This plate turns the humblest of organisms — colonial algae — into a study of pure, repeating pattern. Ernst Haeckel arranged these microscopic plant forms into rosettes, networks and clusters of soft green and gold, the kind of natural geometry that feels almost like wallpaper or textile design rather than a page from a science book.

It is one of the 100 lithographs in Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Haeckel's hugely influential series. A biologist who coined the very term "ecology," he was fascinated by how simple living things organise themselves into intricate, ordered shapes, and plates like this one show exactly why designers of the Art Nouveau era looked to his work for inspiration.

Because the composition is gentle and pattern-led, this print is wonderfully easy to place. The muted green palette brings a fresh, organic calm to a bedroom, study or bathroom, and it works as a subtle, sophisticated alternative to a bolder botanical print. Hung with Haeckel's fern, moss and red-algae plates, it helps build a layered, scholarly botanical gallery wall.

Reproduced on museum-quality matte paper with archival inks and a non-reflective finish, available in 30×40, 50×70 and 70×100 cm, framed or unframed. Understated vintage botanical art with a beautifully patterned surface.