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Description: Photograph of a group of children that were encountered during travels to northeast Africa and Spain.
Date: 1968
Creator: Zichner, Mildred Schaeffer
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Sonchus platylepis growing on rocky cliff]

Description: Habit photograph of common sow thistle, scientific name Sonchus platylepis, growing on the side of a rocky cliff. The plant is pictured in the foreground, and its flowers are yellow and its leaves serrated. Behind the plant to the right, there is a noticeable absence of light.
Date: May 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
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Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Limonium spectabile from Jardín Botánico Canario, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of Limonium spectabile from Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo, Canary Islands. The plant grows among rocks and grasses in a clump with basal rosette of leaves with tints of red at the tips. Leaves are lanceolate with texture. Numerous small papery purple flowers are densley packed at the top of leafless stems.
Date: May 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
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Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Prenanthes pendula from Arguineguin, Canary Islands #2]

Description: Photograph of Prenanthes pendula growing in rocky crevices in Arguineguin, Canary Islands. These juvenile examples show two visible slender, unbranched stalks, reddish-green in color. The leaves alternate along the stem and are more dense at the base. They are dull-green colored with lobed margins. Small yellow flowers are at the top of the stem on the right.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Prenanthes pendula from Arguineguin, Canary Islands #3]

Description: Photograph of Prenanthes pendula growing in rocky crevices in Arguineguin, Canary Islands. These juvenile examples show two visible slender, unbranched stalks, reddish-green in color. The leaves alternate along the stem and are more dense at the base. They are dull-green colored with lobed margins. Small yellow flowers are at the top of the stem on the right.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Prenanthes pendula from Arguineguin, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of Prenanthes pendula growing on rocky crevices in Arguineguin, Canary Islands. A mature example with woody stalks which are slender, unbranched, brown in color. The leaves alternate along the stem and are more dense at the top and sparse towards the base. The leaves are dull-green colored with lobed margins. A withered cluster of flowers can be seen at the top of one of the stems.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Landscape of Gran Canarla Island, Canary Islands] BRIT-A-AR003-001-02-094

Description: Landscape photograph of mountainside on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands. Stratigraphic layers of light and dark colored basalt lava beds from past volcanic activity are visible, along with eroded sedimentary deposits in the foreground. Grasses, shrubs, and pine trees grow in the more eroded layers of the dry rocky mountainside.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Echium bourgeauanum on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #4]

Description: Photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels) from El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. A partial view of a striking, erect, stalk that is densely branched and covered with fuchsia-colored flowers that are tubular-shaped. The dense florets give a cylindrical shape to the stalk that tapers towards the top. An insect hovers near the right side of the stalk. On the left side, a building is visible in the background.
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Echium bourgeauanum on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #12]

Description: Photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels). Three stalks grow on an open, rocky slope and volcanic soil of El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. The plants have a striking, erect, stalk that is densely branched and covered with fuchsia-colored flowers that are tubular-shaped. The dense florets give a cylindrical shape to the stalk that tapers towards the top. Leaves are arranged primarily at the base of the plant. The basal leaves are larger and lanceolate (spear-sh… more
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Echium bourgeauanum on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #13]

Description: Photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels). Three stalks grow on an open, rocky slope and volcanic soil of El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. The plants have a striking, erect, stalk that is densely branched and covered with fuchsia-colored flowers that are tubular-shaped. The dense florets give a cylindrical shape to the stalk that tapers towards the top. Leaves are arranged primarily at the base of the plant. The basal leaves are larger and lanceolate (spear-sh… more
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Echium bourgeauanum on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #15]

Description: Photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels). Three stalks grow on an open, rocky slope and volcanic soil of El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. The plants have a striking, erect, stalk that is densely branched and covered with fuchsia-colored flowers that are tubular-shaped. The dense florets give a cylindrical shape to the stalk that tapers towards the top. Leaves are arranged primarily at the base of the plant. The basal leaves are larger and lanceolate (spear-sh… more
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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