Rosy evening-primrose, rose evening primrose, pink evening primrose, Rose of Mexico, rose-coloured oenothera, Oenothera rosea. Native to Peru, introduced by French botanist Andre Thouin in 1783. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Stephen Couchman, London, 1796.
Rosy evening-primrose, rose evening primrose, pink evening primrose, Rose of Mexico, rose-coloured oenothera, Oenothera rosea. Native to Peru, introduced by French botanist Andre Thouin in 1783. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Stephen Couchman, London, 1796.