Catesby's trillium (Trillium catesbaei)

Catesby's trillium (Trillium catesbaei)

Botany

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

Trilliums -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Wild flowers

Botanical illustration

Mountain plants

Plants

Little is known about J.D. Chaffin, the artist who made these drawings. Most likely, Chaffin was an enrollee in one of the 22 CCC camps in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Almost all of the pen-and-ink sketches in this series are of flora and fauna of the region, with a few of cultural artifacts and trail scenes. All of the drawings are signed and dated, most to 1937. The flowers of the Catesbys Trillium face downward and the sepals are narrower and more sickle-shaped than those of Large-flowered Trillium, which has upright flowers. The species name honors Mark Catesby (1679-1749), an English naturalist.

Chaffin, J. D.

Civilian Conservation Corps Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1937

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drawings (visual works)

eng

StillImage

20317

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2015-06-01

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Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

14.5" x 11.5"(dimension)

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