![]() Hebard presented her commissioned painting to the state. The State of Wyoming, by an act of the Fourteenth State Legislature convened in Cheyenne and approved on January 31, 1917, made the Indian paintbrush ( Castilleja linariaefolia) the official state flower of Wyoming.Īfter the Indian paintbrush was adopted, Dr. She lobbied hard for the Indian paintbrush, even commissioning a New York artist to paint a picture of the flower for the legislators. Political science professor, civil engineer, historian, author, Wyoming's first woman attorney, University Librarian, Head of the Department of Political Economy, suffragette, Grace Hebard was a force to be reckoned with. Hebard, lobbying for the Indian paintbrush, was a powerful opponent however. Nelson favored adoption of a flower that was common throughout the state and one that could be grown in gardens and suggested the columbine or the schoolchildren's favorite, the fringed gentian as options.ĭr. Greater Fringed Gentia ( Gentianopsis crinita (Froel.) Ma
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