Lilla Leach

Lilla Leach
Born13 March 1886 
Died10 September 1980  (aged 94)
Occupation
Academic career

Lilla Irvine Leach (March 13, 1886 – September 10, 1980) was a botanist who spent most of her career studying plants in the Pacific Northwest and West Coast of the United States. She particularly focused on Oregon, where she spent time researching with her husband and discovering new plant species. She opened her own botanical gardens in 1931.