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(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 aquifolium: 1899 [53] Pennsylvania: Mountain laurel (state flower) Kalmia ...
[3]: 211 Its common names include tall goldenrod [4] and giant goldenrod, [5] among others. Goldenrod is the state flower of Kentucky , [ 6 ] and Solidago gigantea is the state flower of Nebraska .
Solidago altissima, tall goldenrod, was named the state wildflower of South Carolina in 2003. [49] The sweet goldenrod (Solidago odora) is the state herb of Delaware. [50] Goldenrod was the state flower of Alabama, but it was later rejected in favor of the camellia. [51]
The oldest symbol is the Alabama State Bible, from 1853. [1] The most recently designated symbol is the Little Bluestem , Alabama's state native grass, established in 2024. Alabama does not have an official nickname , although "Heart of Dixie" was strongly promoted by the Alabama Chamber of Commerce in the 1940s and 1950s, and put on state ...
Solidago altissima, the tall goldenrod [5] or late goldenrod, [6] is a North American species of goldenrod in the family Asteraceae which is widespread across much of Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. It is common in much of its range and fairly tolerant of landscapes which have been disturbed by humans.
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Its leathery leaves are large for a goldenrod, reaching 3–6 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) wide and 8–20 cm (3 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) long. It produces heads of yellow flowers in the late summer and fall. [3] Its fruit is a wind-dispersed achene.
It is native to the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada, from Nova Scotia south to Alabama and Florida. [5] Solidago latissimifolia is a perennial herb up to 400 cm (13 ft) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are elliptical, up to 15 cm (6 in) long. One plant can produce as many as 800 small yellow flower heads ...