A beautiful poster depicting a collection of plants, including Isatis tinctoria, Lunaria, Thlaspi, Lepidium, Capsella, Cochlearia, Armoracia rusticana, and Raphanus sativus var. niger, from the work "Historia Botanica Practica" by Giambattista Morandi, an Italian physician and botanist who lived in the 18th century. This exceptional herbarium was published in 1744 in Milan by Petri Francisci Malatestae.

Morandi was known for his precise and realistic plant drawings, and his work was one of the most important botanical works of its time.

Plants featured on the poster:

• Isatis tinctoria - Woad

• Lunaria annua (Silver Dollar Plant) - Annual Honesty

• Lunaria rediviva - Perennial Honesty

• Thlaspi arvense - Field Pennycress

• Thlaspi perfoliatum - Perfoliate Pennycress

• Lepidium sativum (Garden Cress) - Garden Pepperwort

• Lepidium sativum crispum - Curled Garden Cress

• Capsella bursa-pastoris - Shepherd's Purse

• Lepidium campestre - Field Pepperwort

• Cochlearia officinalis - Common Scurvygrass

• Armoracia rusticana - Horseradish

• Raphanus sativus var. niger - Black Radish

These valuable botanical illustrations not only document the diversity of plant species but also showcase their distinctive morphological features, which allowed 18th-century botanists to correctly identify them. Woad, honesty, pennycress, and other plants were valued both as ornamental and medicinal plants.

woad and horseradish

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