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The legislative urge was to choose a native flower that no other state had selected. It is attractive, but not as prevalent as the Indian Paintbrush and other contenders, it was selected and the state has gone through great effort to feature it at state entry points.
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Colorado state flower?
The Colorado state flower is the Rocky Mountain Columbine.
What is Colorado's flower?
Colorado's state flower is called the Rocky Mountain Columbine.
Can you help me find Colorado's state flower?
Colorado's state flower is the Rocky Mountain Columbine.
What are Colorado state floweres?
The Colorado state flower is the Rocky Mountain Columbine.
What is Colorados state flower?
Colorado's state flower is the White and Lavender Columbine.
Why the white columbine is the state flower in Colorado?
The state flower of Colorado is actually a light-ish purple. And maybe it is because there is so much nature in Colorado!
Does Colorado have a song?
We have two songs here in Colorado. Our first song is "Where the Columbine Grows" (because the Columbine is our state flower) and second not to many years ago we added John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" as another one of our state songs.
What was columbine?
Columbina (also "Columbine"), one of the stock characters played in the Commedia dell'arte Aquilegia, the genus of perennial flowering plants called columbines. One variety, Rocky Mountain Columbine, is the state flower of Colorado Wild Columbine a variety of Aquilegia Columbine, Colorado, an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Colorado, near the cities of Denver and Littleton Columbine High School massacre, a 1999 school shooting in the United States Columbine High School, a school in suburban Denver, the site of the Columbine High School massacre Bowling for Columbine, an Academy Award-winning documentary on the shooting and gun culture in the U.S. by Michael Moore The Columbine Mine massacre, a 1927 mine strike & massacre at Columbine Coal Mine Columbine II and Columbine III, the Lockheed Constellation presidential aircraft used by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower, so named the state flower of wife Mamie's home state of Colorado
What is the state flower of Colordo?
The State flower of Colorado is the Columbine. Look it up on the web. It is one of the most beautiful flowers you'll ever see. It only grows in the summer in the mountains just below and just above timberline. Timberline in Colorado averages 11,500 ft above sea level. While most all Columbine have large blue petals, I have also found samll fields of Columbine with pure white petals. They are very rare.
What is colorados state bird and flower?
Unofficial Nomination:The Rocky Ford Cantaloupe. (At least it should be.)The official records indicate that no official fruit exists and that may be because the varieties and quality available in different areas of the state is rivaled only by California. California Citrus has a special niche market as does the Santa Rosa Plum, however even with Colorado's precious water resources sent South for irrigation, the Rocky Ford Cantaloupe like the Georgia Peach and Peanut, Hawaiian Pineapple, Idaho potato, Napa Valley Wines, New Mexico Peppers deserve an ovation as do New England Blueberries and Cranberries.It remains irrelevant simply because few things can beat out a good Rocky Ford Mellon but Colorado does not have an official state fruit,
What kind of plants grow in Colorado?
You'll find towering aspen trees, the Rocky Mountain Columbine (state flower) and countless other forms of plant life throughout the state's diverse terrain.
What are Colorado's symbols?
Colorado has many state symbols. Here are a few of them: their slogan is called "Colorful Colorado" due to the beautiful nature areas, the nickname is the Centennial state, the motto is "Nil sine numine" which is Latin for "Nothing Without Providence," the state flower is the Rocky Mountain Columbine, the state tree is the Colorado Blue Spruce, and the state mammal is the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep. These are just a handful of all the symbols.
