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 | ![]() |
1909[12] |
Tickseed (state wildflower) |
Coreopsis spp. | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 |
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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 | ![]() |
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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 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.
- ↑ "Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 41, Chapter 4.1, Article 5, Section 41-855". http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp.
- ↑ "Arkansas State Floral Emblem Flower". Netstate.com. http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/ar_apple_blossom.htm.
- ↑ "California Government Code, General Provisions, Title 1, Division 2, Section 421". http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html.
- ↑ "State Flower". State of Colorado. https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/state-flower.
- ↑ "The General Statutes of Connecticut, Title 3, Chapter 3, Section 3-108". http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/Statutes.asp.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "The Delaware Code, Title 29, Chapter 3, Section 308.". http://www.delcode.state.de.us/.
- ↑ "Florida State Symbols". http://www.flheritage.com/facts/symbols/symbol.cfm?page=1&id=11.
- ↑ "State Wildflower". Florida Department of State. https://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-state-symbols/state-wildflower/.
- ↑ "Government - Georgia State Flower (Cherokee Rose)". GeorgiaInfo. https://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/government/article/georgia-state-symbols/georgia-state-flower-cherokee-rose.
- ↑ "Today in Georgia history - Azalea became official state wildflower". Savannah Morning News. 2016-04-19. https://www.savannahnow.com/article/20160419/NEWS/304199869.
- ↑ "Hawaii State Flower - Yellow Hibiscus". 21 September 2014. https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/hawaii/state-flower/pua-aloalo.
- ↑ "§5-16 State flower and individual island flowers". https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0005/HRS_0005-0016.htm.
- ↑ "About Idaho". Visit Idaho. https://visitidaho.org/about-idaho/.
- ↑ "State Symbols". State of Illinois. http://www.state.il.us/kids/learn/symbols/.
- ↑ State Designations Act, Illinois General Assembly, http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=132&ChapterID=2, retrieved 2019-05-20
- ↑ "Indiana State Tree and Flower". Indiana Historical Bureau. https://www.in.gov/history/2798.htm.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "State Symbols and Song". http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/profile/8-1.html.
- ↑ "Kansas State Flower: Sunflower Facts". Kansas Native Plant Society. http://www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org/stateflower_facts.php.
- ↑ "Kentucky State Symbols". Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives. 2007-03-30. http://kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYSymbols.htm.
- ↑ "State Symbols". https://www.louisiana.gov/about-louisiana/state-symbols/.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "State Flower - White Pine and White Pine Cone & Tassel". Maine Secretary of State. https://www.maine.gov/sos/kids/about/symbols/flower.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "CIS: State Symbols". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm.
- ↑ "Michigan State Flower". Netstate.com. http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/mi_apple_blossom.htm.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. "Minnesota State Symbols". Minnesota Legislature. https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/Symbols.
- ↑ Lileks, James (2018-11-29). "Minnesota Moment: The wrong state flower". Star Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-moment-the-wrong-state-flower/501582012/.
- ↑ "Southern Magnolia". Mississippi Encyclopedia. https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/southern-magnolia/. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Missouri's State Floral Emblem". Missouri Secretary of State. https://www.sos.mo.gov/symbol/floral.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "State Symbols". Nebraska Secretary of State. 2019-10-03. https://sos.nebraska.gov/state-symbols.
- ↑ "1967 Statutes of Nevada, Pages 601-800". https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Statutes/54th/Stats196704.html#Stats196704page702.
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 "State Flower and State Wildflower | New Hampshire Almanac | NH.gov". https://www.nh.gov/almanac/flower.htm.
- ↑ "New Jersey State Flower - Violet". 27 May 2014. https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/new-jersey/state-flower/violet.
- ↑ "Acts of the Legislature of New Jersey (1971)". New Jersey State Library. 1971. https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/54550.
- ↑ "State Flower | Maggie Toulouse Oliver - New Mexico Secretary of State". https://www.sos.state.nm.us/about-new-mexico/state-flower/.
- ↑ "NYS Kids Room - State Symbols". https://www.dos.ny.gov/kids_room/508/symbols2.html.
- ↑ "Official State Symbols of North Carolina". North Carolina State Library. State of North Carolina. http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTM.
- ↑ "Carolina Lily State Wildflower | State Symbols USA" (in en). 26 September 2014. https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/north-carolina/state-flower/carolina-lily.
- ↑ "North Carolina General Statutes § 145-20 (2019) - State wildflower". Justia. https://law.justia.com/codes/north-carolina/2019/chapter-145/section-145-20/.
- ↑ "Section 5: Symbols of North Dakota | North Dakota Studies". https://www.ndstudies.gov/gr4/citizenship/section-5-symbols-north-dakota.
- ↑ "Ohio Revised Code 5.02". http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/gp5.02.
- ↑ "Ohio Revised Code 5.021". http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/gp5.021.
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 "Oklahoma Symbols". https://www.okhistory.org/kids/symbols.
- ↑ "State Emblems; State Boundary". https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors186.html.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Ley Núm. 87 del año 2019" (in es). http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2019/lexl2019087.htm.
- ↑ "Entre leyes y múltiples indultos" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. 21 August 2019. https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/entre-leyes-y-multiples-indultos/.
- ↑ "Rhode Island State Flower - Violet". 13 October 2014. https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/rhode-island/state-flower/violet.
- ↑ "Ri State Symbols". Rhode Island Department of State. https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/civics-and-education/reference-desk/ri-state-symbols.
- ↑ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems". South Carolina General Assembly. http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/symbols.htm.
- ↑ "South Carolina Code of Laws, State Emblems, Pledge to the Flag, Official Observances". South Carolina General Assembly. http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t01c001.htm.
- ↑ "About the State of South Dakota: South Dakota Secretary of State". https://sdsos.gov/general-information/about-state-south-dakota/state-seal-symbols.aspx.
- ↑ 62.0 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
- ↑ "TSHA | Bluebonnet". https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/trb01.
- ↑ Utah State Flower - Sego Lily from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08.
- ↑ "Vermont Laws". https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/01/011/00498.
- ↑ "Virginia State Floral Emblem". NETSTATE. 4 January 2018. https://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/va_dogwood.htm.
- ↑ "§ 1-510. Official emblems and designations". https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title1/chapter5/section1-510/.
- ↑ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Wisconsin State Symbols". State of Wisconsin. http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/wisconsin_state_symbols.html.
- ↑ "Wyoming State Flower Indian Paintbrush Castilleja linariaefolia". Netstate. http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/wy_indian_paintbrush.htm.
- ↑ "Wyoming Statute 8-3-104". Wyoming Statutes. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/statutes.aspx?file=titles/Title8/Title8.htm.
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