Lamium Purpureum with Apis mellifera

Anna Pfeiffer · 1847

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

38 × 28 cm

A taxonomic study from Pfeiffer's four-volume Botanical Survey of the Rhine Valley — this sheet shows the dead nettle at three stages of development alongside a honey bee in flight, with detailed annotation of the plant's medicinal properties. The bee is painted at twice life size.