Description | Botanical study of Leonotis leonurus, common name lion's tail. Described by Jakob Breyn in 'Gedanensis, Prodromi fasciculi rariorum plantarum' (1739). A specimen of this plant was noted in 'A catalogue of the fifty plants sent from Chelsea Garden, presented to the Royal Society... 1741' by Joseph Miller, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society volume 43 issue 472 (1744), p.76.
Shrub plant showing tubular orange flowers and green leaves. Inscribed in ink 'Leonurus perennis Africanus, sideritidis folio, flore phoenicio majore Breyn.' Not signed. |