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Purple Prairieclover (Petalostemon purpureum)

Smithsonian Institution

Purple Prairieclover (Petalostemon purpureum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, born Philadelphia, PA 1860-died St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1940

1927

Type: Painting
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.8 cm)
Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist

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