You don't often see dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Asteraceae) featured in contemporary art, but here is an example by Amy Jean Porter. A school girl floating free against a summer sky and with dandelions on each side. Beauty in everyday common features, maybe - from the weedy plant to the school uniform and the very common clouds. The text on the painting, "As pretty as a poem, was Mary", could be implemented as sarcasm or the truth, whichever way you want to see it. Who knows what the artist thought, but this is my take on it.
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In Swedish, the name for dandelion is maskros, which literally means worm-rose, not a pretty name at all.
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