Double flowering Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, pale mauve)
Information
Title
Double flowering Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, pale mauve)
Record type
Drawings
Original Reference
A/PJI/62
Author or creator
Unknown
Date
Ninteenth century
Scope & content
Watercolour of a pale mauve Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, on Chinese paper, by an anonymous artist. Bound in album 'Plantae Japonicae Icones', nineteenth century, page 62. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is the curent botanical name
Level
Item
Extent
1 item
Physical description
Watercolour on Chinese paper, with ink outlines, gum arabic appears on some of the darker green leaves