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 |
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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 | 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 | 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 | 1923 | |
Montana | Bitterroot | Lewisia rediviva | 1894 | |
Nebraska | Goldenrod | Solidago gigantea | 1895 | |
Nevada | Sagebrush | Artemisia tridentata | 1967 | |
New Hampshire | Purple lilac (state flower) |
Syringa vulgaris | 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 | 1893 | ||
Oregon | Oregon grape | Mahonia aquifolium | 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. | 1901 (broadened in 1971) |
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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) |
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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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