Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 585

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-COMMON_NAMES-Great-flowered Stapelia,
Carrion Flower, Starfish Flower
-GENUS-Stapelia
-SPECIES-Stapelia grandiflora
-CLASS-Pentandria
-ORDER-Digynia
-AUTHORITY-Masson

-MODERN_GENUS-Stapelia
-MODERN_SPECIES-Stapelia grandiflora
-MODERN_FAMILY-Asclepiadaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR-blue-green & dark purple-brown
-SEASON-spring - summer
-NATIVE_REGION-S Africa (Cape Province)
-ZONE-9

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-16
-PUB_DATE-1802
-REISSUED-    __
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST-S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD-    Disc 0413 IMG0078.PCD