Curtis Botanical – Plate 7132 – Large-flowered Lousewort

Original antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 7132.

Plant: Pedicularis Megalantha (Large-flowered Lousewort). Native to: Himalaya / Central Asia (alpine).

Despite its name (once believed to give sheep lice), this is a spectacular high-altitude plant with large helmet-shaped flowers. Semi-parasitic on alpine grasses — cannot be cultivated or transplanted. Exists only in the wild.

Printed in London. Each print is an original page removed from a bound volume of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the world's oldest continuously published botanical journal (founded 1787). Uncolored plate. Sold individually. Minor age-related toning consistent with 19th-century paper.

This is an original uncolored (plain) plate from leftover publisher stock of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, printed in London. It was issued uncolored and never bound. We bought the holding at the estate of a Chicago rare bookseller. Labels and stock papers from the British dealer Wheldon & Wesley came with it. Library stamps, when present, are noted on the listing.