Rose of Mexico, Oenothera rosea. Purple oenothera, Oenothera purpurea. Native to Mexico and Texas, introduced to the Royal Garden at Kew in 1791. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Stephen Couchman, London, 1796.
Rose of Mexico, Oenothera rosea. Purple oenothera, Oenothera purpurea. Native to Mexico and Texas, introduced to the Royal Garden at Kew in 1791. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Stephen Couchman, London, 1796.