Silky patersonia with dark purple flower. A native of Australia. Patersonia sericea

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Silky patersonia with dark purple flower. A native of Australia. Named for Colonel Paterson, the assistant governor of New South Wales. Patersonia sericea Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's "Botanical Magazine" 1790-1800.

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