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In Louisiana, the species Iris hexagona is debated to derive from Iris giganticaerula or of the same plant species habitating in its other natural states. [8] There are noticeable differences in blooms, color, and shape when comparing the Florida species and South Carolina species and taxonomists are still determining the difference in ...
Oenothera speciosa is a herbaceous perennial wildflower. It has glabrous (smooth) to pubescent stems that grow to 50 centimetres (20 inches) in height. The pubescent leaves are alternate with very short or no petiole (sessile), reaching 10 cm (4 in) long to 4 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) broad. They are variable in shape, from linear to obovate, and are ...
Wasps, small butterflies, and other insects also visit the flowers to a lesser degree, seeking nectar, as well as a few pollen-feeding beetles. [5] Schinia lynx (lynx flower moth) caterpillars feed on the flowers and seeds of annual fleabane and other fleabanes, and Lygus lineolaris (tarnished plant bug) sucks the plant juices. Some mammals eat ...
Iris brevicaulis is the smallest in all the Hexagonae series of Louisiana irises. [3] Its leaves and stalks are much shorter than the other species. [4] It is similar in form to Iris virginica, [5] The flowers are normally never seen above the foliage, [6] [4] [7] due to the short zig-zagging flower stems and occasionally, due to the habit of the stems to lie along the floor, [8] or it is ...
Louisiana: Magnolia (state flower) Magnolia: 1900 [26] Louisiana iris (state wildflower) Iris giganticaerulea: 1990 [27] Maine: White pine cone and tassel: Pinus strobus: 1895 [28] Maryland: Black-eyed susan: Rudbeckia hirta: 1918 [29] Massachusetts: Mayflower: Epigaea repens: 1918 [30] Michigan: Apple blossom (state flower) Malus: 1897 [31 ...
Erythrina herbacea, commonly known as the coral bean, Cherokee bean, Mamou plant in South Louisiana, red cardinal or cardinal spear, is a flowering shrub or small tree found throughout the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico; [2] it has also been reported from parts of Central America and, as an introduced species, from Pakistan.
In 1998, Iris lacustris, the Dwarf Lake iris, was designated the state wildflower of Michigan, [61] [62] where the vast majority of populations exist. [63] In 1990, the Louisiana iris was voted the state wildflower of Louisiana [64] (see also fleur-de-lis:United States, New France), though the state flower is the magnolia blossom. [65]
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 .