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Cranberry, Mountain;Heather, White;Phlox, Alpine
Cassiope mertensiana;Phlox Douglasii;Vaccinium vitis-idaea

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Cranberry, Mountain;Heather, White;Phlox, Alpine
Context: Sketches of three Canadian wildflowers. Annotation: "Alberta, B.A. 8000 ft.". Annotation: "grows like moss - a velvety green pincushion studded thickly with magenta pink flowers. anthers pale yellowish white. leaves grass green.". Annotation: "magenta pink, deeper at base of petals" " stamens red, anthers orange." "grows like the other, but leaflets smaller, & grayish green" "plant looser & more clumpy.". Annotation: "flowers white, sepals yellowish sienna" "[stem] deep green myrtle" "bright sienna brown" "silvery gray at base". American Museum of Natural History Saskatchewan and Alberta expedition
Date: 1907
Location: Rare and Manuscript Collections
Medium: Pencil;Watercolor
ID Number: 2662-920-0310
Size: 9.5" x 12"
Support: Paper
Type: Studies
Title: Canadian Wildflowers