Plant tattoo ideas

238 photos and flash · 84% Botanical, 47% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Purple and green lavender sprigs tattooed on a forearm in a botanical style, with a hand holding a white mug beside a potted plant.
Lavender sprigs on a forearm
Botanical tattoo across the upper back showing five plant stages growing from seed to sunflower, with the words How strange it is to be anything at all beneath.
Five-stage plant growth with a quote on upper back
Black and grey flash collage of Totoro-style creatures in ink sketches, with plants, mushrooms, a pair of Chinese characters and an Art Nouveau reclining figure.
Totoro sketches, botanicals and Art Nouveau figures
Black fine line cactus tattoo with a small line of text below it on an upper arm, photographed in front of prickly pear cacti.
Cactus tattoo on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a small botanical sprig with budding stems on the side of the ribs.
Small sprig tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a mason jar holding a flower and stem, placed on an ankle.
Mason jar with flower on ankle
Black fine line botanical tattoo of a branching twig running up a forearm, with the hand hanging down at the wrist.
Branching twig tattoo on a forearm
Black botanical fine line tattoo of a fern frond with a short curved stem, shown on the forearm.
Black fern frond tattoo on a forearm
Four black and grey botanical flash drawings of succulent rosettes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design sheet with no body placement.
Four succulent rosettes in black and grey
Small black botanical tattoo of a fern frond on the back of an upper arm, with a rolled grey sleeve above it.
Fern frond on the upper arm
Woman seen from behind with black and grey leaf and botanical tattoo sleeves on both upper arms and forearms, with a waterfall and green forest behind her.
Leafy tattoo sleeves on a woman by a waterfall
Black and grey botanical tattoo of an avocado half with a sprouting seedling, placed on a limb.
Avocado and seedling sprout
Close-up of a grey botanical tattoo of a fern-like sprig running vertically across a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Fern sprig on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small sprig with a stippled flower head and leaves on the inner forearm.
Small botanical sprig on inner forearm
Black and grey shaded botanical tattoo of a thin sprig with bell-shaped blooms and buds on the upper chest.
Bell flower sprig on upper chest
Bold colour tattoo of a stylised woman with dark bobbed hair holding a cat, with a teal plant below, in Neo-trad style on the forearm.
Stylised woman with a cat on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a flowering sprig with leaves and dotted tendrils on the upper arm, against a brick wall.
Botanical sprig on the upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a slim wildflower sprig with three small blooms and leaves on the inner upper arm.
Small wildflower sprig on an inner arm
Black and grey dandelion with seeds drifting away, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand against green foliage.
Dandelion seeds on a wrist
Two pen sketches of a leafy sprig inside a simple house outline, one with a small circle beside it, drawn as fine line tattoo flash with no body placement shown.
Sprig in house outline sketches
Two tattoos of the robots WALL-E holding a small plant and EVE, one in colour and one in pale grey, on a person's arms.
WALL-E and EVE tattoos on arms
Small black fine line tattoo of a fern frond inside a thin circle on the inner forearm, shown in black and white.
Fern inside a circle on the inner forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a leafy vine curling around the inner forearm towards the wrist, with a small sprig reaching up the arm.
Leafy vine wrapping a forearm
Black and grey fern fronds tattooed over the shoulder and upper arm of a person wearing a dark top and several silver rings.
Fern tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of wildflowers, leaves and bramble berries covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a black top.
Botanical wildflower sleeve on upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo of a leafy branch with orange berries wrapping around a forearm, below a plaid shirt sleeve.
Berry branch sprig on a forearm
Traditional style tattoos on a forearm, including a red rose, a spool of red thread and a bee, with the hand holding a white pot with a succulent against a plain white background.
Traditional rose and thread tattoos on a forearm
Black botanical tattoo of a leafy sprig with four pairs of hatched leaves on a stem, on the calf.
Leafy sprig on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of a slender lavender sprig on the side of an ankle, with black jeans cuffed above it.
Lavender sprig on ankle
Black and grey fine line and dotwork cactus in a pot with small flowers, on the inner upper arm.
Cactus in a pot on an upper arm
Botanical tattoo of a flowering sprig with green leaves running up a forearm, shaded in grey and green.
Flowering sprig tattoo on the forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a geometric planter with three sprigs of foliage on the upper arm.
Geometric planter with sprigs on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a leafy branch with small dotted berries on a forearm.
Leafy branch with berries on a forearm
Black blackwork tattoo of silhouetted trees and ferns inside a circle on the inner forearm.
Black forest silhouette on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of two tulips among slender grass stems and leaves on a plain white background, a botanical flash design with no body placement shown.
Tulips and grasses in pen and ink
Black and white photo of a fine line botanical sprig tattoo with small flower heads on the upper arm of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Small sprig tattoo on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a leafy sprig on the lower leg, above a sandal strap.
Small sprig tattoo on the lower leg
Colour tattoo of a purple thistle with green leaves and stems on a leg, in a bold outlined botanical style.
Purple thistle on a leg
Tiny fine line tattoo of a green cactus in a black-outlined pot on an ankle, shown against a pale background.
Small cactus in a pot on an ankle
Black ink line drawing on cream paper showing mountains, cacti, a filled sun, a star and an arc, in a fine line style that could serve as a tattoo design.
Desert landscape line drawing
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of tall flower spikes and leaves inside a circle on the forearm.
Botanical spikes and leaves in a dotwork circle
Small fine line tattoo of a green cactus in an outlined pot on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a pale bed sheet.
Small cactus in a pot on the wrist
Traditional colour tattoo of a Venus flytrap in a patterned red and yellow pot, with a MAN EATER banner, on the thigh.
Venus flytrap in a pot with banner
Small fine-line black and grey botanical sprig tattoo on the upper thigh, with patterned fabric pulled at the waistband above it.
Small sprig tattoo on the upper thigh
Small black outline star tattoo on the top of a bare foot with red toenail polish and toe rings, resting on cracked earth.
Small star tattoo on the top of a foot
Small fine line black tattoo of a leafy botanical sprig running diagonally across the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Fine line leafy sprig on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of outlined legs rising from a tree stump with leafy sprigs, on the lower leg.
Legs rising from a tree stump
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a columnar cactus with spines in a striped clay pot, on the calf.
Cactus in a pot on a calf