Is This the Official State Flower of Missouri?

[bluelacedredhead]

I was given a new tee shirt for Mother's Day along with a lovely punched tin planter containing a pansy that is blooming it's heart out!

But forgive me for being ignorant of state flowers...I know I could do a search, but since this board is full of members from MO, I just thought I would post the pic and ask,:o
What is it???:confused:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4/bluelacedredhead/CameraDownloads071.jpg

[dirtundernails]

I can't id that flower, but dogwood is the state flower.

[winter_unfazed]

The dogwood is the Missouri state TREE. The Missouri state FLOWER is the white hawthorn blossom, Crataegus mollis.


I'm not sure what the flowers on the T-shirt are called, but they are in the compositae family and grow in partial shade.

[dirtundernails]

Oops. That could be hawthorn on the shirt. The leaves are close to the one that grows in my yard. Bunch of differently shaped leaves on the different hawthorns.

[bluelacedredhead]

My tee shirt could just be an example of Artistic licence perhaps ;)

[TastyofHasty]

Blue, that is always a distinct possibility in this world of "artistic humans" we live in!:cool:

How come you got a MISSOURI t-shirt for mother's Day?;)

[bluelacedredhead]

And it ain't even Mother's Day yet. :rolleyes:

MY DIL just happened to see it at a preowned clothing store. It's in primo condition and when's the last time you saw a souvenir shirt for under $2?? People will think I've actually been to MO...........:D Oh wait. I HAVE, LOL

[winter_unfazed]

The flowers are real species of plants: I have actually seen them growing. So they're not just artistic licence.

[bluelacedredhead]

Okay, look what I found looking up Hawthorn trees....
Something else for the Poultry theme garden
http://www.tcf-fca.ca/trees/species_info.php?species_id=93&lang=en

[dirtundernails]

Too bad they don't picture it in bloom. Cockspur is the type I think I have in my yard.

[bluelacedredhead]

Next time George is by with his camera, ask him to take a pic.

[Joan]

I have hawthorne and it is white only. Tell your dil she is my kind of shopper!
I love a bargain

[winter_unfazed]

There is the hawthorne tree (Crataegus oxyacantha) common in western Canada, and the hawthorne bush (Crataegus mollis), which is the hawthorne of Missouri.