This narcissus daffodil botanical illustration is a reproduction from an original German handcolored lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendal’s German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), published by Jena, in 1871, and depicts the different elements of the narcissus pseudonarcissus L.

This floral print is one of many in a series we offer and makes an excellent choice for home or office, or, as a gift for any gardening, or flower enthusiast. We offer this print as a fine art giclee print in many different sizes, or as a gallery wrapped canvas print.

ABOUT THE BOTANIST:
Diederich Franz Leonahard von Schlechtendal was a German botanist and who lived from November 27, 1794 to October 12, 1866. He studied in Berlin, in 1819 becoming curator of the Royal Herbarium. He was a professor of botany and director of the Botanical Gardens at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1833 until his death in 1866.

He was editor of the botanical journal “Linnaea” (from 1826), and with Hugo von Mohl (1805-1872), was publisher of the Botanischen Zeitung (from 1843). He conducted important investigations of the then largely unknown flora of Mexico, carried out in conjunction with Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838), and based on specimens collected by Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede (1798-1836) and Ferdinand Deppe (1794-1861). The standard botanical abbreviation “Schltdl.” is applied to species he described.