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Masterwort (Astrantia major Pallas): flowering stem with separate leaves, rootstock and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
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Masterwort (Astrantia major Pallas): flowering stem with separate leaves, rootstock and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

1778

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Astrantia major corona floris candida I.R.H.314. Ital. Astrantia. Gall. La Sanicle femelle

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