Sea or sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.): flowering plant arising from earth mound with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Sea or sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1807.

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Sea or sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.): flowering plant arising from earth mound with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Sea or sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1807.