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List of U.S. state and territory flowers

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

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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 1959
(clarified
1999)1
Oak-leaf hydrangea
(state wildflower)		 Hydrangea quercifolia 19992
Alaska Forget-me-not Myosotis alpestris 19173
American Samoa Paogo (Ulafala) Pandanus tectorius 19734
Arizona Saguaro cactus blossom Carnegiea gigantea 19315
Arkansas Apple blossom Malus 19016
California California poppy Eschscholzia californica 19037
Colorado Colorado blue columbine Aquilegia coerulea 18998
Connecticut Mountain laurel
(state flower)		 Kalmia latifolia 19079
Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks
(children's state flower)		 Mirabilis jalapa 201510
Delaware Peach blossom Prunus persica 195311
District of Columbia American Beauty Rose Rosa 19254
Florida Orange blossom
(state flower)		 Citrus sinensis Orange blossom 190912
Tickseed
(state wildflower)		 Coreopsis spp. Coreopsis gladiata 199113
Georgia Cherokee rose
(state floral emblem)		 Rosa laevigata 191614
Azalea
(state wildflower)		 Rhododendron 197915
Guam Bougainvillea spectabilis Bougainvillea spectabilis 19684
Hawaii Hawaiian hibiscus
(maʻo hau hele)		 Hibiscus brackenridgei 19881617
Idaho Syringa, mock orange Philadelphus lewisii 193118
Illinois Violet
(state flower)		 Viola 19071920
Milkweed
(state wildflower)		 Asclepias spp. 201721
Indiana Peony Paeonia 195722
Iowa Wild rose Rosa arkansana 18972324
Kansas Sunflower Helianthus annuus 190325
Kentucky Goldenrod Solidago gigantea 192626
Louisiana Magnolia
(state flower)		 Magnolia 190027
Louisiana iris
(state wildflower)		 Iris giganticaerulea 199028
Maine White pine cone and tassel Pinus strobus 189529
Maryland Black-eyed susan Rudbeckia hirta 191830
Massachusetts Mayflower Epigaea repens 191831
Michigan Apple blossom
(state flower)		 Malus 18973233
Dwarf lake iris
(state wildflower)		 Iris lacustris 199834
Minnesota Pink and white lady's slipper Cypripedium reginae 1902 (enacted 1967)3536
Mississippi Magnolia
(state flower)		 Magnolia 1900 (enacted 1952)37
Tickseed
(state wildflower)		 Coreopsis 199138
Missouri Hawthorn Crataegus 192339
Montana Bitterroot Lewisia rediviva 189440
Nebraska Goldenrod Solidago gigantea 189541
Nevada Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata 196742
New Hampshire Purple lilac
(state flower)		 Syringa vulgaris 191943
Pink lady's slipper
(state wildflower)		 Cypripedium acaule 199143
New Jersey Violet Viola sororia 19714445
New Mexico Yucca flower Yucca 192746
New York Rose Rosa 195547
North Carolina Flowering dogwood
(state flower)		 Cornus florida 194148
Carolina lily
(state wildflower) 		Lilium michauxii 20034950
North Dakota Wild prairie rose Rosa blanda
or arkansana		 190751
Northern Mariana Islands Flores mayo Plumeria 19794
Ohio Scarlet carnation
(state flower)		 Dianthus caryophyllus 195352
Large white trillium
(state wild flower)		 Trillium grandiflorum 198753
Oklahoma Oklahoma rose
(state flower)		 Rosa 200454
Indian blanket
(state wildflower)		 Gaillardia pulchella 198654
Mistletoe
(state floral emblem)		 Phoradendron leucarpum 189354
Oregon Oregon grape Berberis aquifolium 189955
Pennsylvania Mountain laurel
(state flower)		 Kalmia latifolia 193356
Penngift crown vetch
(beautification and
conservation plant)		 Coronilla varia 198256
Puerto Rico Flor de Maga Thespesia grandiflora 20195758
Rhode Island Violet Viola 19685960
South Carolina Yellow jessamine
(state flower)		 Gelsemium sempervirens 192461
Goldenrod
(state wildflower)		 Solidago altissima 200362
South Dakota Pasque flower Pulsatilla hirsutissima 190363
Tennessee Iris
(state cultivated flower)		 Iris 193364
Purple passionflower
(state wildflower 1)		 Passiflora incarnata 191964
Tennessee purple coneflower
(state wildflower 2)		 Echinacea tennesseensis 201264
Texas Bluebonnet spp. Lupinus spp. 1901
(broadened
in 1971)65
Utah Sego lily Calochortus nuttallii 191166
Vermont Red clover Trifolium pratense 189467
Virgin Islands Yellow Elder Tecoma stans 19344
Virginia American dogwood Cornus florida 19186869
Washington Coast rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum 1892
(officially
1959)70
West Virginia Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum 190371
Wisconsin Wood violet Viola papilionacea Wood Violet 190972
Wyoming Indian paintbrush Castilleja linariifolia 19177374
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