Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 156 - Coreopsis verticillata (Whorled Coreopsis) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 156, Coreopsis verticillata (Whorled Coreopsis).

• Plate: 156
• Latin name: Coreopsis verticillata
• Common name: Whorled Coreopsis
• Native region: North-America
• Flowering: July to October
• Flower colour: Yellow
• Linnaean class / order: Syngenesia / Polygamia Frustranea
• Medium: Original hand-colored engraving (physical print, not a reproduction)

Original Curtis text
Transcribed from the plate's accompanying description page:

[ 156 ]

COREOPSIS VERTICILLATA. WHORLED COREOPSIS.

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Class and Order.
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA FRUSTRANEA.

Generic Character.
Receptaculum paleaceum. Pappus bicornis. Calyx erectus, polyphyllus, basi radiis patentibus cinctus.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
COREOPSIS verticillata foliis decomposito-linearibus. Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 782. COREOPSIS foliis verticillatis linearibus multifidis. Gronovii Fl. Virgin. p. 131. DELPHINII vel mei foliis planta ad nodos positis caule singulari. Clayt. n. 308.

The Coreopsis verticillata is a hardy, perennial, herbaceous plant, a native of North-America; producing its blossoms, which are uncommonly showy, from July to October, and is readily propagated by parting its roots in Autumn. It grows to a great height, and is therefore rather adapted to the shrubbery than the flower-garden. CLAYTON remarks, that the petals, though of a yellow colour, are used by the inhabitants to dye cloth red.

This print comes from our Curtis archive (via the Royal Horticultural Society and Wheldon & Wesley). Sold as an original historic plate - please review photos for condition.