Sara Plummer Lemmon
Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon (1836–1923) was an American botanist. Mount Lemmon in Arizona is named for her, as she was the first Euro-American woman to ascend it. She was responsible for the designation of the golden poppy (Eschscholzia californica) as the state flower of California, in 1903. A number of plants are also named in her honor, including the new genus Plummera (now placed as a subgenus within Hymenoxys), described by botanist Asa Gray in 1882.
Sara Plummer Lemmon | |
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1865 portrait of Lemmon | |
| Born | Sara Allen Plummer September 3, 1836 |
| Died | January 15, 1923 (aged 86) |
| Resting place | Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California) |
| Alma mater | Cooper Union |
| Spouse | John Gill Lemmon (married 1880-1908) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, Botanical Illustration |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Plummer |
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