Tallgrass, mixed-grass, and shortgrass prairies are native to large areas; rainfall and temperature are quite variable; and elevations drop from 5,000 to 300 feet. This diversity ensures that Oklahoma is host to hundreds of species of wildflowers, yet no guidebook to these botanical riches has...
Three different Fumariaceae genera are known as bleeding hearts. Plants in the dicentra genus, including the Pacific Bleeding Heart, are native plants that can be found throughout the United States. Plants in the genus Lamprocapnos, found only in the Eastern United States, are introduced species....
The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban development extending into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties.Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe. For most of the 20th ...
Irises are beautiful and often showy flowers. They are a wonderful attraction that I find very hard to resist. I often feel compelled to stop and admire the flowers whenever I see them in a garden or a landscaped area. Irises are sometimes useful as well as attractive. The rhizomes of som...
Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright wrote a song about Flowers called "Tulsa" for his fifth album "Release The Stars". Wainwright has stated in numerous interviews that it was inspired by their first meeting in a bar in Tulsa, Oklahoma. According to Wainwright, Flowers was "very flattered and ...
Rose coreopsis won’t give you a headache. This low-maintenance beauty is native to the northeast U.S. and really packs a punch with its sea of rosy pink and yellow blooms! Showy, fragrant, and oh-so-blissful, this clumping perennial flower is a source of delight for gardeners of all ...
Native to the sun-kissed Mediterranean region, Calendula has transcended borders to become a global favorite among gardeners, thanks to its resilient nature that thrives in diverse environments. Its name, derived from the Latin “calendae,” symbolizes its perpetual blooming cycle, with fresh blossoms...
Pickerel weed is a deciduous, perennial, aquatic plant that native to Americas. It commonly found in streams, ponds and Marshes of Ontario, Nova Scotia, Southern Florida, Missouri and Oklahoma.Pickerel weedshave long, shiny heart-shaped leaves and it produce tiny, tubular blue flowers on spikes...
that are composed of small red-violet disk flowers surrounded by numerous hooked bracts, which later mature to a round bur. This species is very similar to common cocklebur(Xanthiumstrumarium),except it is an annual, a native, the leaves are rough and sharp, not as velvety and smooth, and...
There are 50 US official state flowers that have been designated by the state’s local government. They are chosen to represent the state for a variety of reasons. Some flowers were chosen because they grow domestically all over the state or some are chosen for their historical reference. ...