Pericallis cruenta. Native to the Canary Islands, raised from seeds collected by Philip Barker Webb in Tenerife. Blood-red senecio, Senecio cruentus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Sarah Drake from Edwards’ Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, published by James Ridgway, London, 1839.

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