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Silphium, a now extinct plant of the Asafoedia species.
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Silphium, a now extinct plant of the Asafoedia species.

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Wash drawing: Silphium, a now extinct plant of the Asafoedia species. From a Laconian Kylix, 7th century B.C. in the Bibliotheque Nationale Paris.

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