Dorothy Van Dyke Leake (September 6, 1893 – July 23, 1990) was an American botanist, botanical illustrator, educator, writer and conservationist.
[2] In June 1919, she married Harold Henderson Leake after his return from deployment for service in World War I.
Their property included the headwaters of Crane Creek, and it would become the focal point of the activities of the couple and their two children, Marcelotte and John.
[3] An accomplished botanical illustrator, she provided pen-and-ink artwork for Ruth Nelson's 1969 Handbook of Rocky Mountain Plants.
In 1993, her final book, Desert and Mountain Plants of the Southwest, was published posthumously featuring text by her two children and Leake's illustrations.