Catherine Furbish

Catherine 'Kate' Furbish (May 19, 1834 – December 6, 1931)^[1] was an American botanist who collected, classified and illustrated the native flora of Maine. She devoted over 60 years of her life, traveling thousands of miles throughout her home state and creating very accurate drawings and watercolor paintings of the plants she found.

She discovered two plants which were named after her: Pedicularis furbishiae (Furbish lousewort) and Aster cordifolius L., var. furbishiae.^[2]

^ Elliott, Clark A; Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory (1979). Biographical Dictionary of American Science: The Seventeenth Through the Nineteenth Centuries. Westport and London: Greenwood Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-313-20419-7.
^ Tufty, Barbara (1979). "Women in Science and Technology". In O'Neill, Lois Decker (ed.). The Women's Book of World Records and Achievements. Anchor Press. p. 155. ISBN 0-385-12733-2. Her Rare Flower Halted a $1.3 Billion Dam

[BDAS-1] Elliott, Clark A; Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory (1979). Biographical Dictionary of American Science: The Seventeenth Through the Nineteenth Centuries. Westport and London: Greenwood Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-313-20419-7.

[2] Tufty, Barbara (1979). "Women in Science and Technology". In O'Neill, Lois Decker (ed.). The Women's Book of World Records and Achievements. Anchor Press. p. 155. ISBN 0-385-12733-2. Her Rare Flower Halted a $1.3 Billion Dam

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