Fountainbush, Russelia equisetiformis

Fountainbush, firecracker plant, coral plant, Russelia equisetiformis. Native to Mexico and Guatemala, found by Bavarian botanist Count Wilhelm Friedrich Karwinski von Karwin in Mexico and introduced to England via Berlin and Munich botanical gardens. Rushy-branched russelia, Russelia juncea. Handcoloured engraving after a botanical illustration by Samuel Holden from Joseph Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, Volume 4, Orr and Smith, London, 1837

1837 Botanical Art Botanical Illustration Botanist Guatemala Joseph Paxton Magazine Of Botany Orr And Smith Plant Hunter Register Of Flowering Plants Samuel Holden Volume 4

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