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Amsonia jonesii is a plant in the bluestar genus Amsonia known by the common name Colorado desert bluestar. It is in the dogbane family, but a separate genus. It grows in the deserts surrounding the Colorado River in the United States. It is now grown as a garden plant for its masses of light blue flowers and low water usage.
Amsonia is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1788. It is native primarily to North America with one species in East Asia and another in the eastern Mediterranean .
Amsonia hubrichtii, commonly known as Hubricht's bluestar, [2] Arkansas bluestar, [3] or thread-leaf bluestar, [4] is a North American species of perennial flowering plant in the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family, first described in 1943. [5] It is native to Oklahoma and Arkansas in the south-central United States. [6] [7] It is commonly used as an ...
State grass Scientific name Image Year adopted California: Purple needlegrass: Nassella pulchra: 2004 [1] Colorado: Blue grama: Bouteloua gracilis: 1987 [2] Illinois: Big bluestem (state prairie grass) Andropogon gerardii: 1989 [3] Kansas: Little bluestem: Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius) 2010 [4] Minnesota: Wild rice (state grain ...
Amsonia kearneyana is a rare species of flowering plant in the dogbane family known by the common name Kearney's bluestar. It is native to Arizona, where there is only one native population in the Baboquivari Mountains of Pima County. There may also be a population just south of the border in Sonora, Mexico. [1]
Amsonia flower In 1760, a perennial flower, the genus of Amsonia [ 5 ] Blue Star, was named after Amson. It came about after then-General George Washington , on campaign during the French and Indian War, contracted what he believed to be the consumption , called tuberculosis today.
Amsonia tharpii is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, known by the common names Tharp's bluestar and feltleaf bluestar. It is native to New Mexico and Texas in the United States. [2] This plant is a perennial herb with a woody taproot. [2] It grows up to about 20 centimeters tall. [1]
Blooming cholla cactus with bird's nest in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Flora of the Colorado Desert, located in Southern California. The Colorado Desert is a sub-region in the Sonoran Desert ecoregion of southwestern North America. It is also known as the Low Desert, in contrast to the higher elevation Mojave Desert or High Desert, to its ...