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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 Camellia japonica flower 2.jpg 1959
(clarified
1999)
Oak-leaf hydrangea
(state wildflower)
Hydrangea quercifolia Hydrangea quercifolia BhamBotGdn.jpg 1999
Alaska Forget-me-not Myosotis alpestris Forget-me-not close 600.jpg 1917
American Samoa Paogo (Ulafala) Pandanus tectorius Pandanus tectorius.jpg 1973
Arizona Saguaro cactus blossom Carnegiea gigantea Saguaro cactus blossoms.jpg 1931
Arkansas Apple blossom Malus Appletree bloom l.jpg 1901
California California poppy Eschscholzia californica California poppy.jpg 1903
Colorado Colorado blue columbine Aquilegia coerulea Aquilegia caerulea.jpg 1899
Connecticut Mountain laurel
(state flower)
Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia2.jpg 1907
Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks
(children's state flower)
Mirabilis jalapa Gul-Abas-4-O'clock plant.JPG 2015
Delaware Peach blossom Prunus persica Peach flowers.jpg 1953
District of Columbia American Beauty Rose Rosa Rosa American Beauty illustration.jpg 1925
Florida Orange blossom
(state flower)
Citrus sinensis Orange blossom 1909
Tickseed
(state wildflower)
Coreopsis spp. Coreopsis gladiata 1991
Georgia Cherokee rose
(state floral emblem)
Rosa laevigata Cherokee rose.jpg 1916
Azalea
(state wildflower)
Rhododendron Redazalea.jpg 1979
Guam Bougainvillea spectabilis Bougainvillea spectabilis Starr 030418-0058 Bougainvillea spectabilis.jpg 1968
Hawaii Hawaiian hibiscus
(maʻo hau hele)
Hibiscus brackenridgei Maohauhele.jpg 1988
Idaho Syringa, mock orange Philadelphus lewisii Lewis's Mock-orange NFUW - Umatilla NF Oregon.jpg 1931
Illinois Violet
(state flower)
Viola Viola sororia.jpg 1907
Milkweed
(state wildflower)
Asclepias spp. Asclepiascommon.JPG 2017
Indiana Peony Paeonia Paeonia 19.jpg 1957
Iowa Wild rose Rosa arkansana Rosa arkansana.jpg 1897
Kansas Sunflower Helianthus annuus A sunflower.jpg 1903
Kentucky Goldenrod Solidago gigantea Solidago virgaurea minuta0.jpg 1926
Louisiana Magnolia
(state flower)
Magnolia Magnolia flower Duke campus.jpg 1900
Louisiana iris
(state wildflower)
Iris giganticaerulea Blue Iris at Jean Lafitte Barataria Unit (cropped).jpg 1990
Maine White pine cone and tassel Pinus strobus Pinus strobus cones.JPG 1895
Maryland Black-eyed susan Rudbeckia hirta Rudbeckia hirta Indian Summer.JPG 1918
Massachusetts Mayflower Epigaea repens Trailing arbutus.jpg 1918
Michigan Apple blossom
(state flower)
Malus Appletree bloom l.jpg 1897
Dwarf lake iris
(state wildflower)
Iris lacustris Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris) (4719619035).jpg 1998
Minnesota Pink and white lady's slipper Cypripedium reginae Cypripedium reginae Orchi 004.jpg 1902 (enacted 1967)
Mississippi Magnolia
(state flower)
Magnolia Magnolia flower Duke campus.jpg 1900 (enacted 1952)
Tickseed
(state wildflower)
Coreopsis Coreopsis7222.jpg 1991
Missouri Hawthorn Crataegus (MHNT) Crataegus monogyna - flowers and buds.jpg 1923
Montana Bitterroot Lewisia rediviva Bitterroot.jpg 1894
Nebraska Goldenrod Solidago gigantea Solidago virgaurea minuta0.jpg 1895
Nevada Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata Sagebrush.jpg 1967
New Hampshire Purple lilac
(state flower)
Syringa vulgaris Lilac (2).jpg 1919
Pink lady's slipper
(state wildflower)
Cypripedium acaule Cypripedium acaule - Sasata edit1.jpg 1991
New Jersey Violet Viola sororia Viola sororia.jpg 1971
New Mexico Yucca flower Yucca Yucca filamentosa.jpg 1927
New York Rose Rosa Rosa sp.163.jpg 1955
North Carolina Flowering dogwood
(state flower)
Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Yellow Flowers 3008px.JPG 1941
Carolina lily
(state wildflower)
Lilium michauxii Carolina Lily.jpg 2003
North Dakota Wild prairie rose Rosa blanda
or arkansana
Rosa arkansana.jpg 1907
Northern Mariana Islands Flores mayo Plumeria Frangipani flowers.jpg 1979
Ohio Scarlet carnation
(state flower)
Dianthus caryophyllus Red Carnation NGM XXXI p507.jpg 1953
Large white trillium
(state wild flower)
Trillium grandiflorum White Trillium Trillium grandiflorum Flower 2613px.jpg 1987
Oklahoma Oklahoma rose
(state flower)
Rosa Rose, Oklahoma - Flickr - nekonomania.jpg 2004
Indian blanket
(state wildflower)
Gaillardia pulchella Firewheel or Indian Blanket with a Spider at the back.jpg 1986
Mistletoe
(state floral emblem)
Phoradendron leucarpum American Mistletoe (NGM XXXI p514).jpg 1893
Oregon Oregon grape Mahonia aquifolium (MHNT) Berberis aquifolium inflorecences and buds.jpg 1899
Pennsylvania Mountain laurel
(state flower)
Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia2.jpg 1933
Penngift crown vetch
(beautification and
conservation plant)
Coronilla varia Fabaceae 01 bgiu.jpg 1982
Puerto Rico Flor de Maga Thespesia grandiflora Flower of the maga tree.jpg 2019
Rhode Island Violet Viola Viola sororia.jpg 1968
South Carolina Yellow jessamine
(state flower)
Gelsemium sempervirens Gelsemium sempervirensCDP140CA.jpg 1924
Goldenrod
(state wildflower)
Solidago altissima Solidago virgaurea minuta0.jpg 2003
South Dakota Pasque flower Pulsatilla hirsutissima Pulsatilla vulgaris-700px.jpg 1903
Tennessee Iris
(state cultivated flower)
Iris Iris 'Gene Wild' 2007-05-13 383.jpg 1933
Purple passionflower
(state wildflower 1)
Passiflora incarnata OQ Passion flower.jpg 1919
Tennessee purple coneflower
(state wildflower 2)
Echinacea tennesseensis Echinacea tennesseensis Couchville.jpg 2012
Texas Bluebonnet sp. Lupinus sp. Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis).jpg 1901
(broadened
in 1971)
Utah Sego lily Calochortus nuttallii Sego lily cm.jpg 1911
Vermont Red clover Trifolium pratense Red clover closeup.jpg 1894
Virgin Islands Yellow Elder Tecoma stans Yellow elder.jpg 1934
Virginia American dogwood Cornus florida Benthamidia florida2.jpg 1918
Washington Coast rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum Rhododendron macrophyllum.JPG 1892
(officially
1959)
West Virginia Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron-by-eiffel-public-domain-20040617.jpg 1903
Wisconsin Wood violet Viola papilionacea Wood Violet 1909
Wyoming Indian paintbrush Castilleja linariifolia Indian Paintbrush in Grand Teton NP-NPS.jpg 1917

See also

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