Lysimachia nutans (Cape Loosestrife)
c.1845-1883. Louis Benoît van Houtte was a Belgian horticulturist who was with the Jardin Botanique de Brussels between 1836 and 1838 and is best known for the journal "Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe", produced with Charles Lemaire and M. Scheidweiler, an extensive work boasting more than 2,000 coloured plates in 23 volumes published between 1845 and 1883. A Chromolithograph print, a 19th-century color printing technique that uses multiple limestone blocks—sometimes over 20—to apply separate, overlapping ink layers for a vibrant, finished print. Includes the original text pages Lysimachia nutans (Cape Loosestrife) is a rare perennial herb native to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, belonging to the Primulaceae family. Thriving in moist, subtropical habitats, this species is documented as a, distinct from more common, widely cultivated Lysimachia species. 245 by 170mm (9¾ by 6¾ inches). Item #32766
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