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Yellow-flowered Asteraceae growing out of sand

Description: Photograph of a yellow-flowered plant in the Asteraceae family, or the sunflower or daisy family, species unknown. The flowers grew in a white sandy area 1 mile north of Bullsbrook, Western Australia.
Date: October 23, 1962
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Close-up of unidentified leaves, buds, and fruit, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico]

Description: Close-up photograph of the fruits, flower buds, and leaves of an unidentified plant growing in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The plant's more developed fruits are red, and green undeveloped fruits appear on the same branch below. Yellow-white buds are featured on the bottom right.
Date: 1969-06-20~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[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
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Someone holding Velleia paradoxa in their hands]

Description: Photograph of Velleia paradoxa (common name: spur velleia) being held by someone out of frame. A yellow flower is seen in the foreground, and there appears to be a plastic bag in the background.
Date: November 13, 1962
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Unidentified small shrub in Arguineguin, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified small shrub growing on scrubby, rocky surface. The plant as a thick stalk with branches and needle-like green leaves. On the right is an unidentified tree. A mountain built from remanent lava beds is in the background.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
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
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
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Aerial image of forested mountains in Papua New Guinea]

Description: Aerial photograph of a mountain range with some areas densely forested and other areas with shorter vegetation. Trails or roads and cleared circular areas can be seen on the mountain in the foreground. Small clouds can be seen above the mountain range and clouds in the distance with clear blue sky above.
Date: 1963
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Stackhousia in Tasman Peninsula, Australia]

Description: Photograph of several Stackhousia (creamy candles) in the Tasman Peninsula, Australia. The top of the plants consists of numerous white and cream flowers in a densely packed cylindrical shape.
Date: 1962-12~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Limonium redivivum from Jardin Botanicao Canario, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of Limonium redivivum on a rocky surface. The plant has oblong-shaped leaves at the base and more linear oval-shaped leaves along the flower stalk. The pink-colored flower buds and purple bloomed flowers grow in clusters at the top of the stalk.
Date: 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Landscape of coast in Tasman Peninsula, Australia]

Description: Landscape photograph of a beach along the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania. Tree foliage frames the left side of the foreground, tufts of grass populate the beach, and mountains are visible in the background.
Date: 1962-11~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Landscape of a cultivated field and coast in Tasman Peninsula, Australia]

Description: Landscape photograph of cultivated fields with a beach in the Tasman, Peninsula in Tasmania. Bushels of a wheat-like plant are piled in front of a field of the same plant. A beach, body of water, and mountains are visible in the background.
Date: 1962-11~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Carlina canariensis in Arguineguin, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of Carlina canariensis from Arguineguin, Grand Canaria Island. Three buds are at the center with radiating spiky leaves in rust-colored rocky soil.
Date: May 12, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Landscape of a mountain and village on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of a mountain village on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands. There are two goats grazing in the foreground. Behind them are concrete buildings and dwellings with and red-tile roofs and cultivated plots of land. A mountain made of remanent lava flows with characteristic erosion ravines along its face is in the background.
Date: May 13, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Cheiranthus scoparius on rocky hillside on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of dry, rocky hillside with shrubby clumps of Cheiranthus scoparius with light purple colored flowers. A pine tree is in partial view in the top left corner and other unidentified plants with long stalks with yellow flower at the top.
Date: May 13, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Landscape of montane scrub and remanent lava flows in Tamadaba Natural Park, Canary Islands]

Description: Landscape photograph of Tamadaba Natural Park from an elevated view on a mountain footpath. The foreground shows the footpath, surrounded by grasses and shrubby bushes with yellow flowers. In the background is a barren, dark-colored mountain built by remanent lava flows.
Date: May 13, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Person on a Skiff on Sun Moon Lake]

Description: Photograph of a person in a skiff on Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan - Nantou County - Yuchi. The boat is up against a small vegetated island.
Date: ../1963-06
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Raft with planted crops at Sun Moon Lake Taiwan]

Description: Photograph of a raft planted with crops on Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan, Nantou County, Yuchi. A skiff is docked to the raft, which is tied to the shore. A basket-like item is also on the raft.
Date: ../1963-06
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Small wooden platform shrine in Taiwan being used by a woman]

Description: Photograph of a small wooden platform shrine in Taiwan being used by a woman. A tree next to the shrine has Chinese text on it. The photograph was taken at Taiwan - Nantou County - Yuchi in the vicinity of Sun Moon Lake.
Date: ../1963-06
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[People posing in traditional clothing in Taiwan]

Description: Photograph of five people posing on a street in traditional clothing in Taiwan. The photograph was taken in Taiwan - Nantou County - Yuchi in the vicinity of Sun Moon Lake.
Date: ../1963-06
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Wooden platform shrine in Taiwan]

Description: Photograph of a wooden platform shrine in Taiwan. The photograph was taken in Taiwan - Nantou County - Yuchi in the vicinity of Sun Moon Lake.
Date: ../1963-06
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Sculpture of two people in Taiwan]

Description: Photograph of a sculpture of two people, perhaps constrained, in Taiwan. The photograph was taken in Taiwan - Nantou County - Yuchi in the vicinity of Sun Moon Lake.
Date: ../1963-06
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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