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Description
Scientific name used in the specimen book: Pacific eryithoronium. Common name used in specmien book: Dogtooth violet. Native to western parts of North America; not native in southeastern Minnesota. Taxonomy - Order: Liliales; Family: Liliaceae; Genus: Erythronium L.; Species: Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh. Collected from the "mountains" in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 5, 1899.
This botanical specimen was collected and included in Helen J. Monahan's final project for a Botany course in 1899 taught by John M. Holzinger at the Winona Normal School in Winona, Minnesota. It was included in a collection of sixty-seven specimens which can be viewed in the Botanical Specimen Book collection in OpenRiver. Mrs. Mary Millspaugh was married to Jesse Fonda (J.F.) Millspaugh, who was President of the WInona Normal School from 1898-1904; they had lived in Salt Lake City, Utah prior to moving to Winona, Minnesota.
Creation Date
6-1-1899
Item Type
Archival Material
Publisher
Winona State University
City
Winona, Minnesota
Department
Special Collections-Library
Disciplines
Botany | Life Sciences | Plant Biology | Plant Sciences | Science and Mathematics Education
Recommended Citation
Monahan, Helen J., "Erythronium grandiflorum (Yellow avalanche-lily): Botanical specimen collected by Helen Monahan, 1899" (1899). Botanical Specimen Images. 17.
https://openriver.winona.edu/botanicalspecimenimages/17
Rights Management
Requests to reproduce for educational purposes only are granted by the Winona County Historical Society. Please contact curator@winonahistory.org for more information.
Contributing Institution
Winona County Historical Society
Dimensions
11" x 16"
Physical Format
Book
Master File Format
TIFF; CR2
Fiscal Sponsor
This project has been financed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society.
Scanning Responsibility
Special acknowledgement to the Wisconsin State Herbarium and Mark Wetter for the use of their scanning equipment. Scanning performed by Darrell W. Krueger Library - Winona State University.
Date Digital
2020-02-18
Metadata Creation Responsibility
Allison Quam
Unique Identifier
2014_026_0001_017
Keywords
Botanical Specimen, Herbarium, Botany, Plant Specimen, Plant Ecology, Botany in Minnesota, Botany Student Work, Helen Monahan, Helen Josephine (Monahan) Rowekamp (1885-1967), Winona Normal School, Teacher Education, Plants, Flowers, Seeds, John Michael Holzinger (1853-1929), Professor John M. Holzinger, Winona, Palezoic Plateau, Driftless Area
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