Biology:List of U.S. state and territory flowers

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This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory flowers.

State
federal district
or territory		 Common name Scientific name Image Year
Alabama Camellia
(state flower)		 Camellia japonica 1959
(clarified
1999)[1]
Oak-leaf hydrangea
(state wildflower)		 Hydrangea quercifolia 1999[2]
Alaska Forget-me-not Myosotis alpestris 1917[3]
American Samoa Paogo (Ulafala) Pandanus tectorius 1973[4]
Arizona Saguaro cactus blossom Carnegiea gigantea 1931[5]
Arkansas Apple blossom Malus 1901[6]
California California poppy Eschscholzia californica 1903[7]
Colorado Colorado blue columbine Aquilegia coerulea 1899[8]
Connecticut Mountain laurel
(state flower)		 Kalmia latifolia 1907[9]
Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks
(children's state flower)		 Mirabilis jalapa 2015[10]
Delaware Peach blossom Prunus persica 1953[11]
District of Columbia American Beauty Rose Rosa 1925[4]
Florida Orange blossom
(state flower)		 Citrus sinensis Orange blossom 1909[12]
Tickseed
(state wildflower)		 Coreopsis spp. Coreopsis gladiata 1991[13]
Georgia Cherokee rose
(state floral emblem)		 Rosa laevigata 1916[14]
Azalea
(state wildflower)		 Rhododendron 1979[15]
Guam Bougainvillea spectabilis Bougainvillea spectabilis 1968[4]
Hawaii Hawaiian hibiscus
(maʻo hau hele)		 Hibiscus brackenridgei 1988[16][17]
Idaho Syringa, mock orange Philadelphus lewisii 1931[18]
Illinois Violet
(state flower)		 Viola 1907[19]
Milkweed
(state wildflower)		 Asclepias spp. 2017[20]
Indiana Peony Paeonia 1957[21]
Iowa Wild rose Rosa arkansana Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 1897[22][23]
Kansas Sunflower Helianthus annuus 1903[24]
Kentucky Goldenrod Solidago gigantea 1926[25]
Louisiana Magnolia
(state flower)		 Magnolia 1900[26]
Louisiana iris
(state wildflower)		 Iris giganticaerulea 1990[27]
Maine White pine cone and tassel Pinus strobus 1895[28]
Maryland Black-eyed susan Rudbeckia hirta 1918[29]
Massachusetts Mayflower Epigaea repens 1918[30]
Michigan Apple blossom
(state flower)		 Malus 1897[31]
Dwarf lake iris
(state wildflower)		 Iris lacustris 1998[32]
Minnesota Pink and white lady's slipper Cypripedium reginae 1902 (enacted 1967)[33][34]
Mississippi Magnolia
(state flower)		 Magnolia 1900 (enacted 1952)[35]
Tickseed
(state wildflower)		 Coreopsis 1991[36]
Missouri Hawthorn Crataegus 1923[37]
Montana Bitterroot Lewisia rediviva 1894[38]
Nebraska Goldenrod Solidago gigantea 1895[39]
Nevada Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata 1967[40]
New Hampshire Purple lilac
(state flower)		 Syringa vulgaris 1919[41]
Pink lady's slipper
(state wildflower)		 Cypripedium acaule 1991[41]
New Jersey Violet Viola sororia 1971[42][43]
New Mexico Yucca flower Yucca 1927[44]
New York Rose Rosa 1955[45]
North Carolina Flowering dogwood
(state flower)		 Cornus florida 1941[46]
Carolina lily
(state wildflower) 		Lilium michauxii 2003[47][48]
North Dakota Wild prairie rose Rosa blanda
or arkansana		 Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 1907[49]
Northern Mariana Islands Flores mayo Plumeria 1979[4]
Ohio Scarlet carnation
(state flower)		 Dianthus caryophyllus 1953[50]
Large white trillium
(state wild flower)		 Trillium grandiflorum 1987[51]
Oklahoma Oklahoma rose
(state flower)		 Rosa 2004[52]
Indian blanket
(state wildflower)		 Gaillardia pulchella 1986[52]
Mistletoe
(state floral emblem)		 Phoradendron leucarpum 1893[52]
Oregon Oregon grape Mahonia aquifolium 1899[53]
Pennsylvania Mountain laurel
(state flower)		 Kalmia latifolia 1933[54]
Penngift crown vetch
(beautification and
conservation plant)		 Coronilla varia 1982[54]
Puerto Rico Flor de Maga Thespesia grandiflora 2019[55][56]
Rhode Island Violet Viola 1968[57][58]
South Carolina Yellow jessamine
(state flower)		 Gelsemium sempervirens 1924[59]
Goldenrod
(state wildflower)		 Solidago altissima 2003[60]
South Dakota Pasque flower Pulsatilla hirsutissima 1903[61]
Tennessee Iris
(state cultivated flower)		 Iris 1933[62]
Purple passionflower
(state wildflower 1)		 Passiflora incarnata 1919[62]
Tennessee purple coneflower
(state wildflower 2)		 Echinacea tennesseensis 2012[62]
Texas Bluebonnet sp. Lupinus sp. 1901
(broadened
in 1971)[63]
Utah Sego lily Calochortus nuttallii 1911[64]
Vermont Red clover Trifolium pratense 1894[65]
Virgin Islands Yellow Elder Tecoma stans 1934[4]
Virginia American dogwood Cornus florida 1918[66][67]
Washington (state) Coast rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum 1892
(officially
1959)[68]
West Virginia Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum 1903[69]
Wisconsin Wood violet Viola papilionacea Wood Violet 1909[70]
Wyoming Indian paintbrush Castilleja linariifolia 1917[71][72]

See also

  • List of U.S. state trees
  • Lists of U.S. state insignia

References

  1. ↑ "State Flower of Alabama". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2006-04-27. http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_flowe.html. 
  2. ↑ "State Wildflower of Alabama". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2004-05-27. http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/wild_flow.html. 
  3. ↑ Legislative Affairs Agency, State of Alaska. "Alaska State Legislature Roster of Members, 1913-2013". State of Alaska. http://www.ombud.alaska.gov/docs/pdf/ROM-centennial.pdf. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 McPherson, Alan (2013-06-10). State Botanical Symbols. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4817-4885-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=sg0tpwxPI6wC. 
  5. ↑ "Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 41, Chapter 4.1, Article 5, Section 41-855". http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp. 
  6. ↑ "Arkansas State Floral Emblem Flower". Netstate.com. http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/ar_apple_blossom.htm. 
  7. ↑ "California Government Code, General Provisions, Title 1, Division 2, Section 421". http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html. 
  8. ↑ "State Flower". State of Colorado. https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/state-flower. 
  9. ↑ "The General Statutes of Connecticut, Title 3, Chapter 3, Section 3-108". http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/Statutes.asp. 
  10. ↑ Connecticut State Register and Manual, 2018, p. 825, https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/RegisterManual/RM_Archive/CT-State-Register-and-Manual-2018.pdf?la=en, retrieved 2019-05-28 
  11. ↑ "The Delaware Code, Title 29, Chapter 3, Section 308.". http://www.delcode.state.de.us/. 
  12. ↑ "Florida State Symbols". http://www.flheritage.com/facts/symbols/symbol.cfm?page=1&id=11. 
  13. ↑ "State Wildflower". Florida Department of State. https://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-state-symbols/state-wildflower/. 
  14. ↑ "Government - Georgia State Flower (Cherokee Rose)". GeorgiaInfo. https://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/government/article/georgia-state-symbols/georgia-state-flower-cherokee-rose. 
  15. ↑ "Today in Georgia history - Azalea became official state wildflower". Savannah Morning News. 2016-04-19. https://www.savannahnow.com/article/20160419/NEWS/304199869. 
  16. ↑ "Hawaii State Flower - Yellow Hibiscus". 21 September 2014. https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/hawaii/state-flower/pua-aloalo. 
  17. ↑ "§5-16 State flower and individual island flowers". https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0005/HRS_0005-0016.htm. 
  18. ↑ "About Idaho". Visit Idaho. https://visitidaho.org/about-idaho/. 
  19. ↑ "State Symbols". State of Illinois. http://www.state.il.us/kids/learn/symbols/. 
  20. ↑ State Designations Act, Illinois General Assembly, http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=132&ChapterID=2, retrieved 2019-05-20 
  21. ↑ "Indiana State Tree and Flower". Indiana Historical Bureau. https://www.in.gov/history/2798.htm. 
  22. ↑ Naeve, Linda (1996-09-13). "Iowa's State Flower - the Wild Rose". Horticulture and Home Pest News (Iowa State University Extension). https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/1996/9-13-1996/wildrose.html. 
  23. ↑ "State Symbols and Song". http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/profile/8-1.html. 
  24. ↑ "Kansas State Flower: Sunflower Facts". Kansas Native Plant Society. http://www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org/stateflower_facts.php. 
  25. ↑ "Kentucky State Symbols". Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives. 2007-03-30. http://kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYSymbols.htm. 
  26. ↑ "State Symbols". https://www.louisiana.gov/about-louisiana/state-symbols/. 
  27. ↑ Killingsworth, Ron (2012-05-23). "LA Irises, The Wildflower of the State of Louisiana". World of Irises. American Iris Society. https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2012/05/la-irises-wildflower-of-state-of-la.html. 
  28. ↑ "State Flower - White Pine and White Pine Cone & Tassel". Maine Secretary of State. https://www.maine.gov/sos/kids/about/symbols/flower. 
  29. ↑ "Fiscal and Policy Notes (HB 345)". Department of Legislative Services - Maryland General Assembly. 2010. http://mlis.state.md.us/google_docs$/2010rs/fnotes/bil_0005/HB0345.PDF. 
  30. ↑ "CIS: State Symbols". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm. 
  31. ↑ "Michigan State Flower". Netstate.com. http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/mi_apple_blossom.htm. 
  32. ↑ Gibbons, Lauren (2019-04-04). "The surprising stories behind Michigan's state symbols". MLive. https://www.mlive.com/news/g66l-2019/04/731d5a791e1233/the-surprising-stories-behind-michigans-state-symbols.html. 
  33. ↑ Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. "Minnesota State Symbols". Minnesota Legislature. https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/Symbols. 
  34. ↑ Lileks, James (2018-11-29). "Minnesota Moment: The wrong state flower". Star Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-moment-the-wrong-state-flower/501582012/. 
  35. ↑ "Southern Magnolia". Mississippi Encyclopedia. https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/southern-magnolia/. Retrieved 2019-12-30. 
  36. ↑ Guyton, John (2013). "Mississippi's Wildflowers are Coreopsis spp.". Mississippi Native Plants and Environmental Education (Mississippi Native Plant Society) 31 (1). https://www.mississippinativeplantsociety.org/uploads/5/1/9/6/5196427/vol_31_issue_1.pdf. 
  37. ↑ "Missouri's State Floral Emblem". Missouri Secretary of State. https://www.sos.mo.gov/symbol/floral. 
  38. ↑ Gullickson, Michelle (2018-06-03). "'Field Notes:' All About The Bitterroot, Montana's State Flower". Montana Public Radio. https://www.mtpr.org/post/field-notes-all-about-bitterroot-montanas-state-flower. 
  39. ↑ "State Symbols". Nebraska Secretary of State. 2019-10-03. https://sos.nebraska.gov/state-symbols. 
  40. ↑ "1967 Statutes of Nevada, Pages 601-800". https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Statutes/54th/Stats196704.html#Stats196704page702. 
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 "State Flower and State Wildflower | New Hampshire Almanac | NH.gov". https://www.nh.gov/almanac/flower.htm. 
  42. ↑ "New Jersey State Flower - Violet". 27 May 2014. https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/new-jersey/state-flower/violet. 
  43. ↑ "Acts of the Legislature of New Jersey (1971)". New Jersey State Library. 1971. https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/54550. 
  44. ↑ "State Flower | Maggie Toulouse Oliver - New Mexico Secretary of State". https://www.sos.state.nm.us/about-new-mexico/state-flower/. 
  45. ↑ "NYS Kids Room - State Symbols". https://www.dos.ny.gov/kids_room/508/symbols2.html. 
  46. ↑ "Official State Symbols of North Carolina". North Carolina State Library. State of North Carolina. http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTM. 
  47. ↑ "Carolina Lily State Wildflower | State Symbols USA" (in en). 26 September 2014. https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/north-carolina/state-flower/carolina-lily. 
  48. ↑ "North Carolina General Statutes § 145-20 (2019) - State wildflower". Justia. https://law.justia.com/codes/north-carolina/2019/chapter-145/section-145-20/. 
  49. ↑ "Section 5: Symbols of North Dakota | North Dakota Studies". https://www.ndstudies.gov/gr4/citizenship/section-5-symbols-north-dakota. 
  50. ↑ "Ohio Revised Code 5.02". http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/gp5.02. 
  51. ↑ "Ohio Revised Code 5.021". http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/gp5.021. 
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 "Oklahoma Symbols". https://www.okhistory.org/kids/symbols. 
  53. ↑ "State Emblems; State Boundary". https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors186.html. 
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 "Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission: State Symbols". Archived from the original on February 5, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070205220902/http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/pahist/symbols.asp?secid=31. 
  55. ↑ "Ley Núm. 87 del año 2019" (in es). http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2019/lexl2019087.htm. 
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  57. ↑ "Rhode Island State Flower - Violet". 13 October 2014. https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/rhode-island/state-flower/violet. 
  58. ↑ "Ri State Symbols". Rhode Island Department of State. https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/civics-and-education/reference-desk/ri-state-symbols. 
  59. ↑ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems". South Carolina General Assembly. http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/symbols.htm. 
  60. ↑ "South Carolina Code of Laws, State Emblems, Pledge to the Flag, Official Observances". South Carolina General Assembly. http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t01c001.htm. 
  61. ↑ "About the State of South Dakota: South Dakota Secretary of State". https://sdsos.gov/general-information/about-state-south-dakota/state-seal-symbols.aspx. 
  62. ↑ 62.0 62.1 62.2 Tennessee State Symbols, Tennessee Secretary of State, https://sos.tn.gov/civics/pages/tennessee-state-symbols#flowers, retrieved 2022-02-05 
  63. ↑ "TSHA | Bluebonnet". https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/trb01. 
  64. ↑ Utah State Flower - Sego Lily from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08.
  65. ↑ "Vermont Laws". https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/01/011/00498. 
  66. ↑ "Virginia State Floral Emblem". NETSTATE. 4 January 2018. https://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/va_dogwood.htm. 
  67. ↑ "§ 1-510. Official emblems and designations". https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title1/chapter5/section1-510/. 
  68. ↑ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/. 
  69. ↑ West Virginia Blue Book, 2015–2016, p. 1046, http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/publications/bluebook/2015-2016/1043_WVS_BlueBook.pdf, retrieved 2019-07-21 
  70. ↑ "Wisconsin State Symbols". State of Wisconsin. http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/wisconsin_state_symbols.html. 
  71. ↑ "Wyoming State Flower Indian Paintbrush Castilleja linariaefolia". Netstate. http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/wy_indian_paintbrush.htm. 
  72. ↑ "Wyoming Statute 8-3-104". Wyoming Statutes. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/statutes.aspx?file=titles/Title8/Title8.htm. 



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