Yellow Daylily

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Hand-colored stipple engraving showing Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, a plant native to Eurasia

Yellow daylily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus).

(Plate 15.)

Artist

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

Illustration

Subject:: Plants
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Langlois, Vincent-Marie
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 showing Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, also known as lemon lily or yellow daylily, a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asphodelaceae. It is native to Eurasia and produces clusters of fragrant lemon-yellow flowers that bloom in summer.

The caption reads in the original French: Hemerocallis flava — Hemerocalle jaune.

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{{cite web | title=Yellow Daylily | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/hemerocallis-lilioasphodelus/ | author=Redouté, Pierre-Joseph | year=1805 | access-date=November 21, 2024 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}