Watercolor botanical study of a desert mallow stem with round scalloped leaves, pink buds, and one open lilac flower with a red center.

Eremalche rotundifolia, botanical watercolor by Mary Vaux Walcott

A watercolor botanical study on white paper shows a flowering stem with rounded, scalloped leaves and several pink-purple buds. One open five-petaled flower has pale lilac petals with deep purple veins and a red-centered cluster of stamens, set against a plain background.

Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott
Date: 1935
Medium: watercolor on paper
Source: Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size: 1967 × 2804 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1935).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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