Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 745

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-COMMON_NAMES- Purple-blue Lachenalia
-GENUS- Lachenalia
-SPECIES- Lachenalia purpurocaerulea
-CLASS- Hexandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Gawler

-MODERN_GENUS- Lachenalia
-MODERN_SPECIES- Lachenalia purpurocaerulea
-MODERN_FAMILY- Liliaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- blue to white at base shading to magenta or purple
-SEASON- early summer
-NATIVE_REGION- S Africa
-ZONE- 9

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 20
-PUB_DATE- 1804
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD- Disc 0426 IMG0109.PCD
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