African Lily

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Agapanthus umbellatus.

(Plate 4.)

Artist

Name:: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Dates:: 1759-1840
Country:: Belgium

Illustration

Subject:: Plants
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Gouy, de
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Missouri Botanical Garden, the Internet Archive
Observations:: "Tassaert direx." bottom right

Book

Title:: Les liliacées, vol. 1
Authors:: Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de; Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Publisher:: Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1805
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Description:

Stipple engraving depicting the leaves and spherical cluster of blue flowers atop a tall, slender stem of the African lily (Agapanthus africanus), a perennial herbaceous plant in the Amaryllidaceae family native to South Africa. The original caption uses the older synonym Agapanthus umbellatus.

The full caption reads in the original French: Agapanthus umbellatus — Agapanthe en ombelle.

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{{cite web | title=African Lily | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/african-lily/ | author=Redouté, Pierre-Joseph | year=1805 | access-date=July 31, 2026 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}