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A honey bee collecting nectar from an apricot flower.. The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degre
Lupinus argenteus plant, with silvery leaves. Lupinus argenteus is a species of lupine known by the common name silvery lupine. [2] It is native to much of western North America from the southwestern Canadian provinces to the southwestern and midwestern United States, where it grows in several types of habitats, including sagebrush, grassland, and forests.
The species are mostly herbaceous perennial plants 0.3–1.5 metres (1–5 feet) tall, but some are annual plants and a few are shrubs up to 3 m (10 ft) tall. An exception is the chamis de monte (Lupinus jaimehintonianus) of Oaxaca in Mexico, which is a tree up to 8 m (26 ft) tall.
Iowa: Wild rose: Rosa arkansana: 1897 [22] [23] Kansas: Sunflower: Helianthus annuus: 1903 [24] Kentucky: Goldenrod: Solidago gigantea: 1926 [25] 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 ...
Map of the United States with Iowa highlighted Iowa Cities and Counties. Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States. As of 2010, there are 943 incorporated cities in the U.S. state of Iowa. According to the 2020 United States Census, Iowa has 3,190,369 inhabitants and 55,857.13 square miles (144,669.3 km 2) of land. [1]
Lupinus arcticus is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Arctic lupine or subalpine lupine. It is native to northwestern North America, where it occurs from Oregon north to Alaska and east to Nunavut. [1] It is a common wildflower in British Columbia. [2]
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Lupinus polyphyllus, the large-leaved lupine, big-leaved lupine, many-leaved lupine, [2] blue-pod lupine, [3] or, primarily in cultivation, garden lupin, is a species of lupine (lupin) native to western North America from southern Alaska and British Columbia [4] and western Wyoming, and south to Utah and California. It commonly grows along ...