Purpurea Collection

Poisonous Plants
Water Hemlock (Cicuta Virosa); Conium Maculatum; Digitalis Purpurea; Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias); Pasque Flower (Anemone Pulsatilla); Autumn Crocus

Ergot of rye, Claviceps purpurea. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea (Wooly leaved foxglove, Digitalis tomentosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical Magazine

Auricula Purpurea
Double headed Auricula Purpurea

Purple magnolia, Magnolia purpurea
5856379 Purple magnolia, Magnolia purpurea; (add.info.: Purple magnolia, Magnolia purpurea, with large purple and white flowers. A native of China)

Decorative botanical print with valerian, heliotrope, toadflax, bellflower and bugloss
5855534 Decorative botanical print with valerian, heliotrope, toadflax, bellflower and bugloss; (add.info.: Five ornamental plants including scarlet valerian (Centranthus ruber)

Foxgloves and pansies, Digitalis purpurea and Viola tricolor
5855655 Foxgloves and pansies, Digitalis purpurea and Viola tricolor; (add.info.: Foxgloves and pansies, Digitalis purpurea and Viola tricolor)

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) source of Digitalis, used from Medieval times as emetic and purgative
539165 Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) source of Digitalis, used from Medieval times as emetic and purgative. 19th century (lithograph); (add.info)

Madam gorgon, Acicarpha tribuloides. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Purple pitcher plant or side-saddle flower, Sarracenia purpurea, Sarracenie pourpre. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre

Ergot of rye, Claviceps purpurea (Secale cornutum). Handcoloured lithograph by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Purple Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) flowering, Redwood National Park, California

Purple gentian, Gentiana purpurea
5856674 Purple gentian, Gentiana purpurea by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Purple gentian, Gentiana purpurea. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James)

Purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea
5856661 Purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea)

Purple-stained laelia orchid, Cattleya purpurata (Laelia purpurata). Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne

Ghent cornflag, Gladiolus x gandavensis. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea. Sarracenia porporina. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Eastern quoll and water opossum
Eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus 1, water opossum or yapok, Chironectes minimus 2. Dasyurus Maugei, Dasiuro di Mauge, Chironette yapock

Hallers apple moss, Bartramia halleriana. Bartramia dell Haller. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Purple morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Mock strawberry, Potentilla indica. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Peacocks tail, Padina pavonica 1, and Dictyota dichotoma 2. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Heart and dart moth, turnip moth and silver cloud
Heart and dart moth, Agrotis exclamationis 1, 2, turnip moth, Agrotis segetum 3, 4, and silver cloud, Egira conspicillaris 5. Phalaena exclamationis, caliginosa, fuscosa, melaleuca

Gamopetalous Plants (colour litho)
6004525 Gamopetalous Plants (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gamopetalous Plants)

French Lavender, plate 241 from A Curious Herbal
STC176421 French Lavender, plate 241 from A Curious Herbal, published 1782 (colour engraving) by Blackwell, Elizabeth (1707-1758); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cyprus rose-flowered rockcress, Arabis purpurea. Purple-flowered aubrietia, Aubrietia purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith

Lady orchid, Orchis purpurea (Orchis fusca). Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Purple heron, Ardea purpurea. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Varieties of sea cucumber
Sea cucumbers including Trochodota purpurea, Cladodactyla crocea crocea, Stichopus chloronotus, Anaperus peruvianus, Holothuria (Metriatyla) lessoni, Leptosynapta inhaerens, etc

Foxglove or Digitalis species
Canary Island foxglove, Digitalis canariensis, large yellow foxglove, Digitalis ambigua, purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, cut-leaved foxglove, Digitalis laciniata, and yellow foxglive

Viper grass, lettuce and catananche species
Purple viper grass, Scorzonera purpurea, perennial lettuce, Lactuca perennis, blue catananche, Catananche caerulea, serrated-leaved chaetanthera, Chaetanthera serrata, and white prenanthes

Rudbeckia and Echinacea species
Common purple rudbeckia, Rudbeckia purpurea, various-leaved echinacea, Echinacea heterophylla, Dicksons echinacea, Echinacea dicksonii, and late-flowering purple rudbeckia, Rudbeckia serotina

Cistus species
Purple cistus, Cistus purpurea, sheathed-leaved cistus, Cistus vaginatus, beautiful cistus, Cistus formosus, Algarve cistus, Cistus algarvensis, and hoary-leaved rose cistus, Cistus incanus

Lalage, scottia, templetonia and other species
Ornamental lalage, Lalage ornata, tooth-leaved scottia, Scottia dentata, retuse-leaved templetonia, Templetonia retusa, purple crotalaria, Crotalaria purpurea, and goose-foot aspalathus

Pitcher plants and caper bush
Purple sidesaddle plant, Sarracenia purpurea, yellow sidesaddle plant, Sarracenia flava, and taper-leaved caper, Capparis acuminata

Purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea altera, and mandrake, Mandragora officinarum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Yellow foxglove, Digitalis lutea, and common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Broomrape, Orobanche minor, and foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Sweet violet, Viola purpurea, and dames violet, Matthiola incana. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Purple gentian, Gentiana purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after an illustration by William Miller from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821

Wild bergamot or bee balm, Monarda fistulosa (Monarda purpurea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1828

Rye ergot fungus, Claviceps purpurea. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Quinine and red quinine bark trees
Quinine bark tree, Cinchona officinalis, and red quinine, Cinchona pubescens. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Sea cucumbers: Trochodota purpurea 1, 2, Cladodactyla crocea crocea 3, Stichopus chloronotus 4, Anaperus peruvianus 5, and Holothuria (Metriatyla) lessoni 6

Edible tubers, Tubercules alimentaires. Purple woodsorrel, Oxalis purpurea, Jerusalem artichoke, Helianthus tuberosus, papalisa or olluco, Ullucus tuberosus, yamaimo or mountain yam

Purple foxglove or ladys glove, Digitalis purpurea, Digitale pourpree. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Water-shield, Brasenia schreberi, Hydropeltis purpurea, Hydropeltis. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Foxglove variety, Digitalis purpurea. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe

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"Purpurea: A Spectrum of Enigmatic Beauty" Step into the captivating world of purpurea, a diverse group of plants that boast stunning shades of purple. From the enchanting Clematis purpurea to the alluring Digitalis purpurea, this hue has found its way into nature's palette in various forms. But beware, for not all that is purple is innocent. Some members of this botanical family possess a darker side. Take Claviceps purpurea, better known as Ergot of rye, which inflicts harm upon unsuspecting crops and can cause hallucinations if consumed by humans. Yet amidst these cautionary tales lie fascinating discoveries. The Common foxglove or Digitalis purpurea reveals its majestic presence with towering spires adorned with delicate bell-shaped flowers. Its beauty belies its poisonous nature; every petal concealing potent toxins within. Venture further and encounter Auricula Purpurea, a flower whose velvety petals seem to whisper secrets from their deep purple depths. Meanwhile, Madam gorgon (Acicarpha tribuloides) casts an intriguing spell with her vibrant hues and unique form. Nature's ingenuity shines through in the Purple pitcher plant or side-saddle flower - an extraordinary carnivorous plant that lures unsuspecting insects into its trap using irresistible shades of purple as bait. Even in the realm of medicine, we find traces of purpurea's power. Claviceps purpurea returns once more as Ergot of rye (Claviceps purpurea Secale cornutum), revealing medicinal properties when used correctly but reminding us to tread cautiously on this fine line between remedy and poison. In hidden corners lies the Sharp-petaled bletia or pine pink orchid (Bletia), showcasing exquisite blooms that blend harmoniously with their surroundings – a testament to Mother Nature's artistry.