title: Pike County, Mississippi
Pike County, Arkansas
Oreoxis humilis
Pike Island
Pike County, Alabama
Pikes Peak
Pike Township, Marion County, Indiana
Eryngium cuneifolium
Pike expedition
Zebulon, Georgia
sentences: Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.
 As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,404.
 The county seat is Magnolia.
 Pike County is named for explorer Zebulon Pike.
Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
 As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,291.
 The county seat is Murfreesboro.
 Pike County is Arkansas's 25th county, formed on November 1, 1833, and named for Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak.
 It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
Oreoxis humilis is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Rocky Mountain alpineparsley.
 It is endemic to Colorado in the United States, where it is known only from the vicinity of Pikes Peak.
 There are three occurrences, for a total population of about 4240 individuals.
Pike Island, Dakota name Wita Tanka, is an island at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in the southwestern part of Saint Paul in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota, U.S..
 The island is now part of Fort Snelling State Park.
 It is a portion of the 100000 acre of land purchased from the Mdewakanton Sioux Indians by Zebulon Pike in September 1805.
 Pike's Purchase was later to become Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, and Saint Paul.
 The U.S. government wanted to build a fort to protect American interests in the fur trade in the region, and Pike negotiated the treaty.
 Pike valued the land at $200,000, but the U.S. Senate later agreed to pay only $2000.
Pike County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama.
 As of the 2010 census the population was 32,899.
 Its county seat is Troy.
 Its name is in honor of General Zebulon Pike, of New Jersey, an explorer who led an expedition to southern Colorado and discovered Pikes Peak in 1806.
Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America.
 The ultra-prominent 4302.31 m fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, 19.3 km west by south (bearing 263°) of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado.
 The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike, who was unable to reach the summit.
 The summit is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude.
Pike Township is one of the nine townships of Marion County, Indiana, United States, North America, located in the northwestern portion of the county.
 The entire township is administratively part of Indianapolis, although a portion of the included town of Clermont lies in the southwest corner.
 As of the 2010 census, Pike Township had a population of 77,895 living in an area of approximately 107 km² (41.5 mi²).
 Pike Township was named for Zebulon Pike.
Eryngium cuneifolium is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common names wedgeleaf eryngo, wedge-leaved button-snakeroot, and simply snakeroot.
 It is endemic to the state of Florida in the United States where it is known only from Highlands County.
 It is one of many rare species that can be found only on the Lake Wales Ridge, an area of high endemism.
 It was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States in 1987.
The Pike Expedition (July 15, 1806 – July 1, 1807) was a military party sent out by President Thomas Jefferson and authorized by the United States government to explore the south and west of the recent Louisiana Purchase.
 Roughly contemporaneous with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, it was led by United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, Jr. (He was promoted to captain while on the trip.)
 It was the first official American effort to explore the western Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains in present-day Colorado.
 Pike contacted several Native American tribes during his travels and informed them of the new US rule over the territory.
 The expedition documented the United States' discovery of Pikes Peak.
 After splitting up his men, Pike led the larger contingent to find the headwaters of the Red River.
 A smaller group returned safely to the US Army fort in St. Louis, Missouri before winter set in.
Zebulon is a city in Pike County, Georgia, United States.
 The population was 1,181 at the 2000 census.
 The city is the county seat of Pike County.
 The city and county were named after explorer Zebulon Pike.

Question: Question: What state is home to the mountains named in honor of Zebulon Pike and the rare species of flowering carrot found around the aforementioned mountains? 

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 Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.
 As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,404.
 The county seat is Magnolia.
 Pike County is named for explorer Zebulon Pike. 

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 Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
 As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,291.
 The county seat is Murfreesboro.
 Pike County is Arkansas's 25th county, formed on November 1, 1833, and named for Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak.
 It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county. 

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 Oreoxis humilis is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Rocky Mountain alpineparsley.
 It is endemic to Colorado in the United States, where it is known only from the vicinity of Pikes Peak.
 There are three occurrences, for a total population of about 4240 individuals. 

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 Pike Island, Dakota name Wita Tanka, is an island at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in the southwestern part of Saint Paul in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota, U.S..
 The island is now part of Fort Snelling State Park.
 It is a portion of the 100000 acre of land purchased from the Mdewakanton Sioux Indians by Zebulon Pike in September 1805.
 Pike's Purchase was later to become Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, and Saint Paul.
 The U.S. government wanted to build a fort to protect American interests in the fur trade in the region, and Pike negotiated the treaty.
 Pike valued the land at $200,000, but the U.S. Senate later agreed to pay only $2000. 

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 Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America.
 The ultra-prominent 4302.31 m fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, 19.3 km west by south (bearing 263°) of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado.
 The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike, who was unable to reach the summit.
 The summit is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude. 

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 Pike Township is one of the nine townships of Marion County, Indiana, United States, North America, located in the northwestern portion of the county.
 The entire township is administratively part of Indianapolis, although a portion of the included town of Clermont lies in the southwest corner.
 As of the 2010 census, Pike Township had a population of 77,895 living in an area of approximately 107 km² (41.5 mi²).
 Pike Township was named for Zebulon Pike. 

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 Eryngium cuneifolium is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common names wedgeleaf eryngo, wedge-leaved button-snakeroot, and simply snakeroot.
 It is endemic to the state of Florida in the United States where it is known only from Highlands County.
 It is one of many rare species that can be found only on the Lake Wales Ridge, an area of high endemism.
 It was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States in 1987. 

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 Zebulon is a city in Pike County, Georgia, United States.
 The population was 1,181 at the 2000 census.
 The city is the county seat of Pike County.
 The city and county were named after explorer Zebulon Pike. 

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Answer: Colorado