Maryland State Flower

The Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta, (the species in the genus Rudbeckia) is the Maryland State Flower. The Black-eyed Susan was designated the state flower of Maryland on April 18, 1918. Black-eyed Susan is found throughout the United States. Black-eyed Susan is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Black-eyed Susan is an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial) native to most of North America, and is one of a number of plants with the common name Black-eyed Susan. The genus Rudbeckia has a number of species, among which Rudbeckia hirta is one.

Kingdom

Plantae

Division

Magnoliophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Rudbeckia - coneflower

Species

Rudbeckia hirta - black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan flowers are among the most cherished state flowers.Black-eyed Susan flowers are colorful yellow-gold single petals that are often two to four inches across, and encircling their large black centers. Black-eyed Susan bloom with solitary terminal heads on long peduncles. Black-eyed Susan flowers feature eight to twenty-one yellow-orange ray florets and dark purple to brownish disk florets. The disk on the Black-eyed Susan is ovoid in shape and up to .8 inch across. The ligules of the Black-eyed Susan are about 1.5 inch long. The involucral bracts are sometimes very elongated, and have long, stiff hairs.

There are about 90 varieties of Black-eyed-Susan. The Black-eyed Susan flower is the best known of the Coneflowers, so named because their centers are cone shaped and the petals bend downward from the center which accentuates the cone.

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Facts About Black-eyed Susan

• Some of the varieties of the Black-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta flowers are: Rudbeckia hirta var. angustifolia native to Southeastern United States (South Carolina to Texas); Rudbeckia hirta var. floridana, endemic to Florida; Rudbeckia hirta var. hirta, native to Northeastern United States (Maine to Alabama).
• Black-eyed Susans flowers are also called as Gloriosa Daisy, owing to their yellow, orange, and gold colors.
• Black-eyed Susan flowers from June to August.
• Black-eyed Susan plants can reach 1-2 m in height, and the stems are erect, much branched, and hispid.
• Black-eyed Susans leaves are alternate, hispid, entire or shallow-toothed margins, and vary in size and shape.
• The lower leaves of the Black-eyed Susan plant are oblanceolate to elliptic, up to 6 inches long, and are on petioles.
• The mid-stem leaves of the Black-eyed Susans plant are lance-linear to oblong, and sessile.
• Native to North America, Black Eyed Susan flowers are prolific wildflowers that have become popular in the home flower garden.
• Blackeyed Susan flower plant is a host plant for the Silvery Checkerspot butterfly caterpillar.
• Black-eyed Susan typically stays in a basal rosette its first year, and then produces upright branching stems with flowers in the second year.

Facts About Maryland state

The Maryland state flag is officially adopted in 1904, the Maryland State Flag is the only state flag based on heraldic emblems. Maryland has Annapolis as its capital city.

• Maryland was admitted into statehood on April 28, 1788.
• Total land area of Maryland is 10,577 sq mi (27,394 sq km).
• Maryland is one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. The state is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N).
• Maryland is situated between 38.971N, 076.503W.
• Maryland's economy depends upon, Agriculture: Seafood, poultry and eggs, dairy products, nursery stock, cattle, soybeans, corn; Industry: Electric equipment, food processing, chemical products, printing and publishing, transportation equipment, machinery, primary metals, coal, tourism.
• Historical Sites of Maryland are: Fort McHenry National Monument, Harpers Ferry and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Parks, Antietam National Battlefield, and points of interest are: National Aquarium, US Naval Academy, Goddard Space Flight Center.
• Maryland has a remarkably varied climate: some areas have a humid subtropical climate, some Warm continental climate, and remaining have colder continental climate.
• Annapolis was known as the Athens of America during the seventeenth century and once served as the capital of the United States, and also is called as the sailing capital of the world.
• Maryland is a prominent producer and processor of seafood and a national leader in the production of blue crabs and soft clams.
• Institutions of higher learning in the state include Goucher College and Towson Univ., at Towson; the Johns Hopkins Univ., the Univ. of Baltimore, and the Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, at Baltimore; St. John's College, at Annapolis; the Univ. of Maryland, at College Park; and the Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, at Catonsville (Baltimore County).
• Maryland's income from livestock (especially broiler chickens) and livestock products, especially dairy goods, is almost twice that from crops.
• Maryland is also famous for breeding horses.
• The National Aquarium is located in Maryland, Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
• Modern Maryland is home to many well-regarded music venues, including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Opera, and the Peabody Institute's Conservatory of Music.