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Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) is Oklahoma's official state wildflower. Senate Concurrent Resolution 101 (1972) designated the buffalo ( Bison bison ) as Oklahoma's state mammal. In 1979, the Oklahoma State Senate named the 76-foot-tall (23 m) Golden Driller as the state monument (SCR23, 1979).
(state flower) Dianthus caryophyllus: 1953 [50] Large white trillium (state wild flower) Trillium grandiflorum: 1987 [51] Oklahoma: Oklahoma rose (state flower) Rosa: 2004 [52] Indian blanket (state wildflower) Gaillardia pulchella: 1986 [52] Mistletoe (state floral emblem) Phoradendron leucarpum: 1893 [52] Oregon: Oregon grape: Berberis ...
The hybrid tea rose was developed at Oklahoma State University by Herbert C. Swim and O. L. Weeks before 1963 and introduced in 1964. It was hybridised from the cultivars 'Chrysler Imperial' (Lammerts, 1952) and 'Charles Mallerin' (Meilland, 1947). In 2004, the Oklahoma Rose became the official state flower of Oklahoma.
Wildflowers of Texas. Shearer Publishing, revised edition 2003. ISBN 0-940672-73-1; Floridata: Gaillardia pulchella; Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture – Indian Blanket Archived 2010-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
Castilleja indivisa, commonly known as Texas Indian paintbrush or entireleaf Indian paintbrush, is a hemiparasitic annual wildflower native to Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma in the United States. There are historical records of the species formerly growing in Arkansas , and reports of naturalized populations in Florida and Alabama .
The purpose of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society, organized in 1986, is to encourage the study, protection, propagation, appreciation, and use of Oklahoma's native plants. [1] It sponsors a number of activities including field trips , a spring wildflower workshop , and a wildflower photo contest.
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On November 16, 1907, Oklahoma became the 46th state to enter the union. Its residents are known as Oklahomans or, informally "Okies", and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. A major producer of natural gas, oil, and agricultural products, Oklahoma relies on an economic base of aviation, energy, telecommunications, and biotechnology.