FRANCOIS HERINCQ Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. Zephirine, 1872

This print, featuring Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. Zephirine, is a book plate from the work of François Herincq (1820–1891), a French botanist and gardener associated with the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Herincq was the editor of L'Horticulteur français, journal des amateurs et des intérêts horticoles, a horticultural journal published from 1851 to 1872, in which he illustrated and described a vast array of plants, including over 414 species.

Malacothamnus fasciculatus, commonly known as the chaparral mallow, is a flowering plant in the mallow family native to California.