Gallery of Plants
Paintings by Albert Valentien

For previews of most of these images,
see Monarca Gallery of Butterfly Plants.

Amorpha californica - False Indigo
Arctostaphylos pungens - Mexican manzanita
Asclepias fascicularis - Narrow-Leaf Milkweed
Astragalus oocarpus - San Diego Milk Vetch
Brassica sp. - Mustard
Castilleja exserta - Purple Owl's Clover
Ceanothus tomentosus - Wooly Ceanothus
Cercocarpus betuloides - Mountain Mahogany
Chenopodium album - Lamb's Quarters
Cirsium occidentale - California Thistle
Distichlis spicata - Saltgrass
Eriogonum fasciculatum - California Buckwheat
Foeniculum vulgare - Sweet Fennel
Heteromeles arbutifolia - Toyon
Horkelia clevelandii - Cleveland's Horkelia
Isomeris arborea - Bladderpod
Lotus scoparius - Deerweed
Malva neglecta - Common Mallow
Medicago sativa - Alfalfa
Plantago lanceolata - English Plaintains
Platanus racemosa - Western Sycamore
Poa annua - Annual Bluegrass
Populus fremontii - Fremont Cottonwood
Quercus chrysolepis - Maul Oak
Raphanus sativus - Wild Radish
Rhamnus crocea - Spiny Redberry
Salix laevigata - Red Willow
Salix lasiolepis - Arroyo Willow
Sarcostemma cynanchoides - Climbing Milkweed
Urtica dioica - Hoary Nettle
Viola sp. - Violets
Viola pedunculata - Johnny Jump-Up

Introduction

The Artist

The History of the Paintings

Exhibiting the Paintings: Plant Portraits

The Valentien Watercolor Project

Gallery of Plants