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[Echium hierrense close-up from California Botanic Garden, California]

Description: Close-up photograph of Echium hierrense (Tower of Jewels) leaves and flowering spike from the California Botanic Garden in Claremont, California. The leaves are arranged in a rosette pattern covered with fine hairs, giving a velvety texture and a slightly grayish-green color. A partial view of the flowering spike with light-pink flowers and prominent anthers is also visible. The plant grows in reddish-sandy soil.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Aerial view of Canary Islands]

Description: Aerial photograph taken during Sherwin Carlquist's journey from La Palma to Tenerife, Canary Islands. The unidentified island has forested mountains at higher elevation and and the lower slopes are arid with sparse vegetation. A straight road runs along the bottom of the image.
Date: 1967-06-20~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Durvillaea potatorum in the Tasman Peninsula, Australia]

Description: Photograph of Durvillaea potatorum (Southern Bull Kelp) growing in Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia. Several plants grow attached to granite rock surfaces by a disc-shaped base from which a thick stalk and leathery blades grow. The long brown blades lay on the rocks, beaten by crashing waves.
Date: 1962-12~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Cliffs of Tasman Peninsula, Australia]

Description: Photograph of the rugged cliffs of the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia. Sea waves crash into the cliff walls made of layered sedimentary and igneous rock. Trees are visible on the cliff top.
Date: December 1962
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Durvillaea potatorum in the Tasman Peninsula, Australia]

Description: Photograph of Durvillaea potatorum (Southern Bull Kelp) growing in Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia. Several plants grow attached to granite rock surfaces by a disc-shaped base from which a thick stalk and leathery blades grow. The long brown blades lay on the rocks, beaten by crashing waves.
Date: 1962-12~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Cliffs of Tasman Peninsula, Australia]

Description: Landscape photograph of the rugged cliffs of the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia. The cliffs are layered sedimentary and igneous rock. Across the bay, a hilly and forested coastline is visible in the background.
Date: 1962-12~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Melaleuca in Tasman Peninsula, Australia]

Description: Photograph of Melaleuca growing on Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania Australia. The woody shrub has bottle-brush type, yellow-flowers arranged in spikes at the end of branches. The leaves are green and ovate in shape. A cliff wall is visible in the background.
Date: 1962-12~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Echium pininana close-up from California Botanic Garden, California]

Description: A close-up photograph of an Echium pininana plant from California Botanic Garden in Claremont, California. The plant has long protruding leaves surrounded by smaller greenery in between. Various small blue-purple flowers can be observed. A bee can be spotted toward the middle-left section of the photograph.
Date: 1983-06~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Cliffs of Tasman Peninsula, Australia]

Description: Photograph of the rugged, layered sedimentary and igneous rock cliffs of the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia. A single tree is visible on the cliff top. The open sea is visible in the background.
Date: 1962-12~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Landscape of Tasman Peninsula, Australia]

Description: Landscape photograph of Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia. Sedimentary and igneous rock outcrops are visible in the foreground. A hilly and forested coastline is visible in the background. A sailboat sits in the middle of the bay.
Date: 1962-12~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Echium pininana from California Botanic Garden in California]

Description: Photograph of Echium pininana plants from California Botanic Garden in Claremont, California. The plants are growing in a forested area surrounded by other unidentified plants. They're tall, with longer leaves at the bottom, and smaller leaves toward the top. Small blue-purple flowers decorate the upper portion of the plant.
Date: 1983-06~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Cliffs of Tasman Peninsula, Australia]

Description: Photograph of the high cliffs made of sedimentary and igneous rock layers of the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia. Trees and shrubs grow on the cliffside and the open sea is visible in the background.
Date: 1962-12~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Unidentified temple, Bangkok, Thailand]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified temple in Bangkok, Thailand. The building is white and has columns that line the outside of the temple. The roof is entirely painted white, and has a colorful and highly decorated gable. In front of the temple building are two small shrubs flanking a boundary stone.
Date: 1963-04~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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