Redpurple beebalm, Russell's beebalm or narrow-leaved bergamot, Monarda russelliana. Native to southern states of North America, found in Arkansas by English botanist Thomas Nuttall. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joseph Swan after a botanical illustration by William Jackson Hooker from his Exotic Flora, William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823-27.

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