Curtis Botanical – Plate 5615 – Morning Glory Heliotrope / Bindweed Heliotrope

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 5615.

A delicate white-flowered heliotrope from the Great Plains and Southwest that looks and climbs like a morning glory (convolvulaceum) but carries the classic heliotrope vanilla-cherry fragrance. The heliotrope name means 'sun-turning' — the flowers follow the sun across the sky.

GREAT PLAINS AND MIDWEST NATIVE 🌿 — native to Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado.

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 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.