Specimen of yellow monkey flower, ca.1920

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Photograph of a specimen of yellow monkey flowers, ca.1920. Three chitinous stems are shown, with orchid-like blossoms at their tips. The stems seem dessicated, and dry. A neutral background can be seen behind.; "Common monkey flower is an attractive annual or perennial with many erect or spreading stems from 15-60 cm high. Plants commonly root where the nodes touch the ground. Plants growing in seeps will typically grow higher while those of more arid habitats will be much smaller and less branched. The lower leaves are several veined from the base with ovate to lance-shaped blades, which are obtuse to rounded at the tips, with long petioles, and often with ragged lobes towards the base of the blade. The upper leaves are short-petioled or sessile with the blades up to 10 cm long and with toothed margins. The lowest leaves commonly wither quickly while the upper persist. The stem leaves are opposite. The large, showy flowers are in racemes. The flower stems range up to 6 cm in length. The calyx is ridged with 5 lobes, the uppermost lobe being the longest. The corolla is tubular and much longer than the calyx. The corolla itself is 1-4 cm long. The mouth of the corolla is two-lipped (2 upper lobes and 3 lower) and has many hairs and red spots in the throat. The lower lip is larger than the upper. The calyx is inflated when in fruit. Common monkey flower inhabits wet places from sea level to moderate elevations in the mountains both in the forests, along roadsides, and well into arid regions. Common monkey flower is found over much of western North America. It ranges from Alaska and the Yukon south to northern Mexico and east to the Rockies." -- unknown author.

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Title Specimen of yellow monkey flower, ca.1920

Subject Botany -- Flowers -- Assorted (file heading), Flowers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass plate negative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1920

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17388

Identifier 5458 (accession number), CHS-5458 (call number), CHS-5458 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17385 (legacy record id), chs-m17388 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14212 (legacy record id), 1-82-186 (microfiche number), 1-82-193 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17385

Unique identifier UC142592

Legacy Identifier CHS-5458.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 42.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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