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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)
Oak-leaf hydrangea
(state wildflower)		 Hydrangea quercifolia 1999
Alaska Forget-me-not Myosotis alpestris 1917
American Samoa Paogo (Ulafala) Pandanus tectorius 1973
Arizona Saguaro cactus blossom Carnegiea gigantea 1931
Arkansas Apple blossom Malus 1901
California California poppy Eschscholzia californica 1903
Colorado Colorado blue columbine Aquilegia coerulea 1899
Connecticut Mountain laurel
(state flower)		 Kalmia latifolia 1907
Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks
(children's state flower)		 Mirabilis jalapa 2015
Delaware Peach blossom Prunus persica 1953
District of Columbia American Beauty Rose Rosa 1925
Florida Orange blossom
(state flower)		 Citrus sinensis Orange blossom 1909
Tickseed
(state wildflower)		 Coreopsis spp. Coreopsis gladiata 1991
Georgia Cherokee rose
(state floral emblem)		 Rosa laevigata 1916
Azalea
(state wildflower)		 Rhododendron 1979
Guam Bougainvillea spectabilis Bougainvillea spectabilis 1968
Hawaii Hawaiian hibiscus
(maʻo hau hele)		 Hibiscus brackenridgei 1988
Idaho Syringa, mock orange Philadelphus lewisii 1931
Illinois Violet
(state flower)		 Viola 1907
Milkweed
(state wildflower)		 Asclepias spp. 2017
Indiana Peony Paeonia 1957
Iowa Wild rose Rosa arkansana 1897
Kansas Sunflower Helianthus annuus 1903
Kentucky Goldenrod Solidago gigantea 1926
Louisiana Magnolia
(state flower)		 Magnolia 1900
Louisiana iris
(state wildflower)		 Iris giganticaerulea 1990
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 1902 (enacted 1967)
Mississippi Magnolia
(state flower)		 Magnolia 1900 (enacted 1952)
Tickseed
(state wildflower)		 Coreopsis 1991
Missouri Hawthorn Crataegus 1923
Montana Bitterroot Lewisia rediviva 1894
Nebraska Goldenrod Solidago gigantea 1895
Nevada Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata 1967
New Hampshire Purple lilac
(state flower)		 Syringa vulgaris 1919
Pink lady's slipper
(state wildflower)		 Cypripedium acaule 1991
New Jersey Violet Viola sororia 1971
New Mexico Yucca flower Yucca 1927
New York Rose Rosa 1955
North Carolina Flowering dogwood
(state flower)		 Cornus florida 1941
Carolina lily
(state wildflower) 		Lilium michauxii 2003
North Dakota Wild prairie rose Rosa blanda
or arkansana		 1907
Northern Mariana Islands Flores mayo Plumeria 1979
Ohio Scarlet carnation
(state flower)		 Dianthus caryophyllus 1953
Large white trillium
(state wild flower)		 Trillium grandiflorum 1987
Oklahoma Oklahoma rose
(state flower)		 Rosa 2004
Indian blanket
(state wildflower)		 Gaillardia pulchella 1986
Mistletoe
(state floral emblem)		 Phoradendron leucarpum 1893
Oregon Oregon grape Berberis aquifolium 1899
Pennsylvania Mountain laurel
(state flower)		 Kalmia latifolia 1933
Penngift crown vetch
(beautification and
conservation plant)		 Coronilla varia 1982
Puerto Rico Flor de Maga Thespesia grandiflora 2019
Rhode Island Violet Viola 1968
South Carolina Yellow jessamine
(state flower)		 Gelsemium sempervirens 1924
Goldenrod
(state wildflower)		 Solidago altissima 2003
South Dakota Pasque flower Pulsatilla hirsutissima 1903
Tennessee Iris
(state cultivated flower)		 Iris 1933
Purple passionflower
(state wildflower 1)		 Passiflora incarnata 1919
Tennessee purple coneflower
(state wildflower 2)		 Echinacea tennesseensis 2012
Texas Bluebonnet spp. Lupinus spp. 1901
(broadened
in 1971)
Utah Sego lily Calochortus nuttallii 1911
Vermont Red clover Trifolium pratense 1894
Virgin Islands Yellow Elder Tecoma stans 1934
Virginia American dogwood Cornus florida 1918
Washington Coast rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum 1892
(officially
1959)
West Virginia Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum 1903
Wisconsin Wood violet Viola papilionacea Wood Violet 1909
Wyoming Indian paintbrush Castilleja linariifolia 1917

See also

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