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List of U.S. state and territory flowers

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

Table info: State federal district or territory, Common ...
State
federal district
or territory
Common nameScientific nameImageYear
Alabama Camellia
(state flower)
Camellia japonicaCamellia_japonica_flower_2.jpg1959
(clarified
1999)[1]
Oak-leaf hydrangea
(state wildflower)
Hydrangea quercifoliaHydrangea_quercifolia_BhamBotGdn.jpg1999[2]
Alaska Forget-me-notMyosotis alpestrisForget-me-not_close_600.jpg1917[3]
American Samoa Paogo (Ulafala)Pandanus tectoriusPandanus_tectorius.jpg1973[4]
Arizona Saguaro cactus blossomCarnegiea giganteaCarnegiea_gigantea_%28Saguaro_cactus%29_blossoms.jpg1931[5]
Arkansas Apple blossomMalusAppletree_bloom_l.jpg1901[6]
California California poppyEschscholzia californicaCalifornia_poppy.jpg1903[7]
Colorado Colorado blue columbineAquilegia coeruleaAquilegia_caerulea.jpg1899[8]
Connecticut Mountain laurel
(state flower)
Kalmia latifoliaKalmia_latifolia2.jpg1907[9]
Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks
(children's state flower)
Mirabilis jalapaGul-Abas-4-O%27clock_plant.JPG2015[10]
Delaware Peach blossomPrunus persicaPeach_flowers.jpg1953[11]
District of Columbia American Beauty RoseRosaRosa_American_Beauty_illustration.jpg1925[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 laevigataCherokee_rose.jpg1916[14]
Azalea
(state wildflower)
RhododendronRedazalea.jpg1979[15]
Guam Bougainvillea spectabilisBougainvillea spectabilisStarr_030418-0058_Bougainvillea_spectabilis.jpg1968[4]
Hawaii Hawaiian hibiscus
(maʻo hau hele)
Hibiscus brackenridgeiMaohauhele.jpg 1988[16][17]
Idaho Syringa, mock orangePhiladelphus lewisiiLewis%27s_Mock-orange_NFUW_-_Umatilla_NF_Oregon.jpg1931[18]
Illinois Violet
(state flower)
ViolaViola_sororia.jpg1907[19]
Milkweed
(state wildflower)
Asclepias spp.Asclepiascommon.JPG2017[20]
Indiana PeonyPaeoniaPaeonia_19.jpg1957[21]
Iowa Wild roseRosa arkansanaRosa_arkansana.jpg1897[22][23]
Kansas SunflowerHelianthus annuusA_sunflower.jpg1903[24]
Kentucky GoldenrodSolidago giganteaSolidago_virgaurea_minuta0.jpg1926[25]
Louisiana Magnolia
(state flower)
MagnoliaMagnolia_flower_Duke_campus.jpg1900[26]
Louisiana iris
(state wildflower)
Iris giganticaeruleaBlue_Iris_at_Jean_Lafitte_Barataria_Unit_%28cropped%29.jpg1990[27]
Maine White pine cone and tasselPinus strobusPinus_strobus_cones.JPG1895[28]
Maryland Black-eyed susanRudbeckia hirtaRudbeckia_hirta_Indian_Summer.JPG1918[29]
Massachusetts MayflowerEpigaea repensTrailing_arbutus.jpg1918[30]
Michigan Apple blossom
(state flower)
MalusAppletree_bloom_l.jpg1897[31]
Dwarf lake iris
(state wildflower)
Iris lacustrisDwarf_Lake_Iris_%28Iris_lacustris%29_%284719619035%29.jpg1998[32]
Minnesota Pink and white lady's slipperCypripedium reginaeCypripedium_reginae_Orchi_004.jpg1902 (enacted 1967)[33][34]
Mississippi Magnolia
(state flower)
MagnoliaMagnolia_flower_Duke_campus.jpg1900 (enacted 1952)[35]
Tickseed
(state wildflower)
CoreopsisCoreopsis7222.jpg1991[36]
Missouri HawthornCrataegus%28MHNT%29_Crataegus_monogyna_-_flowers_and_buds.jpg1923[37]
Montana BitterrootLewisia redivivaLewisia_rediviva_4.jpg1894[38]
Nebraska GoldenrodSolidago giganteaSolidago_virgaurea_minuta0.jpg1895[39]
Nevada SagebrushArtemisia tridentataSagebrush.jpg1967[40]
New Hampshire Purple lilac
(state flower)
Syringa vulgarisLilac_%282%29.jpg1919[41]
Pink lady's slipper
(state wildflower)
Cypripedium acauleCypripedium_acaule_-_Sasata_edit1.jpg1991[41]
New Jersey VioletViola sororiaViola_sororia.jpg1971[42][43]
New Mexico Yucca flowerYuccaYucca_filamentosa.jpg1927[44]
New York RoseRosaRosa_sp.163.jpg1955[45]
North Carolina Flowering dogwood
(state flower)
Cornus floridaFlowering_Dogwood_Cornus_florida_Yellow_Flowers_3008px.JPG1941[46]
Carolina lily
(state wildflower)
Lilium michauxii Carolina_Lily.jpg 2003[47][48]
North Dakota Wild prairie roseRosa blanda
or arkansana
Rosa_arkansana.jpg1907[49]
Northern Mariana Islands Flores mayoPlumeriaFrangipani_flowers.jpg1979[4]
Ohio Scarlet carnation
(state flower)
Dianthus caryophyllusRed_Carnation_NGM_XXXI_p507.jpg1953[50]
Large white trillium
(state wild flower)
Trillium grandiflorumWhite_Trillium_Trillium_grandiflorum_Flower_2613px.jpg1987[51]
Oklahoma Oklahoma rose
(state flower)
RosaRose%2C_Oklahoma_-_Flickr_-_nekonomania.jpg2004[52]
Indian blanket
(state wildflower)
Gaillardia pulchellaFirewheel_or_Indian_Blanket_with_a_Spider_at_the_back.jpg1986[52]
Mistletoe
(state floral emblem)
Phoradendron leucarpumAmerican_Mistletoe_%28NGM_XXXI_p514%29.jpg1893[52]
Oregon Oregon grapeMahonia aquifolium%28MHNT%29_Berberis_aquifolium_inflorecences_and_buds.jpg1899[53]
Pennsylvania Mountain laurel
(state flower)
Kalmia latifoliaKalmia_latifolia2.jpg1933[54]
Penngift crown vetch
(beautification and
conservation plant)
Coronilla variaSecurigera_varia_bgiu.jpg1982[54]
Puerto Rico Flor de MagaThespesia grandifloraFlower_of_the_maga_tree.jpg2019[55][56]
Rhode Island VioletViolaViola_sororia.jpg1968[57][58]
South Carolina Yellow jessamine
(state flower)
Gelsemium sempervirensGelsemium_sempervirensCDP140CA.jpg1924[59]
Goldenrod
(state wildflower)
Solidago altissimaSolidago_virgaurea_minuta0.jpg2003[60]
South Dakota Pasque flowerPulsatilla hirsutissimaPulsatilla_vulgaris-700px.jpg1903[61]
Tennessee Iris
(state cultivated flower)
IrisIris_%27Gene_Wild%27_2007-05-13_383.jpg1933[62]
Purple passionflower
(state wildflower 1)
Passiflora incarnataOQ_Passion_flower.jpg1919[62]
Tennessee purple coneflower
(state wildflower 2)
Echinacea tennesseensisEchinacea_tennesseensis_Couchville.jpg2012[62]
Texas Bluebonnet sp.Lupinus sp.Texas_Bluebonnet_%28Lupinus_texensis%29.jpg1901
(broadened
in 1971)[63]
Utah Sego lilyCalochortus nuttalliiSego_lily_cm.jpg1911[64]
Vermont Red cloverTrifolium pratenseRed_clover_closeup.jpg1894[65]
Virgin Islands Yellow ElderTecoma stansYellow_elder.jpg1934[4]
Virginia American dogwoodCornus floridaBenthamidia_florida2.jpg1918[66][67]
Washington Coast rhododendronRhododendron macrophyllumRhododendron_macrophyllum.JPG1892
(officially
1959)[68]
West Virginia RhododendronRhododendron maximumRhododendron-by-eiffel-public-domain-20040617.jpg1903[69]
Wisconsin Wood violetViola papilionaceaWood Violet1909[70]
Wyoming Indian paintbrushCastilleja linariifoliaIndian_Paintbrush_in_Grand_Teton_NP-NPS.jpg1917[71][72]
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