Green-flowered fig-marigold, Mesembryanthemum viridiflorum

Green-flowered fig-marigold, Mesembryanthemum viridiflorum. Native to the Cape, South Africa, introduced by Scottish botanist Francis Masson in 1774. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Stephen Couchman, London, 1796

1796 Botanical Art Botanical Illustration Botanical Magazine Botanist Enlightenment Francis Masson Herb Plant Hunter South Africa Stephen Couchman William Curtis

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