Curtis Botanical – Plate 6636 – Small-flowered Cape Primrose

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 6636.

A South African relative of the African violet with small, tubular pale lilac flowers (parviflorus = small-flowered). Streptocarpus means 'twisted fruit' — the seed pods spiral like a corkscrew.

South African 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.