Albrecht Durer’s 1503 masterpiece Der Grosse Rasenstuck (The Great Turf) is a painstakingly detailed record of quotidian nature so accurate that botanists today can easily identify each of the nine plants it features:
1 – Achillea millefolium, Yarrow
2 – Agrostis stolonifera, Creeping bentgrass
3 – Bellis perennis, Daisy
4 – Cynoglossum officinale, Hound's-tongue
5 – Dactylis glomerata, Orchardgrass
6 – Plantago major, Common plantain
7 – Poa Pratensis, Kentucky bluegrass
8 – Taraxacum officinale, Dandelion
9 – Veronica chamaedrys, Germander speedwell