It is the largest known amber-preserved flower fossil in the world, measuring over 1 inch in diameter. That might not sound like much, but most flower fossils rarely exceed 0.4 inches.

Carola Radke . The flower was fossilized more than 33 million years ago in the Baltic region as an amber inclusion, formed when sticky resin from a plant evaporated and hardened.

At 28 millimeters (1.1 inches) across, it’s the largest known flower to be fossilized in amber – three times the size of similar fossils. Sadowski extracted and examined pollen from the amber.

The largest known flower fossil to be preserved in amber, thought to be at least 34 million years old, has been described by scientists as “extraordinary and beautiful”.

The five-petal flower was preserved in amber and was unearthed in 1872 from a mine in Kaliningrad, Russia. It is about one inch wide and is three times larger than the second-biggest bloom ...

The flower measures roughly an inch across and is at least three times larger than all other known amber-encased blossoms. Carola Radke / Museum für Naturkunde Berlin In 1872, scientists examined ...

A flower preserved in amber for millions of years has been re-examined by scientists, who have discovered it could be as old as 40 million years.

The Baltic amber flower’s identity hadn’t been revised until Dr. Sadowski’s paper in Scientific Reports was published Thursday. Plants in amber are a rarity.

The flower measures in at about 1.1 inches (28 millimeters) across. That may seem small, but it's a giant among flowers trapped in ancient amber. It dates to between 33.8 and 38 million years ago.

Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen, forever showcasing an ephemeral moment in our planet’s past.