Curtis Botanical – Plate 5551 – Tasman Flax Lily / Tasmanian Blue Berry Lily

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 5551.

An Australian and Tasmanian native bearing sprays of small blue-purple flowers followed by brilliant, glossy cobalt-blue berries — one of the most vivid berry colours in the plant world. The Dianella genus is named for Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt.

Southern CA, Pacific NW (OR, WA) — increasingly common landscape plant.

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.