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Common Milkweed, Asclepias Syriaca
Common Milkweed, Asclepias Syriaca
Common Milkweed, Asclepias Syriaca

Common Milkweed, Asclepias Syriaca

Object NamePainting
Artist / Maker ((American, b. 1913))
Date1986
OriginUSA
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions14 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (36.8 x 27.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Samuel and Louise Hamilton. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberU89.69
Status
Not on view
Label TextAsclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, is a rough, weedy native perennial which commonly occurs in fields, open woods, waste areas, roadsides and along railroad tracks throughout the midwest United States. The genus name honors the Greek god Asklepios the god of medicine and the specific epithet means Syrian.
Signed"V. Thorne 1986" in paint, lower right
Locations
  • (not entered)  Iowa State University, Brunnier Main Storage
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