LOUISIANA STATE FLOWERS

Magnolia Grandiflora or Southern Magnolia, belonging to the Magnoliaceae family, is the Louisiana State Flower. Magnolias, are native to eastern North America, Central America and the West Indies and east and southeast Asia, aas well as South America. Magnolia is cultivated as an ornamental flowering plant.

Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae. The genus Magnolia is divided into subgenus Magnolia and Yuvalia. Magnolia contains the American evergreen species Magnolia grandiflora, which is of horticultural importance, especially in the United States.

Magnolia is both a temperate and tropical, growing on evergreen and deciduous tree and one of the most magnificent of the fragrant flowers. Magnolia is the also the official state flower of Mississippi.

Magnolia blossoms grow at the end of the tree's branches. Magnolia flowers are saucer-shaped and are found singly. Magnolia is a characteristically showy, fragrant flower that is white, pink, purple, green, or yellow. The flowers are followed by showy red or pink fruits displaying red, orange, or pink seeds, each of which hangs from the fruit by a thread-like strand. The Magnolia flower possess 3 sepals and 6-12 petals. Magnolia flowers do not have true petals and sepals but are composed of petal-like tepals. Magnolias bloom from April to June, after the completion of their 7th year of growth.

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Facts About Magnolias

• Magnolia flowers do not produce true nectar, but they do produce large quantities of pollen.
• The pollen is high in protein and the beetles use it for food, (This is the characteristic feature of this species) as the Magnolia flowers attract pollinaters with fragrant, sugary secretions.
• Magnolia flowers are typically pollinated by beetles.
• The large evergreen Magnolia tree may grow to 90 inches tall, and the fragrant white Magnolia flowers are 8-12 inches across.
• In spring, Magnolia flowers have a golden to rust color on their undersides.
• Magnolia flowers produce aggregate fruits, just like blackberries, except that blackberry fruits are fleshy, while magnolia fruits are dry.
• Magnolia leaves are thick and leathery dark green colored.
• Magnolia leaves are alternate, simple, evergreen leaves, with elliptic leaf shape, and 5-10 inches long 2-5 inches wide.
• Magnolia fruit is an aggregate of follicles, green changing to red and later to brown, and into cylindrical shape.
• Magnolia fruit is 3 to 5 inches long with a bright red seed (1/2 inch long) in each follicle, maturing in fall.

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Facts about Louisiana

• Louisiana has a relatively constant semitropical climate.
• Rainfall and humidity decrease, and daily temperature variations increase, with distance from the Gulf of Mexico.
• Louisiana is located between 30.448N, 091.126W, of Northern Hemisphere.
• Louisiana's total area is 51,843 square miles. (Louisiana is the 31st biggest state in the USA)
• Louisiana's motto is Union, Justice, and Confidence.
• Border States of Louisiana are: Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas.
• Originally the state of Louisiana was named in honor of France's King Louis XIV.
• Louisiana's economy depends upon: Agriculture: Seafood, cotton, soybeans, cattle, sugarcane, poultry and eggs, dairy products, rice; Industry: Chemical products, petroleum and coal products, food processing, transportation equipment, paper products, tourism.
• Some of the popular Universities in Louisiana are: Louisiana State University-Shreveport, Louisiana Tech University, Loyola University NewOrleans, Centenary College of Louisiana, Dillard University, Grambling State University, etc.
• Some of the attractive places in Louisiana are: New Orleans, Baton Rouge with magnolias and antibellum mansions in abundance, Central Louisiana is full of American Civil War historical sights, and Shreveport and Bossier in the northern part of the state offer the best in riverboat casinos and thoroughbred racing.