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Watercolor of a branching stem with orange-red mallow flowers, buds and silvery green lobed leaves on a cream background.

Scarlet Globe Mallow (Sphaeralcea grossulariaefolia)

A flowering stem of scarlet globe mallow rises diagonally across a pale cream ground, with orange-red five-petaled blossoms, buds and gray-green lobed leaves. The watercolor renders each bloom with fine detail, and a faint signature and date appear in the lower left corner.

Artist
Mary Vaux Walcott
Date
1927
Medium
watercolor on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2095 × 3000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1927).
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

Español: Malva globosa escarlata (Sphaeralcea grossulariaefolia)

Un tallo florido de malva globosa escarlata se extiende en diagonal sobre un fondo crema pálido, con flores de cinco pétalos rojo anaranjados, capullos y hojas lobuladas de verde grisáceo. La acuarela detalla cada flor, y una firma y una fecha aparecen en la esquina inferior izquierda.

Português: Malva-globo escarlate (Sphaeralcea grossulariaefolia)

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