List of U.S. state and territory flowers facts for kids
"List of state flowers" redirects here. For Australian state flowers, see List of Australian floral emblems.
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) |
| Oak-leaf hydrangea (state wildflower) |
Hydrangea quercifolia |  |
1999 | |
| Alaska | Forget-me-not | Myosotis alpestris |  |
1917 |
| American Samoa | Paogo (Ulafala) | Pandanus tectorius |  |
1973 |
| Arizona | Saguaro cactus blossom | Carnegiea gigantea |  |
1931 |
| Arkansas | Apple blossom | Malus |  |
1901 |
| California | California poppy | Eschscholzia californica |  |
1903 |
| Colorado | Colorado blue columbine | Aquilegia coerulea |  |
1899 |
| Connecticut | Mountain laurel (state flower) |
Kalmia latifolia |  |
1907 |
| Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks (children's state flower) |
Mirabilis jalapa |  |
2015 | |
| Delaware | Peach blossom | Prunus persica |  |
1953 |
| District of Columbia | American Beauty Rose | Rosa |  |
1925 |
| Florida | Orange blossom (state flower) |
Citrus sinensis |  |
1909 |
| Tickseed (state wildflower) |
Coreopsis spp. |  |
1991 | |
| Georgia | Cherokee rose (state floral emblem) |
Rosa laevigata |  |
1916 |
| Azalea (state wildflower) |
Rhododendron |  |
1979 | |
| Guam | Bougainvillea spectabilis | Bougainvillea spectabilis |  |
1968 |
| Hawaii | Hawaiian hibiscus (maʻo hau hele) |
Hibiscus brackenridgei |  |
1988 |
| Idaho | Syringa, mock orange | Philadelphus lewisii |  |
1931 |
| Illinois | Violet (state flower) |
Viola |  |
1907 |
| Milkweed (state wildflower) |
Asclepias spp. |  |
2017 | |
| Indiana | Peony | Paeonia |  |
1957 |
| Iowa | Wild rose | Rosa arkansana |  |
1897 |
| Kansas | Sunflower | Helianthus annuus |  |
1903 |
| Kentucky | Goldenrod | Solidago gigantea |  |
1926 |
| Louisiana | Magnolia (state flower) |
Magnolia |  |
1900 |
| Louisiana iris (state wildflower) |
Iris giganticaerulea | .jpg) |
1990 | |
| Maine | White pine cone and tassel | Pinus strobus |  |
1895 |
| Maryland | Black-eyed susan | Rudbeckia hirta |  |
1918 |
| Massachusetts | Mayflower | Epigaea repens |  |
1918 |
| Michigan | Apple blossom (state flower) |
Malus | |
1897 |
| Dwarf lake iris (state wildflower) |
Iris lacustris | _(4719619035).jpg) |
1998 | |
| Minnesota | Pink and white lady's slipper | Cypripedium reginae |  |
1902 (enacted 1967) |
| Mississippi | Magnolia (state flower) |
Magnolia | |
1900 (enacted 1952) |
| Tickseed (state wildflower) |
Coreopsis | |
1991 | |
| Missouri | Hawthorn | Crataegus | _Crataegus_monogyna_-_flowers_and_buds.jpg) |
1923 |
| Montana | Bitterroot | Lewisia rediviva |  |
1894 |
| Nebraska | Goldenrod | Solidago gigantea | |
1895 |
| Nevada | Sagebrush | Artemisia tridentata |  |
1967 |
| New Hampshire | Purple lilac (state flower) |
Syringa vulgaris | .jpg) |
1919 |
| Pink lady's slipper (state wildflower) |
Cypripedium acaule |  |
1991 | |
| New Jersey | Violet | Viola sororia | |
1971 |
| New Mexico | Yucca flower | Yucca |  |
1927 |
| New York | Rose | Rosa |  |
1955 |
| North Carolina | Flowering dogwood (state flower) |
Cornus florida |  |
1941 |
| Carolina lily (state wildflower) |
Lilium michauxii |  |
2003 | |
| North Dakota | Wild prairie rose | Rosa blanda or arkansana |
|
1907 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Flores mayo | Plumeria |  |
1979 |
| Ohio | Scarlet carnation (state flower) |
Dianthus caryophyllus |  |
1953 |
| Large white trillium (state wild flower) |
Trillium grandiflorum |  |
1987 | |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma rose (state flower) |
Rosa |  |
2004 |
| Indian blanket (state wildflower) |
Gaillardia pulchella |  |
1986 | |
| Mistletoe (state floral emblem) |
Phoradendron leucarpum | .jpg) |
1893 | |
| Oregon | Oregon grape | Mahonia aquifolium | _Berberis_aquifolium_inflorecences_and_buds.jpg) |
1899 |
| Pennsylvania | Mountain laurel (state flower) |
Kalmia latifolia | |
1933 |
| Penngift crown vetch (beautification and conservation plant) |
Coronilla varia |  |
1982 | |
| Puerto Rico | Flor de Maga | Thespesia grandiflora |  |
2019 |
| Rhode Island | Violet | Viola | |
1968 |
| South Carolina | Yellow jessamine (state flower) |
Gelsemium sempervirens |  |
1924 |
| Goldenrod (state wildflower) |
Solidago altissima | |
2003 | |
| South Dakota | Pasque flower | Pulsatilla hirsutissima |  |
1903 |
| Tennessee | Iris (state cultivated flower) |
Iris |  |
1933 |
| Purple passionflower (state wildflower 1) |
Passiflora incarnata |  |
1919 | |
| Tennessee purple coneflower (state wildflower 2) |
Echinacea tennesseensis |  |
2012 | |
| Texas | Bluebonnet sp. | Lupinus sp. | .jpg) |
1901 (broadened in 1971) |
| Utah | Sego lily | Calochortus nuttallii |  |
1911 |
| Vermont | Red clover | Trifolium pratense |  |
1894 |
| Virgin Islands | Yellow Elder | Tecoma stans |  |
1934 |
| Virginia | American dogwood | Cornus florida |  |
1918 |
| Washington | Coast rhododendron | Rhododendron macrophyllum |  |
1892 (officially 1959) |
| West Virginia | Rhododendron | Rhododendron maximum |  |
1903 |
| Wisconsin | Wood violet | Viola papilionacea | |
1909 |
| Wyoming | Indian paintbrush | Castilleja linariifolia |  |
1917 |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Flores de los estados de EE. UU. para niños
- List of U.S. state trees
- Lists of U.S. state insignia
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