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Rudbeckia hirta is an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial) growing 30–100 cm (12–39 in) tall by 30–45 cm (12–18 in) wide.It has alternate, mostly basal leaves 10–18 cm long, covered by coarse hair, with stout branching stems and daisy-like, composite flower heads appearing in late summer and early autumn.
State federal district or territory Common name Scientific name Image Year Alabama: Camellia (state flower) Camellia japonica: 1959 (clarified 1999) [1] Oak-leaf hydrangea
Location of the state of Maryland in the United States of America. This is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Maryland. Most of the items in the list are officially recognized symbols created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly and signed into law by the governor. However, two of the more famous symbols of Maryland, the state motto ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
In 1940, it was proposed to drape the winning horse in a garland of the Maryland State flower, Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called black-eyed Susans. This posed a problem, as the race is run nearly two months before the flowers come into bloom in late June or July. At first, yellow Viking daisies were painted to resemble black-eyed Susans.
The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, consists of about 1,900 acres (7.7 km 2) of land in Owings Mills, Maryland, USA. [1] [2] [3] Much of the area of Soldiers Delight contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants.
Pages in category "Symbols of Maryland" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... List of Maryland state symbols; P. Patuxent River stone; R.
Senna marilandica, commonly known as Maryland senna, [3] Maryland wild senna, [4] and wild senna, [5] is a perennial flowering plant in the pea family native to the United States. It blooms in the summer with yellow flowers, followed by long seed pods, and can grow up to 2 m (6 ft) tall.