Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-      Plate No. 291

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-COMMON_NAMES-Caper Shrub
-GENUS-Capparis
-SPECIES-Capparis spinosa
-CLASS-Polyandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS-Capparis 
-MODERN_SPECIES-Capparis spinosa
-MODERN_FAMILY- Capparaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- shrub
-COLOR- white
-SEASON- blossoms fade before noon on hot summer days
-NATIVE_REGION- "the more southern parts of Europe, especially in Italy
                 and the Levant" 
-ZONE- 8
-SOURCE-  The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-  9
-PUB_DATE-  1795
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
-NALPCD-  Disc 0416 IMG0035.PCD