Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 1056

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-COMMON_NAMES- Horn-capsuled Martynia,
Common Unicorn Plant, Common Devil's Claw,
Ram's Horn, Proboscis Flower, Elephant Tusk
-GENUS-Martynia
-SPECIES-Martynia proboscidea
-CLASS-Didynamia
-ORDER-Angiospermia
-AUTHORITY- Aiton

-MODERN_GENUS-Proboscidea
-MODERN_SPECIES-Proboscidea louisianica
-MODERN_FAMILY-Pedaliaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-annual
-COLOR-dingy white to purple with yellow throat and blotched rose-purple
-SEASON-__ 
-NATIVE_REGION-  S US to Mexico
-ZONE-  10

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-26
-PUB_DATE-1807
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR-John Sims
-ARTIST-S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD-Disc 0401 IMG0050.PCD