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Dalea annua erecta hirsuta

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Date

c.1735

Artist

Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)

Collection

The Royal Society

Description

Botanical study of Dalea annua erecta hirsuta, floribus ex caruleo-purpureo variis, showing the stalk, flowers, leaves and seeds of the plant. Includes enlarged images of the flowers and seeds. Inscribed in ink beneath the image is the name of the specimen 'Dalea annua erecta hirsuta, floribus ex caruleo-purpureo variis' in Ehret's handwriting, and the signature of the artist'G.D. Ehret feci'. Georg Dionysius Ehret was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1757.

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Location

Southern Africa