List of U.S. state and territory flowers

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

State
federal district
or territory		Common nameScientific nameImageYear
Alabama Camellia
(state flower)		Camellia japonica1959
(clarified
1999)
Oak-leaf hydrangea
(state wildflower)		Hydrangea quercifolia1999
Alaska Forget-me-notMyosotis asiatica1917
American Samoa Paogo (Ulafala)Pandanus tectorius1973
Arizona Saguaro cactus blossomCarnegiea gigantea1931
Arkansas Apple blossomMalus1901
California California poppyEschscholzia californica1903
Colorado Colorado blue columbineAquilegia coerulea1899
Connecticut Mountain laurel
(state flower)		Kalmia latifolia1907
Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks
(children's state flower)		Mirabilis jalapa2015
Delaware Peach blossomPrunus persica1953
District of Columbia American Beauty RoseRosa1925
Florida Orange blossom
(state flower)		Citrus sinensisOrange blossom1909
Tickseed
(state wildflower)		Coreopsis spp.Coreopsis gladiata1991
Georgia Cherokee rose
(state floral emblem)		Rosa laevigata1916
Azalea
(state wildflower)		Rhododendron1979
Guam Bougainvillea spectabilisBougainvillea spectabilis1968
Hawaii Hawaiian hibiscus
(maʻo hau hele)		Hibiscus brackenridgei 1988
Idaho Syringa, mock orangePhiladelphus lewisii1931
Illinois Violet
(state flower)		Viola1907
Milkweed
(state wildflower)		Asclepias spp.2017
Indiana PeonyPaeonia1957
Iowa Wild roseRosa arkansana1897
Kansas SunflowerHelianthus annuus1903
Kentucky GoldenrodSolidago gigantea1926
Louisiana Magnolia
(state flower)		Magnolia1900
Louisiana iris
(state wildflower)		Iris giganticaerulea1990
Maine White pine cone and tasselPinus strobus1895
Maryland Black-eyed susanRudbeckia hirta1918
Massachusetts MayflowerEpigaea repens1918
Michigan Apple blossom
(state flower)		Malus1897
Dwarf lake iris
(state wildflower)		Iris lacustris1998
Minnesota Pink and white lady's slipperCypripedium reginae1902 (enacted 1967)
Mississippi Magnolia
(state flower)		Magnolia1900 (enacted 1952)
Tickseed
(state wildflower)		Coreopsis1991
Missouri HawthornCrataegus1923
Montana BitterrootLewisia rediviva1894
Nebraska GoldenrodSolidago gigantea1895
Nevada SagebrushArtemisia tridentata1967
New Hampshire Purple lilac
(state flower)		Syringa vulgaris1919
Pink lady's slipper
(state wildflower)		Cypripedium acaule1991
New Jersey VioletViola sororia1971
New Mexico Yucca flowerYucca1927
New York RoseRosa1955
North Carolina Flowering dogwood
(state flower)		Cornus florida1941
Carolina lily
(state wildflower)		 Lilium michauxii 2003
North Dakota Wild prairie roseRosa blanda
or arkansana		1907
Northern Mariana Islands Flores mayoPlumeria1979
Ohio Scarlet carnation
(state flower)		Dianthus caryophyllus1953
Large white trillium
(state wild flower)		Trillium grandiflorum1987
Oklahoma Oklahoma rose
(state flower)		Rosa2004
Indian blanket
(state wildflower)		Gaillardia pulchella1986
Mistletoe
(state floral emblem)		Phoradendron leucarpum1893
Oregon Oregon grapeBerberis aquifolium1899
Pennsylvania Mountain laurel
(state flower)		Kalmia latifolia1933
Penngift crown vetch
(beautification and
conservation plant)		Coronilla varia1982
Puerto Rico Flor de MagaThespesia grandiflora2019
Rhode Island VioletViola1968
South Carolina Yellow jessamine
(state flower)		Gelsemium sempervirens1924
Goldenrod
(state wildflower)		Solidago altissima2003
South Dakota Pasque flowerPulsatilla hirsutissima1903
Tennessee Iris
(state cultivated flower)		Iris1933
Purple passionflower
(state wildflower 1)		Passiflora incarnata1919
Tennessee purple coneflower
(state wildflower 2)		Echinacea tennesseensis2012
Texas Bluebonnet spp.Lupinus spp.1901
(broadened
in 1971)
Utah Sego lilyCalochortus nuttallii1911
Vermont Red cloverTrifolium pratense1894
Virgin Islands Yellow ElderTecoma stans1934
Virginia American dogwoodCornus florida1918
Washington Coast rhododendronRhododendron macrophyllum1892
(officially
1959)
West Virginia RhododendronRhododendron maximum1903
Wisconsin Wood violetViola papilionaceaWood Violet1909
Wyoming Indian paintbrushCastilleja linariifolia1917

See also

References

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