Vintage American Wildflower Prints by Edith Clements

Love vintage flower art? Discover these beautiful wildflower illustrations from Flowers of Mountain and Plain by Edith S. Clements. These free printable vintage botanicals capture the colour and charm of America’s mountain and prairie blooms.

If you enjoy vintage flower art filled with colour and life, you’ll love these American wildflower illustrations from Flowers of Mountain and Plain by Edith S. Clements. The book celebrates the beautiful plants found across the American Rockies and the open plains, from alpine meadows to prairie grasslands.

Each plate features a collection of flowers rather than a single specimen. It’s this lively, natural arrangement that makes the artwork so appealing, much like the wildflower illustrations by Harriet Isabel Adams and Jane Loudon already featured here on Picture Box Blue.

Edith S. Clements (1874–1971) was a botanist, ecologist, and artist who worked alongside her husband, Frederic Clements, one of the pioneers of American ecology. Together, they studied how plants adapted to different environments, particularly in the Rocky Mountains. Her paintings in Flowers of Mountain and Plain beautifully combine her scientific understanding with an artist’s love of colour and composition.

These vintage illustrations are not only lovely to look at but also an extraordinary glimpse into America’s natural history. You can download and print them below, perfect for framing, crafts, or adding a touch of wildflower charm to your home.

Free Vintage Wildflower Prints

The prints from Flowers of Mountain and Plain feature a joyful mix of American Rocky Mountain and prairie flowers, arranged together in soft, colourful compositions. Each plate features several species, ranging from vibrant primroses and butercups to delicate bluebells and prairie asters.

All the images are in the public domain and are free to download, allowing you to print them for wall art, craft projects, or to enjoy their timeless beauty. Click on the title above the print you want, and a higher-resolution image will open in a new tab, allowing you to print or save it.

Print 1: Buttercups & Waterlily

• BUTTERCUP: FAMILY: 1 Anemone, Wind Flower. 2 Alpine Clematis. 3 Trailing Buttercup. 5 Pasque Flower. 6 Alpine Buttercup.
• WATER LILY FAMILY: 4 Yellow Water Lily

Print 2: Violet & Mustard Family

• VIOLET FAMILY: 1 Yellow Violet. 2 Prairie Violet.
• CAPER FAMILY: 3 Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
• MUSTARD FAMILY: 4 Wall Flower . 5 Golden Whitlow. 7 Bladder Pod.
• BLEEDING HEART FAMILY: 6 Golden Smoke.

Plate 3: Mallow & Geranium Family

• FLAX’ FAMILY: 1 Blue Flax.
• OXALIS FAMILY: 2 Wood Sorrel.
• MALLOW FAMILY: 3 Rose Mallow. 7 Red Mallow: Malvastrum coccineum. 8 Poppy Mallow.
• SPURGE FAMILY: 4 Snow-on-the-Mountain
• GERANIUM FAMILY; 5 Storksbill. 6 Geranium, Cranesbill.

Print 4: Four O’Clock Family

• FOUR O’CLOCK FAMILY: 6 Alpine Pink, Moss Campion. 1 Fringe Cup. 2 Four O’Clock: Mirabilis multiflora.
• GOOSEFOOT FAMILY: 3 Strawberry Blite.
• BUCKWHEAT FAMILY: 4 Lady’s Thumb, Heart’s Ease. 5 Golden Buckwheat. 8 Crimson Wings.
• PINK FAMILY: 7 Cow Pink.

Plate 5: Primrose Family

• PRIMROSE FAMILY: 1. Bird’s-eye Primrose: 2. Yellow Primrose. 3. Primrose: Primula. 4. Shooting Star. 5. Rock Jasmine. 6. Fairy Primrose. 8. Seawort. 9. Douglas Primrose.
• WINTERGREEN FAMILY: 7. Wintergreen.
• HEATH FAMILY: 10 Bearberry.

Print 6: Morning Glory

• POTATO FAMILY: 1. Purple Ground Cherry. 4. Buffalo Bur
• MORNING GLORY FAMILY: 2. Bush Morning Glory Bur
• PHILOX FAMILY: 3 Trumpet Philox. 5. Nector Cup. 6. Jacob’s Ladder. 7. Tiny Trumpet

Plate 7: Snapdragon Family

• SNAPDRAGON FAMILY: 1 Speedwell. 2 Gold Tongue. 3 Eyebright. 4 Monkey Flower. 7 Indian Paintbrush, Painter’s Brush. 8 Blue-eyed Mary. 9 Lousewort. 10 Butter-and-eggs. 11 Little Elephant.
• BLADDERWORT FAMILY: 5 Bladderwort.
• BROOM-RAPE FAMILY: 6 Broom-rape.

Print 8: Rose Family

• 1 Wild Rose
• 2 Gold Cup
• 3 Golden Avens
• 4 Pink Plumes
• 5 Shrubby Cinquefoil
• 6 Creamy Cinquefoil

Here you’ll find a collection of garden rose prints.

Print 9: Pea Family

• 1 Loco
• 2 Alfalfa
• 3 Alpine Clove
• 4 Psoralea
• 5 Dwarf Clover
• 6 Prairie Pea
• 7 Rose Locust

Plate 10: Cactus & Primrose Family

• EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY: 1 Fireweed. 2 Scarlet Gaura. 3 Meriolix. 4 Evening Primrose
• MENTZELIA FAMILY: 5 Evening Star
• CACTUS FAMILY: 6 Prickly Pea. 7 Purple Cactus.

Print 11: Parsley & Bluebells

• PARSLEY FAMILY: 7. Mountain Parsley
• HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY: 4. Twin Flower. 5 Snowberry.
• BLUEBELL FAMILY: 1 Purple Bellflower. 2. Bluebell, Harebel. 6 Alpine Bluebell.
• VALERIAN FAMILY: 3 Valerian

There is a wonderful collection of Bluebell illustrations on Pictureboxblue.

Plate 12: Aster Family

• 1 Blazing Star
• 2 Blue Lettuce
• 3 Sheath Flower
• 4 False Dandelion
• 5 Goatsbeard, Salsify
• 6 Rose Thistle
• 7 Hawksbeard

Plate 13: Yellow Asters

• 6 Cone Flower
• 2 Golden Glow
• 3 Rayless Thelesperma
• 4 Black-eyed Susan
• 5 Sun Spots
• 7 Sunflower
• 8 Rayed Thelesperma

There is a bright collection of sunflower drawings on Pictureboxblue.

Print 14: Lily Family

• LILY FAMILY: 1 Wild Onion. 3 Spring Lily. 4 Red Lily. 5 Wand Lily. 6 Mariposa Lily
• SPIDERWORT FAMILY: 2 Spider Lily.

Check out the gorgeous lily drawings on Pictureboxblue.

Print 15: Orchids & Iris’s

• IRIS FAMILY: 1 Blue-eyed Grass. 5 Iris, Blue Flag
• ORCHID FAMILY: 2 Coral Root. 3 Yellow Ladies’ Slipper. 4 Rattlesnake Plantain. 6 Fairy Slipper.

If you are looking for more Iris and Orchid prints, check out these beautiful Japanese Iris paintings and the gorgeous Charles Lemaire Orchid illustrations.

Other Botanical Prints

If you’ve enjoyed these lovely Flowers of Mountain and Plain illustrations, don’t forget to explore the extensive collection of vintage botanical prints here on Picture Box Blue. From Elizabeth Blackwell’s Curious Herbal to John Thornton’s Temple of Flora and Adolphe Millot’s floral charts, the site is packed with free vintage flower art to download, print, and craft with. It’s a treasure trove for anyone who loves timeless botanicals and the beauty of nature captured on paper.

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