State Flowers - List of 50 Official US State Flowers
Here is a list of state flowers for the United States of America. Each of the 50 states has designated an official tree and flower. Many of the state flowers are from other parts of the world and were chosen because of their beauty or importance, not because they represent the natural flora of the state they represent. One state even lists a state flower that is not a flower at all. This list of state flowers is composed in the form of a quiz to help you test your general knowledge about the 50 Official State Flowers in the USA.
State Flowers of United States
This list offers alphabetical access to each of the 50 US states designated official flowers.
State Name | State Flower Name | Latin Name |
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Alabama | Camelia | Camellia Japonica |
Alaska | Wild Native Forget-Me-Not | Myosotis Alpestris Subsp. Asiatica |
Arizona | Saguaro Cactus Blossom | Carnegia Gigantea |
Arkansas | Apple Blossom | Malus Domestica |
California | California Poppy | Eschscholzia Californica |
Colorado | Rocky Mountain Columbine | Aquilegia Caerulea |
Connecticut | Mountain Laurel | Kalmia Latifolia |
District Of Columbia | American Beauty Rose | Rosa 'American Beauty' |
Delaware | Peach Blossom | Prunus Persica |
Florida | Orange Blossom | Citrus Sinensis |
Georgia | Cherokee Rose | Rosa Laevigata |
Guam | Puti Tai Nobiu | Bougainvillea Spectabilis |
Hawaii | Pua Aloalo | Hibiscus Brackenridgei |
Idaho | Syringa Mock Orange | Philadelphus Lewisii |
Illinois | Purple Violet | Viola |
Indiana | Peony | Paeonia Lactiflora |
Iowa | Wild Prairie Rose | Rosa Suffulta |
Kansas | Sunflower | Helianthus Annuus |
Kentucky | Goldenrod | Solidago Canadensis Var. Scabra |
Louisiana | Magnolia | Magnolia Grandiflora |
Maine | Eastern White Pine Tassel And Cone | Pinus Strobus |
Maryland | Black-Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia Hirta |
Massachusetts | Mayflower | Epigaea Repens |
Michigan | Apple Blossom | Malus Domestica |
Minnesota | Pink And White Ladyslipper | Cypripedium Reginae |
Mississippi | Magnolia | Magnolia Grandiflora |
Missouri | Hawthorn | Crataegus |
Montana | Bitterroot | Lewisia Rediviva |
Nebraska | Goldenrod | Solidago Gigantea |
Nevada | Sagebrush | Artemisia Tridentata |
New Hampshire | Purple Lilac | Syringa Vulgaris |
New Jersey | Violet | Viola Sororia |
New Mexico | Yucca | Yucca Glauca |
New York | Rose | Rosa |
North Carolina | American Dogwood | Cornus Florida |
North Dakota | Wild Prairie Rose | Rosa Arkansana |
Northern Marianas | Plumeria | Plumeria Rubra Forma Acutifolia |
Ohio | Scarlet Carnation | Dianthus Caryophyllus |
Oklahoma | Mistletoe | Phoradendron Leucarpum |
Oregon | Oregan Grape | Mahonia Aquifolium |
Pennsylvania | Mountain Laurel | Kalmia Latifolia |
Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico Hibiscus | Montezuma Speciosissima |
Rhode Island | Violet | Viola Palmata |
South Carolina | Yellow Jessamine | Gelsemium Sempervirens |
South Dakota | Pasque Flower | Anemone Patens Var. Multifida |
Tennessee | Iris | Iris Germanica |
Texas | Texas Bluebonnet | Lupinus Spp. |
Utah | Sego Lily | Calochortus |
Vermont | Red Clover | Trifolium Pratense |
Virginia | Flowering Dogwood | Cornus Florida |
Washington | Coast Rhododendron | Rhododendron Macrophyllum |
West Virginia | Rhododendron | Rhododendron Maximum |
Wisconsin | Wood Violet | Viola Sororia |
Wyoming | Indian Paintbrush | Castilleja Linariifolia |