Mexican pink, Silene laciniata

Mexican pink, fringed Indian pink, cardinal catchfly, Mexican campion, or cut-petalled catchfly, Silene laciniata. Native to Mexico and introduced by George Canning in 1823. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and engraved by Frederick William Smith from Joseph Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, Volume 1, Orr and Smith, London, 1834

1834 Botanical Art Botanical Illustration Frederick William Smith Joseph Paxton Magazine Of Botany Orr And Smith Plant Hunter Register Of Flowering Plants Volume 1

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