Curtis Botanical – Plate 6629 – Golden Figwort

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 6629.

A Turkish figwort with unusually showy golden-yellow flowers — most figworts are dull brownish-purple, making this golden species genuinely exceptional. The figwort family (Scrophulariaceae) is medicinally rich — foxglove (digitalis, the heart drug) is a close relative, as is mullein (used as an ear-oil herb) and eyebright (a traditional eye remedy).

Turkish and Eastern Mediterranean heritage connection.

Uncolored plate. Condition consistent with age of volume. Each print is a unique piece of botanical history, printed on paper aged over a century.

This plate originated with the Royal Horticultural Society and passed through Wheldon & Wesley, one of the great natural history dealers of the 20th century. We came into the archive by accident and have spent the time since trying to share it as widely as we can.