Oregon Grape Flower

Facts about Oregon Grape Flower."Scientific name for Oregon Grape Flower is Mahonia aquifolium". The Oregon grape flower is the small flower from the Mahonia aquifolium flowering plant that belongs to the Mahonia genus of the Berberidaceae family. The botanical name of the Oregon grape flower is Mahonia aquifolium or Berberis aquifolium. These flowers are yellow in color, and they are native to the western parts of North America and they come from an evergreen shrub that is capable of growing to a maximum height of 3 feet (1 meters) and a width of 5 feet (1.5 meters). The Oregon grape flowers are the solid clusters of yellow color flowers that bloom during early spring. In 1899, the Oregon grape flower was declared as the official state flower of the Oregon State in the United States.

The Oregon grape flower stands in the fascicles, terminal racemes. The calyx of the flower has nine separate sepals that are colored similar to the petals in two rows, the external of which is made up of three sepal bracts. The six different, orbicular Oregon grape flower comes with three rows. The flower also includes six stamens, and they are opposite to the petals of the flower. The stamens encompass prickly filaments, and extrorsely anthers, opening every by two small valves, and are pivoted at the top.

The range of the Oregon grape flower extends from the southeastern part of Alaska to the northern part of California, and from the eastern part of Alberta to the southern part of Colorado, regularly occurring in the understory of the Douglas-fir woodlands and in brush lands in the Rockies, Cascades, and in the northern parts of Sierras. In some regions exterior to its native range, the flower has been categorized as an invasive foreign species that may move the flowers of the native vegetation. When shredded and heated, the bark of the Oregon grape flower will produce a luminous yellow dye.

In spite of its name, the Oregon grape flower is not associated with the grapes. The flower derives its name from the plant’s safe to eat bluish-purple color berries that grow in grape-like bunch during the fall and they are a preferred food for birds.

The Oregon grape flower is found generally in the Pacific Northwest, where it flourishes in hilly regions and beside streams and rivers. Visitors to Eugene and Salem might notice the spicy smell of the flower in the length of the Willamette River. The flower is as well, found in the length of the Columbia River, which runs through Portland.

The external part of the western side part of the Oregon State, the Oregon grape flower is less common. However, the plant of the flower appears, as far as the northern parts of the British Columbia and as far as the southern parts of California.

Well before the legislature and the horticultural society of the Oregon State, tapped the Oregon grape flower as the Oregon State flower during the 1890s. The flower was previously treasured by Native Americans who exploited the roots and berries of its plant as medicinal herbs. Nowadays, a number of herbalists consider that drinking tea, prepared through steeping the root of the plant of the Oregon grape flower can alleviate an assortment of ailments.

Florists worth the Oregon state flower for its glossy foliage and employ it to form flower displays. The flower is as well, a favorite flower of landscapers as a beautiful and inexpensive home decor.