Varieties of Indigenous Drought-Tolerant Flowers Found in Nevada

Blossoms of Sagebrush or the Artemisia tridentata grow on a tree known as the big sagebrush which is a woody shrub that branches from 1 to 12 feet in height. Sagebrush flowers are discoided individually with 3 to 8 flowers each head. The big sagebrush blooms in late summer through out the fall season.
The state flower that represents the state of Nevada is the Artemisia tridentate commonly known as the sagebrush blossom. The indigenous sagebrush flower was first adopted as Nevada’s state emblem on March 20, 1917 by a General Assembly concurred by the Senate. Later, it was officially adopted as the state emblem by a legislative act in 1959. Sagebrush was finally adopted and declared as the official State Flower of Nevada in 1967.
Sagebrush blossoms known for the pleasant aroma are small in size that usually appears in yellow and white colors. The flowers of Sagebrush grows abundantly during the spring out in the western deserts of the United States. It belongs to the variety of the wormwood family. It lives and capable of surviving in regions where other plants can’t.
It’s pale yeallow blossoms and gray-green twigs are considered as an important source of food for livestock such as cattle and sheeps during the winter season. The bark of sagebrush are usually used for weaving mats and its leaves as herbal medicines for the early Native Americans.
Aside from the sagebrush, one of the indigenous flowers you’ll find in Nevada is the Desert Peach or Prunus andersonii. It is a deciduous shrub native to the state. The plant can grow from 3 to 6 feet tall. During the spring season from April to March, the plant blooms showy rose-like flowers in shades of light to deeper pink. This particular specie can live and survive in the desert without water for long periods of time. It thrives on good-drainage soils, sunny and dry conditions.
Common fiddleneck is also native flowering plants found in the regions of Nevada. It is a slender plant that grows annually from 8 to 32 inches tall. The flowers of Fiddlenecks are very small but worthy to be look at. These are not the only indigenous flowers you’ll see gracing the dry lands of Nevada, there are so much more.
You can also find varieties of Lupines, Paintbrush, Penstemon, Buckwheats and Dandelions. Aside from that there are also Hooker’s Balsamroot, Larkspur, Storksbill, Bitterroot, Rayless Daisy, Hawksbeard, Long-leafed phlox, Cushion phlox, Beckwith’s Violet and Tidy Tips. These flower varieties are all native plant found in the “Silver State”
The regions of Nevada is still home to many beautiful flowering plants even with its dry condition. Most of these flowering plants are created with the capability to survive such conditions. Nevada is known to be hot and arid country with very dry soil condition. But even with harsh conditions such as this, you can still enjoy the beauty of nature through its many species of drought tolerant plants that bears the most exquisitely beautiful flowers in the land. By Oahu Wedding florist at http://alohaislandweddings.com