Apart of Erica Catherine's US State Flower Collection, the Sunflower represents the State of Kansas. The well loved Sunflower is shown on top of a teal color background.

The Sunflower was adopted as the state flower of Kansas in 1903. The sunflower also makes is appearance on the Kansas quarter, flag, and helped gain the state's nickname "The Sunflower State" Sunflowers can grow in every county in Kansas even despite the change in soil type. The heads of the sunflower consists of 1,000 - 2,000 individual flowers that are joined together by a base. The larger petals that are around the head of the flower are actually the "Ray Flower" which don't develop into seeds. The sunflowers that are native to Kansas can grow to be 15 feet tall and up to 2 feet in diameter! The Sunflower head will tilt to turn toward the and follow it through out the day. The husbandry of these flowers can be traced back to Native Americans who carefully cultivated these flowers for many generations.

Inspired by the natural and antique details that call to Erica's Old soul, she aims to bring that special spirit to all of her designs. Each drawing is created by hand using a mixture of graphite drawing with watercolor layering over the top to create the ethereal and vintage inspired work that harks back to turn of the century botanical illustration.