List of U.S. state and territory flowers

"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
Alabama	Camellia (state flower)	Camellia japonica		1959 (clarified 1999)[1]
	Oak-leaf hydrangea (state wildflower)	Hydrangea quercifolia		1999[2]
Alaska	Forget-me-not	Myosotis alpestris		1917[3]
American Samoa	Paogo (Ulafala)	Pandanus tectorius		1973[4]
Arizona	Saguaro cactus blossom	Carnegiea gigantea		1931[5]
Arkansas	Apple blossom	Malus		1901[6]
California	California poppy	Eschscholzia californica		1903[7]
Colorado	Colorado blue columbine	Aquilegia coerulea		1899[8]
Connecticut	Mountain laurel (state flower)	Kalmia latifolia		1907[9]
	Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks (children's state flower)	Mirabilis jalapa		2015[10]
Delaware	Peach blossom	Prunus persica		1953[11]
District of Columbia	American Beauty Rose	Rosa		1925[4]
Florida	Orange blossom (state flower)	Citrus sinensis		1909[12]
	Tickseed (state wildflower)	Coreopsis spp.		1991[13]
Georgia	Cherokee rose (state floral emblem)	Rosa laevigata		1916[14]
	Azalea (state wildflower)	Rhododendron		1979[15]
Guam	Bougainvillea spectabilis	Bougainvillea spectabilis		1968[4]
Hawaii	Hawaiian hibiscus (maʻo hau hele)	Hibiscus brackenridgei		1988[16][17]
Idaho	Syringa, mock orange	Philadelphus lewisii		1931[18]
Illinois	Violet (state flower)	Viola		1907[19]
	Milkweed (state wildflower)	Asclepias spp.		2017[20]
Indiana	Peony	Paeonia		1957[21]
Iowa	Wild rose	Rosa arkansana		1897[22][23]
Kansas	Sunflower	Helianthus annuus		1903[24]
Kentucky	Goldenrod	Solidago gigantea		1926[25]
Louisiana	Magnolia (state flower)	Magnolia		1900[26]
	Louisiana iris (state wildflower)	Iris giganticaerulea		1990[27]
Maine	White pine cone and tassel	Pinus strobus		1895[28]
Maryland	Black-eyed susan	Rudbeckia hirta		1918[29]
Massachusetts	Mayflower	Epigaea repens		1918[30]
Michigan	Apple blossom (state flower)	Malus		1897[31][32]
	Dwarf lake iris (state wildflower)	Iris lacustris		1998[33]
Minnesota	Pink and white lady's slipper	Cypripedium reginae		1902 (enacted 1967)[34][35]
Mississippi	Magnolia (state flower)	Magnolia		1900 (enacted 1952)[36]
	Tickseed (state wildflower)	Coreopsis		1991[37]
Missouri	Hawthorn	Crataegus		1923[38]
Montana	Bitterroot	Lewisia rediviva		1894[39]
Nebraska	Goldenrod	Solidago gigantea		1895[40]
Nevada	Sagebrush	Artemisia tridentata		1967[41]
New Hampshire	Purple lilac (state flower)	Syringa vulgaris		1919[42]
	Pink lady's slipper (state wildflower)	Cypripedium acaule		1991[42]
New Jersey	Violet	Viola sororia		1971[43][44]
New Mexico	Yucca flower	Yucca		1927[45]
New York	Rose	Rosa		1955[46]
North Carolina	Flowering dogwood (state flower)	Cornus florida		1941[47]
	Carolina lily (state wildflower)	Lilium michauxii		2003[48][49]
North Dakota	Wild prairie rose	Rosa blanda or arkansana		1907[50]
Northern Mariana Islands	Flores mayo	Plumeria		1979[4]
Ohio	Scarlet carnation (state flower)	Dianthus caryophyllus		1953[51]
	Large white trillium (state wild flower)	Trillium grandiflorum		1987[52]
Oklahoma	Oklahoma rose (state flower)	Rosa		2004[53]
	Indian blanket (state wildflower)	Gaillardia pulchella		1986[53]
	Mistletoe (state floral emblem)	Phoradendron leucarpum		1893[53]
Oregon	Oregon grape	Berberis aquifolium		1899[54]
Pennsylvania	Mountain laurel (state flower)	Kalmia latifolia		1933[55]
	Penngift crown vetch (beautification and conservation plant)	Coronilla varia		1982[55]
Puerto Rico	Flor de Maga	Thespesia grandiflora		2019[56][57]
Rhode Island	Violet	Viola		1968[58][59]
South Carolina	Yellow jessamine (state flower)	Gelsemium sempervirens		1924[60]
	Goldenrod (state wildflower)	Solidago altissima		2003[61]
South Dakota	Pasque flower	Pulsatilla hirsutissima		1903[62]
Tennessee	Iris (state cultivated flower)	Iris		1933[63]
	Purple passionflower (state wildflower 1)	Passiflora incarnata		1919[63]
	Tennessee purple coneflower (state wildflower 2)	Echinacea tennesseensis		2012[63]
Texas	Bluebonnet spp.	Lupinus spp.		1901 (broadened in 1971)[64]
Utah	Sego lily	Calochortus nuttallii		1911[65]
Vermont	Red clover	Trifolium pratense		1894[66]
Virgin Islands	Yellow Elder	Tecoma stans		1934[4]
Virginia	American dogwood	Cornus florida		1918[67][68]
Washington	Coast rhododendron	Rhododendron macrophyllum		1892 (officially 1959)[69]
West Virginia	Rhododendron	Rhododendron maximum		1903[70]
Wisconsin	Wood violet	Viola papilionacea		1909[71]
Wyoming	Indian paintbrush	Castilleja linariifolia		1917[72][73]

See also

• List of U.S. state trees
• Lists of U.S. state insignia

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External links

• List of state flowers