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In the state of Louisiana, the iris grows natively in freshwater marshes, swamps, and woody wetlands. Yet only a few remaining native, wild-growing irises can be found in Louisiana wetlands, located 20 to 30 miles north of New Orleans. [10] Some of the species can be found growing natively along the coasts of Texas and Mississippi. [10]
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 ...
"Louisiana My Home Sweet Home" LL 155.1, 1952 Tartan: Louisiana Tartan: LL 170.6, 2001 Tree: Bald cypress [1] (Taxodium distichum) LL 160, 1963 Vegetable: Sweet potato (Pomona Batista) LL 170.11, 2003 Vegetable plant: Creole tomato: LL 170.11, 2003 Wildflower: Louisiana iris (Iris giganticaerulea) LL 154.1, 1990
Iris giganticaerulea, the giant blue iris, is a species of iris, in the subgenus Limniris, in the series Hexagonae.It is a rhizomatous perennial, from northern America.It has long bright green leaves, very tall stems and one or two musky fragrant flowers in a range of blue shades (pale, bright, dark, lavender and violet) or rarely white.
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]
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
Silene virginica, the fire pink, [2] is a wildflower in the pink family, Caryophyllaceae. It is known for its distinct brilliant red flowers. Fire pink begins blooming in late spring and continuing throughout the summer. It is sometimes grown in wildflower, shade, and rock gardens. [3]
Houstonia caerulea, commonly known as azure bluet, Quaker ladies, or bluets, [2] is a perennial species in the family Rubiaceae. [1] It is native to eastern Canada (Ontario to Newfoundland) and the eastern United States (Maine to Wisconsin, south to Florida and Louisiana, with scattered populations in Oklahoma). [3]