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Mary Vaux Walcott

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Watercolor of sequoia cones and drooping green foliage on a branch against a pale background.

Sequoia (Sequoia gigantea)

1890

Watercolor of a blue California lilac branch with dense flower clusters and large green leaves on a brown stem.

California Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)

1935

Watercolor of a green strawberry cactus with spiny reddish stems and two pink flowers on a pale background.

Green Strawberry Cactus (Echinocereus viridiflorus)

1925

Watercolor of hooded pitcherplant stems with yellow nodding flowers and tubular red-veined green pitchers on a pale backgroun

Hooded Pitcherplant (Sarracenia minor)

1925

Watercolor of a columbine plant with pale lilac nodding flowers, yellow stamens, buds, and lobed green leaves on white paper.

Aquilegia ecalcarata

1935

Watercolor of red primrose blossoms and buds on tall stems above broad green leaves.

Primrose (Primula parryi)

1930

Watercolor of a pinkshell azalea branch with pale pink flowers, green leaves and long stamens on a cream background.

Pinkshell Azalea (Azalea vaseyi)

1920

Watercolor of a drooping California nutmeg branch with narrow green needles and three oval green fruits.

California Nutmeg (Tumion californicum)

1929

Watercolor of fleabane flowers with lavender petals, yellow centers, and green leaves on a white background.

Fleabane (Erigeron macranthus)

1938

Watercolor of pink hedge bindweed flowers, buds, and green heart-shaped leaves on red stems against a cream background.

Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia (Convolvulus) sepium)

1932

Watercolor of bogbean stems with white and pink fringed flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)

1925

Watercolor botanical study of a spiny purple-flowered thistle-like plant with toothed green leaves on a pale background.

Saussurea (Saussurea densa)

1920

Watercolor of white Queencup flowers with yellow stamens among broad green leaves on reddish stems.

Queencup (Clintonia uniflora)

1920

Watercolor of two tall aster stems with purple petals, yellow centers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Aster (Aster hirariifolius)

1923

Watercolor of a flowering orchid plant with reddish-brown blossoms on tall stems and broad green leaves, on a pale background

Untitled--Plant Study

1929

Watercolor of arrowhead plant with arrow-shaped leaves, white flowers with yellow centers, and green buds on red stems.

Arum Arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata)

1923

Watercolor of a roundleaf sundew rosette with red-fringed round leaves and a tall flower stalk on cream paper.

Roundleaf Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)

1930

Watercolor of a spiny green cactus with a bright red-orange flower blooming from its top on a pale background.

Lloyd's Strawberry Cactus (Echinocereus lloydii)

1925

Watercolor of a slender plant with pink five-petaled flowers and buds on thin green branching stems against cream paper.

Skeleton Flower (Lygodesmia juncea)

1920

Watercolor botanical study of a thistle plant with spiny leaves and several flower heads on a cream background.

White Thistle (Cirsium hookeranum)

Watercolor of a cholla cactus with a bright red flower in bloom and spiny green stems on a pale background.

Walkingstick Cholla (Opuntia imbricata)

1934

Watercolor of two blue-violet iris flowers and a bud on green stems with long leaves against a pale background.

Western Blue Flag (Iris missouriensis)

1933

Watercolor botanical study of small pink and magenta wildflowers on thin stems with feathery green leaves, on cream paper.

Gilia linanthus parviflorus

1900

Watercolor of a cluster of pink primrose flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on a cream background.

Primrose (Primula angustifolia)

1930

Watercolor of two white forest anemone flowers on slender stems above toothed green leaves against a pale background.

Forest Anemone (Anemone deltoidea)

1925

Watercolor of a sprig of blue columbine with purple flowers and green leaves on a pale background.

Blue Columbine (Aquilegia saximontana)

1937

Watercolor of hybrid pitcher plants with drooping maroon flowers, green pitcher leaves and curving stems on a pale background

Hybrid Pitcherplant

1930

Watercolor of an orchid stem with maroon-striped yellow flowers above green leaves, on cream paper.

Untitled (Flower Study)

1920

Watercolor of a longleaf pine top with reddish-purple cones and long green needles radiating outward.

Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)

1929

Watercolor of white rhododendron blossoms with pink buds and dark green leaves on woody stems.

Rosebay Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)

1920

Watercolor of pink mountain heather sprigs with bell-shaped flowers and green needle-like leaves on cream paper.

Pink Mountain Heather (Phyllodoce empetriformis)

1920

Watercolor of a sand verbena plant with red stems, green leaves and clusters of pink flowers on white paper.

Sand Verbena (Abronia umbellata)

1930

Watercolor of a moss pink sprig with white five-petaled flowers and green needle-like leaves on a pale background.

Moss Pink (Phlox subulate)

1910

Watercolor of white anemone flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on tall stems, with pale blue blossoms at lower left

Anemone (Anemone zephyra)

1937

Watercolor of a violet plant with purple flowers and scalloped green leaves on a cream background.

Butterfly Violet (Viola papilionacea)

1923

Watercolor of a dark maroon trillium flower on a long green stem with large pleated leaves above, on white paper.

Sweet Trillium (Trillium vasyi)

1930

Watercolor of a plant with slender green stems and round clusters of orange flowers on a pale background.

Orange Polygala (Polygala lutea)

1920

Watercolor of two pink and white spotted orchid stems rising from broad green leaves on a pale background.

Roundleaf Orchis (Orchis rotundifolia)

1920

Watercolor of purple gentian flowers and buds on slender green stems against a pale background.

Gentian (Gentiana holopetala)

1936

Watercolor of yellow and orange columbine flowers and green buds on tall stems above lobed leaves, on a pale background.

Lemon Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens)

1925

Watercolor of a Rocky Mountain Cassiope plant with white bell-shaped flowers and red tips on green sprigs.

Rocky Mountain Cassiope (Cassiope mertensiana)

1920

Watercolor of a red fire pink plant with several blossoms, buds and long green basal leaves on a cream background.

Fire Pink (Silene virginica)

1930

Watercolor of a cluster of small blue bluet flowers with yellow centers on thin green stems against a pale background.

Bluets (Houstonia serpyllifolia)

1934

Watercolor of two tall green flower stalks with dark maroon blossoms and buds against a pale background.

Squaw-Cabbage (Caulanthus inflatus)

1930

Watercolor of yellow balsamroot flowers with broad green leaves and silvery stems on a cream background.

Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata)

1923

Watercolor of marsh marigold with bright yellow flowers, buds, and round green leaves on pale background.

Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

1924

Watercolor of white mountain avens flowers and buds with serrated green leaves on a pale background.

White Dryad (Dryas octopetala)

1925

Watercolor of a trillium plant with three green leaves, white petals and a red center on a pale background.

Trillium discolor

1938

Watercolor of a spiny cactus with a bright pink flower blooming from its top, on a cream background.

Cucumber Cactus

1939

Watercolor of a cluster of delicate green fern fronds with fan-shaped leaflets on a pale background.

Puccoon (Lithospermum ruderale)

1920

Watercolor of a white umbrella magnolia blossom with green leaves and a brown stem, painted by Mary Vaux Walcott in 1932.

Umbrella Tree (Magnolia tripetala)

1932

Watercolor of white Washington lily blooms with yellow stamens and green stems and leaves on a pale background.

Washington Lily (Lilium washingtonianum)

1933

Watercolor of a branching bottle gentian plant with blue closed flowers, green leaves and reddish stems on cream paper.

Bottle Gentian (Gentiana saponaria)

1924

Watercolor of a blue-flowered Phacelia plant with green lobed leaves and buds on a white background.

Phacelia (Phacelia parryi)

1930

Watercolor of a shooting star plant with pink reflexed flowers on red stems above green basal leaves.

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon hendersonii)

1930

Watercolor of a thread leaf sundew plant with curling hairy stalks rising from a mound of moss on a pale background.

Thread Leaf Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)

1930

Watercolor of a Mexican Fremontia branch with a yellow flower, an orange-red flower, and lobed green leaves.

Mexican Fremontia (Fremontodendron mexicanum)

1926

Watercolor of a branch with white Virginia stewartia flowers, buds and green leaves against a cream background.

Virginia Stewartia (Stewartia malachodendron)

1925

Watercolor of purple vervain flowers with slender hairy stems and finely divided green leaves on a cream background.

Vervain (Verbena wrightii)

1938

Watercolor of Owl's Clover with yellow flowers and purple bracts on thin stems, painted against a pale cream background.

Owl's Clover (Orthocarpus erianthus)

1930

Watercolor of a sand phacelia plant with purple flowers, narrow green leaves and red stems on cream paper.

Sand Phacelia (Phacelia linearis)

1920

Watercolor of a Southern Magnolia seed cone with red seeds emerging, surrounded by large dark green leaves.

Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

1920

Watercolor of scarlet mariposa lily stems with red-orange open flowers, buds, and green leaves on a cream background.

Scarlet Mariposa (Calochortus kennedyi)

1920

Watercolor of two tall stems of red tubular Fire Pentstemon flowers with green buds and broad leaves at the base.

Fire Pentstemon (Pentstemon eatonii)

1927