Rubble or mitre aloe, Aloe perfoliata.

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Rubble or mitre aloe, Aloe perfoliata, with flower, leaf and roots, native to South Africa. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton, Poiret et Chamberet's "La Flore Medicale," Paris, Panckoucke, 1830. Turpin (1775~1840) was one of the three giants of French botanical art of the era alongside Pierre Joseph Redoute and Pancrace Bessa.

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Size: 4571px × 6856px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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