Watts, May Theilgaard
Spring Wild Flowers of the Forest Floor At The Morton Arboretum: A Key To Identification, page 2
Identifier
3.24616Format
India ink on 4-ply cream boardDigitization Status
DigitizedReproduction:
OriginalDimensions
37.2 cm W x 51 cm H (Item)29.7 cm W x 46 cm H (Platemark or image size)
Extent
1 sheetType
DrawingDate created
1944Description
Illustrations of wild flowers with identification text, key on left and habitat border of leaves on right, created to accompany "Spring Wild Flowers Of The Forest Floor At The Morton Arboretum" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information.Illustrations and identifying text depicted, from top to bottom:
- Trout lily -- Erythronium albidum
- Wild garlic -- Allium canadense
- Wild leek -- Allium tricoccum
- Carrion flower -- Smilax herbacea
- Bellwort -- Uvularia grandiflora
- Small solomon seal -- Polygonatum biflorum
- Great solomon seal -- Polygonatum commutatum
- Starry solomonplume -- Smilacina stellata
- Feather solomonplume -- Smilacina racemosa
Appeared In
Morton Arboretum Bulletin Of Popular Information, Vol. 19, nos. 4 and 5, p. 15Subject - keywords and LC headings
Flowers--AnatomyForest plants
Leaves--Anatomy
Plants--Identification
Wild flowers
Drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Allium canadense L. (meadow garlic)
Allium tricoccum Aiton (ramp)
Erythronium albidum Nutt. (white trout-lily)
Maianthemum racemosum (L.) Link (feathery false Solomon’s seal)
Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link (starry false Solomon’s seal)
Uvularia grandiflora Sm. (bellwort)
Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Morong (greater Solomon’s seal)
Smilax herbacea L. (smooth carrion flower)
Polygonatum biflorum (Walter) Elliott (Solomon’s seal)
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