List of U.S. state flowers
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This is a list of U.S. state flowers:
State | Common name | Scientific name | Image | Year |
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Alabama | Camellia (state flower) |
Camellia japonica | ![]() |
1959 (clarified 1999)[1] |
Oak-leaf hydrangea (state wildflower) |
Hydrangea quercifolia | 125px | 1999[2] | |
Alaska | Forget-me-not | Myosotis alpestris | 125px | 1917 [3] |
Arizona | Saguaro cactus blossom | Carnegiea gigantea | 125px | 1931[4] |
Arkansas | Apple blossom | Malus | ![]() |
1901[5] |
California | California poppy | Eschscholzia californica | ![]() |
1903[6] |
Colorado | Rocky Mountain columbine | Aquilegia caerulea | ![]() |
1899[7] |
Connecticut | Mountain laurel | Kalmia latifolia | 125px | 1907[8] |
Delaware | Peach blossom | Prunus persica | ![]() |
1953[9] |
Florida | Orange blossom | Citrus sinensis | ![]() |
1909[10] |
Tickseed (state wildflower) | Coreopsis spp. | 1991 | ||
Georgia | Cherokee rose (state floral emblem) | Rosa laevigata | ![]() |
1916 |
Azalea (state wildflower) | Rhododendron | 125px | ||
Hawaii | Hawaiian hibiscus (maʻo hau hele) |
Hibiscus brackenridgei | ![]() |
|
Idaho | Syringa, mock orange | Philadelphus lewisii | 125px | 1931 |
Illinois | Violet | Viola | 125px | 1907[11] |
Indiana | Peony | Paeonia | 125px | |
Iowa | Wild prairie rose | Rosa arkansana | ![]() |
|
Kansas | Sunflower | Helianthus annuus | ![]() |
|
Kentucky | Goldenrod | Solidago gigantea | 125px | 1926[12] |
Louisiana | Magnolia (state flower) |
Magnolia | ![]() |
1900 |
Louisiana iris (state wildflower) |
Iris giganticaerulea | ![]() |
||
Maine | White pine cone and tassel | Pinus strobus | 125px | 1895 |
Maryland | Black-eyed susan | Rudbeckia hirta | 125px | 1918[13] |
Massachusetts | Mayflower | Epigaea repens | 125px | 1918 |
Michigan | Apple blossom (state flower) |
Malus | ![]() |
1897 |
Dwarf lake iris (state wildflower) |
Iris lacustris | 125px | 1998 | |
Minnesota | Pink and white lady's slipper | Cypripedium reginae | ![]() |
1893 |
Mississippi | Magnolia (state flower) |
Magnolia | ![]() |
|
Tickseed (state wildflower) |
Coreopsis | 125px | ||
Missouri | Hawthorn | Crataegus | ![]() |
|
Montana | Bitterroot | Lewisia rediviva | ![]() |
1895 |
Nebraska | Goldenrod | Solidago gigantea | 125px | |
Nevada | Sagebrush | Artemisia tridentata | ![]() |
|
New Hampshire | Purple lilac | Syringa vulgaris | ![]() |
1919 |
New Jersey | Violet | Viola sororia | 125px | |
New Mexico | Yucca flower | Yucca | 125px | 1927 |
New York | Rose | Rosa | ![]() |
|
North Carolina | Flowering dogwood | Cornus florida | 1941[15] | |
North Dakota | Wild prairie rose | Rosa blanda or arkansana |
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|
Ohio | Scarlet carnation (state flower) |
Dianthus caryophyllus | ![]() |
1953 [16] |
Large white trillium (state wild flower) |
Trillium grandiflorum | ![]() |
1987[17] | |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma rose (state flower) |
Rosa | ![]() |
|
Mistletoe (state floral emblem) |
Phoradendron serotinum | ![]() |
||
Indian blanket (state wildflower) |
Gaillardia pulchella | ![]() |
||
Oregon | Oregon grape | Berberis aquifolium | ![]() |
|
Pennsylvania | Mountain laurel (state flower) |
Kalmia latifolia | 125px | 1933[18] |
Penngift crown vetch (beautification and conservation plant) |
Coronilla varia | 125px | 1982[18] | |
Rhode Island | Violet | Viola | 125px | 1968 |
South Carolina | Yellow jessamine | Gelsemium sempervirens | ![]() |
1924[19] |
Goldenrod (state wildflower) |
Solidago altissima | 125px | 2003[20] | |
South Dakota | Pasque flower | Pulsatilla hirsutissima | ![]() |
|
Tennessee | Iris (state cultivated flower) |
Iris | 125px | 1933 |
Purple passionflower (state wildflower) |
Passiflora incarnata | 125px | 1919 | |
Texas | Bluebonnet sp. | Lupinus sp. | ![]() |
1901 (broadened in 1971) |
Utah | Sego lily | Calochortus nuttallii | ![]() |
1911[21] |
Vermont | Red clover | Trifolium pratense | ![]() |
1894 |
Virginia | American dogwood | Cornus florida | ![]() |
|
Washington | Coast rhododendron | Rhododendron macrophyllum | 1892 (officially 1959)[22] |
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West Virginia | Rhododendron | Rhododendron maximum | ![]() |
|
Wisconsin | Wood violet | Viola papilionacea | Wood Violet | 1909[23] |
Wyoming | Indian paintbrush | Castilleja linariifolia | ![]() |
1917.[24][25] |
See also
References
- ↑ "State Flower of Alabama". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2007-03-18.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "State Wildflower of Alabama". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2004-05-27. Retrieved 2007-03-19.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Legislative Affairs Agency, State of Alaska. "Alaska State Legislature Roster of Members, 1913-2013" (PDF). State of Alaska. Retrieved 4 July 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 41, Chapter 4.1, Article 5, Section 41-855". Retrieved 2009-07-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Arkansas State Floral Emblem Flower". Netstate.com. Retrieved 2008-10-08.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "California Government Code, General Provisions, Title 1, Division 2, Section 421". Retrieved 2009-07-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration". Retrieved 2009-07-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "The General Statutes of Connecticut, Title 3, Chapter 3, Section 3-108". Retrieved 2009-07-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "The Delaware Code, Title 29, Chapter 3, Section 308". Retrieved 2009-07-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Florida State Symbols".<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "State Symbols". State of Illinois.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Kentucky State Symbols". Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives. 2007-03-30. Retrieved 2007-07-02.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Fiscal and Policy Notes (HB 345)" (PDF). Department of Legislative Services - Maryland General Assembly. 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-13.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Michigan State Flower". Netstate.com. Retrieved 2008-10-08.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Official State Symbols of North Carolina". North Carolina State Library. State of North Carolina. Retrieved 2008-01-26.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Ohio Revised Code 5.02". Retrieved 16 May 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Ohio Revised Code 5.021". Retrieved 16 May 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission: State Symbols Archived February 5, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Symbols and Emblems". South Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2007-07-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "South Carolina Code of Laws, State Emblems, Pledge to the Flag, Official Observances". South Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved 2007-07-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Utah State Flower - Sego Lily from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08.
- ↑ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Wisconsin State Symbols". State of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2011-12-19.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Wyoming State Flower Indian Paintbrush Castilleja linariaefolia". Netstate. Retrieved 2008-04-08.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Wyoming Statute 8-3-104". Wyoming Statutes. Retrieved 2008-04-08.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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