, herbalist signage, journals and prints.
Every plate is trimmed to the paper’s edge and brightened, with the printed page number removed. The plant names and family headings stay as the artist printed them, and nothing is retouched or enlarged. These are whole illustrations, not cutouts.
The plates
- 1. Roman chamomile (Anthemis nobilis) — feathery leaves and daisy heads, with the florets, seeds and root drawn in detail
- 2. Stinking mayweed (dog fennel) (Anthemis cotula) — white-rayed daisies on finely cut leaves, with floret and seed details
- 3. Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) — silvery cut leaves and tall plumes of tiny flowers
- 4. Corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) — a scarlet bloom over deeply cut leaves, with seed capsule and seed
- 5. White mustard (Sinapis alba) — yellow flower clusters, leaves and seed pods
- 6. Fool’s parsley (Aethusa cynapium) — lacy white umbels on a branching stem, with fruit details
- 7. Parsley (Petroselinum sativum) — curled leaves, small umbels, fruit and root
- 8. Scammony (Convolvulus scammonia) — pale trumpet flowers on a twining vine, with its thick root
- 9. Persian pyrethrum (painted daisy) (Chrysanthemum roseum) — pink daisies with ray and disc florets and seeds
- 10. Caucasian pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum marschallii) — deep red daisies on finely cut foliage
- 11. Scentless mayweed (Chrysanthemum inodorum) — thread-fine leaves and small white daisies, with root and seeds
- 12. Scotch broom (Sarothamnus scoparius) — golden pea-flowers and seed pods on slender green stems
- 13. Cow parsley (Anthriscus silvestris) — fern-like leaves, white umbels and root
- 14. Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) — autumn-colored leaves and spidery yellow flowers, with seed capsules
- 15. Blue gum eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus) — long sickle-shaped leaves, flowers and woody seed capsules
- 16. Madder (Rubia tinctorum) — whorled leaves, small yellow flowers and the dye plant’s creeping root
- 17. Pot marigold (Calendula officinalis) — orange blooms with seed and floret details
- 18. Pheasant’s eye (Adonis vernalis) — golden-yellow flowers on feathery foliage, with its dark root
- 19. Love-in-a-mist and black cumin (Nigella damascena / sativa) — pale blue flowers in ruffs of threadlike leaves, with seed pods and seeds
- 20. Stavesacre (Delphinium staphysagria) — lobed leaves and blue larkspur-like flower spikes, with seeds
- 21. Aconite (monkshood) (Aconitum ferox) — hooded deep-blue flowers on a tall stem, with root
- 22. Prickly juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus) — needled branches and red berries, with cone details
- 23. Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) — arching leaves, nodding bells and red berries, with its creeping root
A note on plants: several of these plants are toxic. They are shown here as vintage art, not as guidance for use.
This pack also includes single-flower cutouts as a separate download, such as chamomile, corn poppy, pot marigold, witch hazel, mustard and lily of the valley. Each is lifted from its plate with the background removed, and the plate it came from is included.
