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Watts, May Theilgaard

Skunk Cabbage

3.19478
Sepia ink, watercolor, and colored pencil on illustration board.
Digitized
Original
23.1 cm W x 28 cm H (Item)
1 sheet
Drawing
1940 – 1960
Illustration of the skunk cabbage plant with environment, including three detailed views of flowering parts. Background sketches include a willow tree, cattails, and skunk cabbage in and near water.

Header: SKUNK CABBAGE

Illustrations as depicted, from top to bottom, left to right:
  • enlarged view of the spathe
  • enlarge view of a single flower
  • enlarged view of the spadix
Plants--Identification
Drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) W. Salisb. (skunk-cabbage)
Artwork
English
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