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.

State
federal district
or territory
Common nameScientific nameImageYear
Alabama Camellia
(state flower)
Camellia japonica1959
(clarified
1999)[1]
Oak-leaf hydrangea
(state wildflower)
Hydrangea quercifolia1999[2]
Alaska Forget-me-notMyosotis alpestris1917[3]
American Samoa Paogo (Ulafala)Pandanus tectorius1973[4]
Arizona Saguaro cactus blossomCarnegiea gigantea1931[5]
Arkansas Apple blossomMalus1901[6]
California California poppyEschscholzia californica1903[7]
Colorado Colorado blue columbineAquilegia coerulea1899[8]
Connecticut Mountain laurel
(state flower)
Kalmia latifolia1907[9]
Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks
(children's state flower)
Mirabilis jalapa2015[10]
Delaware Peach blossomPrunus persica1953[11]
District of Columbia American Beauty RoseRosa1925[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 laevigata1916[14]
Azalea
(state wildflower)
Rhododendron1979[15]
Guam Bougainvillea spectabilisBougainvillea spectabilis1968[4]
Hawaii Hawaiian hibiscus
(maʻo hau hele)
Hibiscus brackenridgei 1988[16][17]
Idaho Syringa, mock orangePhiladelphus lewisii1931[18]
Illinois Violet
(state flower)
Viola1907[19][20]
Milkweed
(state wildflower)
Asclepias spp.2017[21]
Indiana PeonyPaeonia1957[22]
Iowa Wild roseRosa arkansana1897[23][24]
Kansas SunflowerHelianthus annuus1903[25]
Kentucky GoldenrodSolidago gigantea1926[26]
Louisiana Magnolia
(state flower)
Magnolia1900[27]
Louisiana iris
(state wildflower)
Iris giganticaerulea1990[28]
Maine White pine cone and tasselPinus strobus1895[29]
Maryland Black-eyed susanRudbeckia hirta1918[30]
Massachusetts MayflowerEpigaea repens1918[31]
Michigan Apple blossom
(state flower)
Malus1897[32][33]
Dwarf lake iris
(state wildflower)
Iris lacustris1998[34]
Minnesota Pink and white lady's slipperCypripedium reginae1902 (enacted 1967)[35][36]
Mississippi Magnolia
(state flower)
Magnolia1900 (enacted 1952)[37]
Tickseed
(state wildflower)
Coreopsis1991[38]
Missouri HawthornCrataegus1923[39]
Montana BitterrootLewisia rediviva1894[40]
Nebraska GoldenrodSolidago gigantea1895[41]
Nevada SagebrushArtemisia tridentata1967[42]
New Hampshire Purple lilac
(state flower)
Syringa vulgaris1919[43]
Pink lady's slipper
(state wildflower)
Cypripedium acaule1991[43]
New Jersey VioletViola sororia1971[44][45]
New Mexico Yucca flowerYucca1927[46]
New York RoseRosa1955[47]
North Carolina Flowering dogwood
(state flower)
Cornus florida1941[48]
Carolina lily
(state wildflower)
Lilium michauxii 2003[49][50]
North Dakota Wild prairie roseRosa blanda
or arkansana
1907[51]
Northern Mariana Islands Flores mayoPlumeria1979[4]
Ohio Scarlet carnation
(state flower)
Dianthus caryophyllus1953[52]
Large white trillium
(state wild flower)
Trillium grandiflorum1987[53]
Oklahoma Oklahoma rose
(state flower)
Rosa2004[54]
Indian blanket
(state wildflower)
Gaillardia pulchella1986[54]
Mistletoe
(state floral emblem)
Phoradendron leucarpum1893[54]
Oregon Oregon grapeBerberis aquifolium1899[55]
Pennsylvania Mountain laurel
(state flower)
Kalmia latifolia1933[56]
Penngift crown vetch
(beautification and
conservation plant)
Coronilla varia1982[56]
Puerto Rico Flor de MagaThespesia grandiflora2019[57][58]
Rhode Island VioletViola1968[59][60]
South Carolina Yellow jessamine
(state flower)
Gelsemium sempervirens1924[61]
Goldenrod
(state wildflower)
Solidago altissima2003[62]
South Dakota Pasque flowerPulsatilla hirsutissima1903[63]
Tennessee Iris
(state cultivated flower)
Iris1933[64]
Purple passionflower
(state wildflower 1)
Passiflora incarnata1919[64]
Tennessee purple coneflower
(state wildflower 2)
Echinacea tennesseensis2012[64]
Texas Bluebonnet spp.Lupinus spp.1901
(broadened
in 1971)[65]
Utah Sego lilyCalochortus nuttallii1911[66]
Vermont Red cloverTrifolium pratense1894[67]
Virgin Islands Yellow ElderTecoma stans1934[4]
Virginia American dogwoodCornus florida1918[68][69]
Washington Coast rhododendronRhododendron macrophyllum1892
(officially
1959)[70]
West Virginia RhododendronRhododendron maximum1903[71]
Wisconsin Wood violetViola papilionaceaWood Violet1909[72]
Wyoming Indian paintbrushCastilleja linariifolia1917[73][74]

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