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Miss Permaflor
The Flower the Squirrel Saved - ice age style
Silene stenophylla
20 x 20 inches
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Floreciendo
2026
Preserved beneath Siberian permafrost for over 30,000 years after being buried by an Ice Age ground squirrel, Silene stenophylla was successfully regenerated by Russian scientists in 2012, making it one of the oldest flowering plants ever revived by humans.
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