Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 73

Click thumbnail for larger image

-COMMON_NAMES-Large-flowered Monsonia
-GENUS-Monsonia
-SPECIES-Monsonia speciosa
-CLASS-Polyadelphia
-ORDER-Dodecandria
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS-Monsonia
-MODERN_SPECIES-Monsonia speciosa
-MODERN_FAMILY-Geraniaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR-rose, crimson, or purple streaked with
black lines at base
-SEASON-spring
-NATIVE_REGION-S Africa (SW Cape) 
-ZONE-10

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-3
-PUB_DATE-1789
-REISSUED-1797
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
-NALPCD-Disc 0644 IMG0067.PCD