NBII - Digital Image Library

Roots & Rhizomes

This category explores two structures: roots, which anchor plants to and draw nutrients from the soil, and rhizomes, a type of stem that grows underground. Bulbs, holdfasts, and other such variations are also represented here.

Marsh violet (Viola palustris)
Photographer: Ted Niehaus
Arctic alpine forget-me-not (Eritrichium nanum)
Photographer: Ted Niehaus
Woolly plantain (Plantago patagonica)
Photographer: Ted Niehaus
Virginia plantain (Plantago virginica)
Photographer: Ted Niehaus
Dog's-mouth (Pseudorontium cyathiferum)
Photographer: Ted Niehaus
Apache beardtongue (Penstemon oliganthus)
Photographer: Ted Niehaus
Primrose monkeyflower (Mimulus primuloides)
Photographer: Ted Niehaus
Parry's lousewort (Pedicularis parryi)
Photographer: Ted Niehaus
Bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia)
Photographer: Ted Niehaus
Limahuli Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens
Photographer: Randolph Femmer
Sticky false asphodel (Tofieldia glutinosa)
Photographer: Ted Niehaus
Fremont's deathcamas (Zigadenus fremontii)
Photographer: Ted Niehaus