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Do You Know The Name of Your State Flower?

 

Do you know the name of your state flower?  The State Flower of West Virginia
is the
(Rhododendron maximum). I
t is also called
the great laurel.  It was selected on January 29, 1903, by the Legislature, following a vote by pupils of the public schools. It is a shrub of the heath family and may be recognized by its large, dark evergreen leaves and delicate pale pink or white bloom, mottled with either red or yellow flecks.


We have the rhododendron bushes in our yard, but the willd rhododendron/laurel is absolutely beautiful and can be found throughout West Virginia.


rhododendron



The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008

| rhododendron [Gr.,=rose tree], any plant of the genus Rhododendron, shrubs of the family Ericaceae ( heath family) found chiefly in mountainous areas of the arctic and north
temperate regions and also of the mountainous tropics. Encompassing more than 1,000 species, they are particularly abundant in Asia, whence many of the popular cultivated species and hybrids derive. They commonly have large, shining, leathery, evergreen, semievergreen, or deciduous leaves and clusters of large pink, white, or purplish
flowers. Native American species include the great laurel, or rose bay ( R. maximum ), the common eastern species and the state flower of West Virginia.


If you don't know your state flower, or even if you do......click on:  State Flowers  and turn up the volume, if needed.

 

 

Wait till you see the end when all the state flowers come together in a bouquet.   Pretty amazing.

 

 

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16 comments • Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor WV Real Estate in Greenbrier County • September 25 2009 05:13PM