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

State
federal district
or territory
Common nameScientific nameImageYear
Alabama Camellia
(state flower)
Camellia japonica1959
(clarified
1999)[1]
Oak-leaf hydrangea
(state wildflower)
Hydrangea quercifolia1999[2]
Alaska Forget-me-notMyosotis alpestris1917[3]
American Samoa Paogo (Ulafala)Pandanus tectorius1973[4]
Arizona Saguaro cactus blossomCarnegiea gigantea1931[5]
Arkansas Apple blossomMalus1901[6]
California California poppyEschscholzia californica1903[7]
Colorado Colorado blue columbineAquilegia coerulea1899[8]
Connecticut Mountain laurel
(state flower)
Kalmia latifolia1907[9]
Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks
(children's state flower)
Mirabilis jalapa2015[10]
Delaware Peach blossomPrunus persica1953[11]
District of Columbia American Beauty RoseRosa1925[4]
Florida Orange blossom
(state flower)
Citrus sinensisOrange blossom1909[12]
Tickseed
(state wildflower)
Coreopsis spp.Coreopsis gladiata1991[13]
Georgia Cherokee rose
(state floral emblem)
Rosa laevigata1916[14]
Azalea
(state wildflower)
Rhododendron1979[15]
Guam Bougainvillea spectabilisBougainvillea spectabilis1968[4]
Hawaii Hawaiian hibiscus
(maʻo hau hele)
Hibiscus brackenridgei 1988[16][17]
Idaho Syringa, mock orangePhiladelphus lewisii1931[18]
Illinois Violet
(state flower)
Viola1907[19]
Milkweed
(state wildflower)
Asclepias spp.2017[20]
Indiana PeonyPaeonia1957[21]
Iowa Wild roseRosa arkansana1897[22][23]
Kansas SunflowerHelianthus annuus1903[24]
Kentucky GoldenrodSolidago gigantea1926[25]
Louisiana Magnolia
(state flower)
Magnolia1900[26]
Louisiana iris
(state wildflower)
Iris giganticaerulea1990[27]
Maine White pine cone and tasselPinus strobus1895[28]
Maryland Black-eyed susanRudbeckia hirta1918[29]
Massachusetts MayflowerEpigaea repens1918[30]
Michigan Apple blossom
(state flower)
Malus1897[31]
Dwarf lake iris
(state wildflower)
Iris lacustris1998[32]
Minnesota Pink and white lady's slipperCypripedium reginae1902 (enacted 1967)[33][34]
Mississippi Magnolia
(state flower)
Magnolia1900 (enacted 1952)[35]
Tickseed
(state wildflower)
Coreopsis1991[36]
Missouri HawthornCrataegus1923[37]
Montana BitterrootLewisia rediviva1894[38]
Nebraska GoldenrodSolidago gigantea1895[39]
Nevada SagebrushArtemisia tridentata1967[40]
New Hampshire Purple lilac
(state flower)
Syringa vulgaris1919[41]
Pink lady's slipper
(state wildflower)
Cypripedium acaule1991[41]
New Jersey VioletViola sororia1971[42][43]
New Mexico Yucca flowerYucca1927[44]
New York RoseRosa1955[45]
North Carolina Flowering dogwood
(state flower)
Cornus florida1941[46]
Carolina lily
(state wildflower)
Lilium michauxii 2003[47][48]
North Dakota Wild prairie roseRosa blanda
or arkansana
1907[49]
Northern Mariana Islands Flores mayoPlumeria1979[4]
Ohio Scarlet carnation
(state flower)
Dianthus caryophyllus1953[50]
Large white trillium
(state wild flower)
Trillium grandiflorum1987[51]
Oklahoma Oklahoma rose
(state flower)
Rosa2004[52]
Indian blanket
(state wildflower)
Gaillardia pulchella1986[52]
Mistletoe
(state floral emblem)
Phoradendron leucarpum1893[52]
Oregon Oregon grapeMahonia aquifolium1899[53]
Pennsylvania Mountain laurel
(state flower)
Kalmia latifolia1933[54]
Penngift crown vetch
(beautification and
conservation plant)
Coronilla varia1982[54]
Puerto Rico Flor de MagaThespesia grandiflora2019[55][56]
Rhode Island VioletViola1968[57][58]
South Carolina Yellow jessamine
(state flower)
Gelsemium sempervirens1924[59]
Goldenrod
(state wildflower)
Solidago altissima2003[60]
South Dakota Pasque flowerPulsatilla hirsutissima1903[61]
Tennessee Iris
(state cultivated flower)
Iris1933[62]
Purple passionflower
(state wildflower 1)
Passiflora incarnata1919[62]
Tennessee purple coneflower
(state wildflower 2)
Echinacea tennesseensis2012[62]
Texas Bluebonnet sp.Lupinus sp.1901
(broadened
in 1971)[63]
Utah Sego lilyCalochortus nuttallii1911[64]
Vermont Red cloverTrifolium pratense1894[65]
Virgin Islands Yellow ElderTecoma stans1934[4]
Virginia American dogwoodCornus florida1918[66][67]
Washington Coast rhododendronRhododendron macrophyllum1892
(officially
1959)[68]
West Virginia RhododendronRhododendron maximum1903[69]
Wisconsin Wood violetViola papilionaceaWood Violet1909[70]
Wyoming Indian paintbrushCastilleja linariifolia1917[71][72]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "State Flower of Alabama". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
  2. ↑ "State Wildflower of Alabama". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2004-05-27. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  3. ↑ Legislative Affairs Agency, State of Alaska. "Alaska State Legislature Roster of Members, 1913-2013" (PDF). State of Alaska. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 McPherson, Alan (2013-06-10). State Botanical Symbols. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4817-4885-8.
  5. ↑ "Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 41, Chapter 4.1, Article 5, Section 41-855". Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  6. ↑ "Arkansas State Floral Emblem Flower". Netstate.com. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  7. ↑ "California Government Code, General Provisions, Title 1, Division 2, Section 421". Archived from the original on 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  8. ↑ "State Flower". State of Colorado. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  9. ↑ "The General Statutes of Connecticut, Title 3, Chapter 3, Section 3-108". Archived from the original on 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  10. ↑ Connecticut State Register and Manual (PDF), 2018, p. 825, retrieved 2019-05-28
  11. ↑ "The Delaware Code, Title 29, Chapter 3, Section 308". Archived from the original on 2009-05-31. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  12. ↑ "Florida State Symbols". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05.
  13. ↑ "State Wildflower". Florida Department of State. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  14. ↑ "Government - Georgia State Flower (Cherokee Rose)". GeorgiaInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  15. ↑ "Today in Georgia history - Azalea became official state wildflower". Savannah Morning News. 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  16. ↑ "Hawaii State Flower - Yellow Hibiscus". statesymbolsusa.org. 21 September 2014.
  17. ↑ "§5-16 State flower and individual island flowers". Hawaii State Legislature. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  18. ↑ "About Idaho". Visit Idaho. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  19. ↑ "State Symbols". State of Illinois.
  20. ↑ State Designations Act, Illinois General Assembly, retrieved 2019-05-20
  21. ↑ "Indiana State Tree and Flower". Indiana Historical Bureau. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  22. ↑ Naeve, Linda (1996-09-13). "Iowa's State Flower - the Wild Rose". Horticulture and Home Pest News. Iowa State University Extension. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  23. ↑ "State Symbols and Song". publications.iowa.gov.
  24. ↑ "Kansas State Flower: Sunflower Facts". Kansas Native Plant Society. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  25. ↑ "Kentucky State Symbols". Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives. 2007-03-30. Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  26. ↑ "State Symbols". State of Louisiana. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  27. ↑ Killingsworth, Ron (2012-05-23). "LA Irises, The Wildflower of the State of Louisiana". World of Irises. American Iris Society. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  28. ↑ "State Flower - White Pine and White Pine Cone & Tassel". Maine Secretary of State. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  29. ↑ "Fiscal and Policy Notes (HB 345)" (PDF). Department of Legislative Services - Maryland General Assembly. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  30. ↑ "CIS: State Symbols". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  31. ↑ "Michigan State Flower". Netstate.com. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  32. ↑ Gibbons, Lauren (2019-04-04). "The surprising stories behind Michigan's state symbols". MLive. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  33. ↑ Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. "Minnesota State Symbols". Minnesota Legislature. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  34. ↑ Lileks, James (2018-11-29). "Minnesota Moment: The wrong state flower". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  35. ↑ "Southern Magnolia". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  36. ↑ Guyton, John (2013). "Mississippi's Wildflowers are Coreopsis spp" (PDF). Mississippi Native Plants and Environmental Education. Vol. 31, no. 1. Mississippi Native Plant Society.
  37. ↑ "Missouri's State Floral Emblem". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  38. ↑ Gullickson, Michelle (2018-06-03). "'Field Notes:' All About The Bitterroot, Montana's State Flower". Montana Public Radio. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  39. ↑ "State Symbols". Nebraska Secretary of State. 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  40. ↑ "1967 Statutes of Nevada, Pages 601-800".
  41. 1 2 "State Flower and State Wildflower | New Hampshire Almanac | NH.gov". www.nh.gov.
  42. ↑ "New Jersey State Flower - Violet". statesymbolsusa.org. 27 May 2014.
  43. ↑ "Acts of the Legislature of New Jersey (1971)". DSpace. New Jersey State Library. 1971. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  44. ↑ "State Flower | Maggie Toulouse Oliver - New Mexico Secretary of State".
  45. ↑ "NYS Kids Room - State Symbols". www.dos.ny.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07.
  46. ↑ "Official State Symbols of North Carolina". North Carolina State Library. State of North Carolina. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
  47. ↑ "Carolina Lily State Wildflower | State Symbols USA". statesymbolsusa.org. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  48. ↑ "North Carolina General Statutes § 145-20 (2019) - State wildflower". Justia Law. Justia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  49. ↑ "Section 5: Symbols of North Dakota | North Dakota Studies".
  50. ↑ "Ohio Revised Code 5.02". Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  51. ↑ "Ohio Revised Code 5.021". Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  52. 1 2 3 "Oklahoma Symbols".
  53. ↑ https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors186.html
  54. 1 2 "Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission: State Symbols". Archived from the original on February 5, 2007.
  55. ↑ "Ley Núm. 87 del año 2019" [Act No. 87 of the year 2019]. LexJuris de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
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  57. ↑ "Rhode Island State Flower - Violet". statesymbolsusa.org. 13 October 2014.
  58. ↑ "Ri State Symbols". Rhode Island. Rhode Island Department of State. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  59. ↑ "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.
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  61. ↑ "About the State of South Dakota: South Dakota Secretary of State".
  62. 1 2 3 Tennessee State Symbols, Tennessee Secretary of State, retrieved 2022-02-05
  63. ↑ "TSHA | Bluebonnet".
  64. ↑ Utah State Flower - Sego Lily from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08.
  65. ↑ "Vermont Laws".
  66. ↑ "Virginia State Floral Emblem". NETSTATE. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  67. ↑ "§ 1-510. Official emblems and designations".
  68. ↑ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
  69. ↑ West Virginia Blue Book (PDF), 2015–2016, p. 1046, retrieved 2019-07-21
  70. ↑ "Wisconsin State Symbols". State of Wisconsin. Archived from the original on 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  71. ↑ "Wyoming State Flower Indian Paintbrush Castilleja linariaefolia". Netstate. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  72. ↑ "Wyoming Statute 8-3-104". Wyoming Statutes. Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
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