List of U.S. State Flowers

This is a list of U.S. state flowers:

State Common name Scientific name Image Year
Alabama Camellia
(state flower)
Camellia japonica 1959
(clarified
1999)
Oak-leaf hydrangea
(state wildflower)
Hydrangea quercifolia 1999
Alaska Forget-me-not Myosotis alpestris 2004
Arizona Saguaro cactus blossom Carnegiea gigantea 1931
Arkansas Apple blossom Malus 1901
California California poppy Eschscholzia californica 1903
Colorado Rocky Mountain Columbine Aquilegia caerulea 1899
Connecticut Mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia 1907
Delaware Peach blossom Prunus persica 1953
Florida Orange blossom Citrus sinensis 1909
Tickseed (state wildflower) Coreopsis spp. 1991
Georgia Cherokee Rose (state floral emblem) Rosa laevigata 1916
Azalea (state wildflower) Rhododendron
Hawaii Hawaiian hibiscus
(maʻo hau hele)
Hibiscus brackenridgei
Idaho Syringa, Mock Orange Philadelphus lewisii 1931
Illinois Violet Viola 1907
Indiana Peony Paeonia
Iowa Wild Prairie Rose Rosa arkansana
Kansas Sunflower Helianthus annuus
Kentucky Goldenrod Solidago gigantea 1926
Louisiana Magnolia
(state flower)
Magnolia
Louisiana Iris
(state wildflower)
Iris giganticaerulea
Maine White pine cone and tassel Pinus strobus 1895
Maryland Black-eyed susan Rudbeckia hirta 1918
Massachusetts Mayflower Epigaea repens 1918
Michigan Apple blossom
(state flower)
Malus 1897

Dwarf Lake Iris
(state wildflower)
Iris lacustris 1998
Minnesota Pink and white lady's slipper Cypripedium reginae
Mississippi Magnolia
(state flower)
Magnolia
Tickseed
(state wildflower)
Coreopsis
Missouri Hawthorn Crataegus
Montana Bitterroot Lewisia rediviva 1895
Nebraska Goldenrod Solidago gigantea
Nevada Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata
New Hampshire Purple lilac Syringa vulgaris 1919
New Jersey Violet Viola sororia
New Mexico Yucca flower Yucca 1927
New York Rose Rosa
North Carolina Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida 1941
North Dakota Wild Prairie Rose Rosa blanda
or arkansana
Ohio Scarlet Carnation
(state flower)
Dianthus caryophyllus
Large white trillium
(state wild flower)
Trillium grandiflorum
Oklahoma Oklahoma Rose
(state flower)
Rosa
Mistletoe
(state floral emblem)
Phoradendron serotinum
Indian Blanket
(state wildflower)
Gaillardia pulchella
Oregon Oregon grape Berberis aquifolium
Pennsylvania Mountain Laurel
(state flower)
Kalmia latifolia 1933
Penngift Crown Vetch
(beautification and
conservation plant)
Coronilla varia 1982
Rhode Island Violet Viola 1968
South Carolina Yellow Jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens 1924
Goldenrod
(state wildflower)
Solidago altissima 2003
South Dakota Pasque flower Pulsatilla hirsutissima
Tennessee Iris
(state cultivated flower)
Iris 1933
Purple Passionflower
(state wildflower)
Passiflora incarnata 1919
Texas Bluebonnet sp. Lupinus sp. 1901
(clarified
1971)
Utah Sego lily Calochortus nuttallii 1911
Vermont Red Clover Trifolium pratense 1894
Virginia American Dogwood Cornus florida
Washington Coast Rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum 1892
(officially
1959)
West Virginia Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum
Wisconsin Wood Violet Viola papilionacea 1909
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Castilleja linariifolia 1917.

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