Cassell's wild flowers of Britain & Northern Europe
"Covering all species - native and introduced, widespread or local - north of the Alps and the Mediterranean region, except for grasses, rushes, sedges and horsetails, this is the most complete and detailed colour-illustrated guide yet, for any comparable area of the globe. At the same time it is a working tool for identification and reference, reflecting advances to the present day in the classification and naming of the plants flowering wild in our region. (Intended primarily for the naturalist and interested general reader, it gives a broad survey of certain highly complex genera, such as dandelions and brambles, which more specialist monographs split into numerous microspecies)." "Illustrated on left-hand pages are details of flower, leaf, stem, fruit or seed, and variations in colour and form. These are keyed by numbers to the texts, where asterisks indicate fuller portraits on the facing page. All pictures are life-size, where not otherwise indicated." "The descriptive texts, by Mr. and Mrs. Blamey's close friend, Dr. Christopher Grey-Wilson, complement the illustrations. Necessarily concise, they note general size, habit and essential characters, such as habitat, altitude and distribution within the range of this book." "The book's function is explained in the Introduction, and technical terms in an illustrated Glossary. Finally, there are Keys for identification, and Indexes of both English and Scientific names."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, 2003
[New ed.]
Cassell, London, 2003