Exhibit Item 38
Galliardia aristata
Blanketflower
Illustrator: Lucretia B. Hamilton
Pen and Ink
From the Collection of the
University of Arizona Herbarium
The common name, blanketflower, comes from bright colored Native American blankets.
Exhibit Item 39
Gossypium thurberi
Desert cotton
Illustrator: Lucretia B. Hamilton
Pen and Ink
From the Collection of the
University of Arizona Herbarium
The white flowers turn pink late in the day. Seeds have a few small tuffs of cotton fibers too short to be of any use. Autumn foliage is a striking red.
