Old Flower Print of the Frog's-Stomach or Harping Johnny, ca.1800

Reference
BGI-00517
Date
1800
Category
Natural History Print
Sheet size
46.0 x 28.0 cm (18.1 x 11.0 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 280

Antique print titled ‘Sedum Telephium’. Sedum telephium, often called Hylotelephium telephium, orpine, livelong, frog's-stomach, harping Johnny, life-everlasting, live-forever, midsummer-men, Orphan John, witch's moneybags is a succulent perennial groundcover of the family Crassulaceae native to Eurasia. The flowers are held in dense heads and can be reddish or yellowish-white. Original text page included. Source unknown, to be determined.

Artists and Engravers: Anonymous.

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