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Watercolor of a yellow evening primrose bloom, a red flower, buds and green leaves on slender stems.

Evening Primrose (Oenothera howardi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1928

Watercolor of a branch with green leaves, red stems and clusters of pale bell-shaped flowers on cream paper.

Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Stylized painting of a steamship above brick walls and stairs, with a man carrying a package and a woman beside a bicycle.

Freed Flag, from the United Nations Series

Peter Sekaer, 1940

Watercolor of Showy Orchis plants with purple and white flowers and broad green leaves on a cream background.

Showy Orchis (Orchis spectabilis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a sand myrtle branch with clusters of pink flowers and small green leaves on brown stems.

Sand Myrtle (Leiophyllum lyoni)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of white sego lily flowers with yellow and maroon centers, pink-tinged buds, and green stems on a pale background.

Sego Lily (Calochortus nuttallii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a maypop passionflower vine with a purple fringed bloom, buds, serrated leaves and curling tendrils.

Maypop (Passiflora incarnata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Watercolor of a common pitcherplant with green and maroon pitcher leaves and a red nodding flower on a tall stem.

Common Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea venosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Watercolor of red tubular monkey flowers with serrated green leaves and buds on branching stems, against a cream background.

Cardinal Monkey Flower (Mimulus cardinalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Watercolor of three rosebud orchid flowers with curled petals and pink lips on slender green stems with narrow leaves.

Rosebud Orchid (Pogonia divaricata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a pink rhododendron branch with open blossoms, a bud, and long green leaves on a pale background.

Rose-Bay Rhododendron (Rhododendron carolinianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a Dutchman's pipe vine with broad leaves, curved purple-marked flowers, and long green seed pods.

Dutchman's Pipe

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Watercolor of a milkweed stem with clustered pale flowers and long serrated green leaves on a cream background.

Milkweed (Ascelpias)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Watercolor of a Douglas fir branch with green needles and three hanging brown cones on a pale background.

Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga mucronata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of yellow desert poppy flowers on slender stems above grey-green leaves, with a curled bud at the base.

Desert Poppy (Eschscholtzia glyptosperma)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Watercolor of fringed gentian stems with purple open flowers, lavender buds and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Fringed Gentian (Gentiana elegana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Watercolor of a pink thistle flower with a green bud and spiny, lobed leaves on a tall stem against a pale background.

Thistle (Cirsium arizonica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a yellow lupine stem with arching clusters of yellow flowers and green palmate leaves on a pale background.

Yellow Lupine (Lupinis arboreus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Watercolor of a barrel cactus with dense spines topped by a bright pink flower with a pale yellow center.

Turkeyhead Cactus (Echinocerus perbellus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a slender plant with narrow green leaves and small yellow flowers clustered at the top of the stem.

Bastard Toadflax (Comandra pallida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a branching stem with red four-petaled flowers, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Farewell to Spring (Godetia amoena lilja)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of pink skeleton weed flowers on slender green stems with curving leaves, on a cream background.

Skeleton Weed (Lygodesmia grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a cholla cactus branch with several yellow flowers and spiny green segments on a plain background.

Cholla Opuntia whipplei

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Pastel still life of pink and yellow roses in a dark round vase on a green draped cloth.

Roses

William Merritt Chase, 1883

Watercolor of branching stems with pink five-petaled centaurium flowers, yellow centers, and green buds on cream paper.

Pink Centaurium (Centaurium venustum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a red-bracted Tillandsia bromeliad with violet flowers among long green arching leaves.

Quill-Leaf Tillandsia (Tillandsia fasciculata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of orange Mexican poppies with buds and feathery gray-green leaves on a pale background.

Mexican Poppy (Eschscholtzia mexicana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Watercolor of a white anemone flower with yellow stamens and green serrated leaves on a pale background.

Anemone canadensis

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a branching owl-clover plant with clusters of pink flower bracts and narrow green leaves on cream paper.

Owl-clover (Orthocarpus tenuifolius)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a sprig of small pink and magenta wildflowers with slender stems and feathery green leaves on cream paper.

Gilia linanthus parviflorus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930