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(State Flowers)

The table below lists each state and its official state flower with its scientific binomial designation and photo.

State Flower Photo
Alabama Camellia
(Camellia japonica) 		Official Alabama state flower.
Alaska Forget-Me-Not
(Myosotis alpestris) 		Official Alaska state flower.
Arizona Saguaro Cactus Blossom
(Carnegiea gigantea) 		Official Arizona state flower.
Arkansas Apple Blossom
(Malus domestica) 		Official Arkansas state flower.
California California Poppy
(Eschscholzia californica) 		Official California state flower.
Colorado Rocky Mountain Columbine
(Aquilegia caerulea) 		Official Colorado state flower.
Connecticut Mountain Laurel
(Kalmia latifolia) 		Official Connecticut state flower.
Delaware Peach Blossom
(Prunus persica) 		Official Delaware state flower.
Florida Orange Blossom
(Citrus sinensis) 		Official Florida state flower.
Georgia Cherokee Rose
(Rosa laevigata) 		Official Georgia state flower.
Hawaii Hawaiian Hibiscus
(Hibiscus brackenridgei) 		Official Hawaii state flower.
Idaho Syringa
(Philadelphus lewisii) 		Official Idaho state flower.
Illinois Violet
(Viola sororia) 		Official Illinois state flower.
Indiana Peony
(Paeonia) 		Official Indiana state flower.
Iowa Wild Rose
(Rosa arkansana) 		Official Iowa state flower.
Kansas Native Sunflower
(Helianthus annuus) 		Official Kansas state flower.
Kentucky Goldenrod
(Solidago altissima) 		Official Kentucky state flower.
Louisiana Magnolia
(Magnolia grandiflora) 		Official Louisiana state flower.
Maine White Pinecone and Tassel
(Pinus strobus) 		Official Maine state flower.
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan
(Rudbeckia hirta) 		Official Maryland state flower.
Massachusetts Mayflower
(Epigaea regens) 		Official Massachusetts state flower.
Michigan Apple Blossom
(Malus domestica) 		Official Michigan state flower.
Minnesota Lady Slipper
(Cypripedium reginae) 		Official Minnesota state flower.
Mississippi Magnolia
(Magnolia grandiflora) 		Official Mississippi state flower.
Missouri Hawthorn
(Crataegus missouriensis) 		Official Missouri state flower.
Montana Bitterroot
(Lewisia rediviva) 		Official Montana state flower.
Nebraska Goldenrod
(Solidago gigantea) 		Official Nebraska state flower.
Nevada Sagebrush
(Artemisia tridentata) 		Official Nevada state flower.
New Hampshire Purple Lilac
(Syringa vulgaris) 		Official New Hampshire state flower.
New Jersey Violet
(Viola sororia) 		Official New Jersey state flower.
New Mexico Yucca Flower
(Yucca) 		Official New Mexico state flower.
New York Rose
(Rosa) 		Official New York state flower.
North Carolina American Dogwood
(Cornus florida) 		Official North Carolina state flower.
North Dakota Wild Prairie Rose
(Rosa arkansana) 		Official North Dakota state flower.
Ohio Red Carnation
(Dianthus caryophyllus) 		Official Ohio state flower.
Oklahoma Oklahoma Rose
(Rosa odorata) 		Official Oklahoma state flower.
Oregon Oregon Grape
(Berberis aquifolium) 		Official Oregon state flower.
Pennsylvania Mountain Laurel
(Kalmia latifolia) 		Official Pennsylvania state flower.
Rhode Island Violet
(Viola sororia) 		Official Rhode Island state flower.
South Carolina Yellow Jessamine
(Gelsemium sempervirens) 		Official South Carolina state flower.
South Dakota American Pasque
(Pulsatilla hirsutissima) 		Official South Dakota state flower.
Tennessee Iris
(Iris) 		Official Tennessee state flower.
Texas Blue Bonnet
(Lupinus texensis) 		Official Texas state flower.
Utah Sego Lily
(Calochortus nuttallii) 		Official Utah state flower.
Vermont Red Clover
(Trifolium pratense) 		Official Vermont state flower.
Virginia American Dogwood
(Cornus florida) 		Official Virginia state flower.
Washington Coast Rhododendron
(Rhododendron macrophyllum) 		Official Washington state flower.
West Virginia Big Laurel
(Rhododendron maximum) 		Official West Virginia state flower.
Wisconsin Wood Violet
(Viola papilionacea) 		Official Wisconsin state flower.
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush
(Castilleja linariaefolia) 		Official Wyoming state flower.
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(Camellia japonica)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Alabama state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Alaska'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Forget-Me-Not
(Myosotis alpestris)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Alaska state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Arizona'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Saguaro Cactus Blossom
(Carnegiea gigantea)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Arizona state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Arkansas'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Apple Blossom
(Malus domestica)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Arkansas state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('California'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('California Poppy
(Eschscholzia californica)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official California state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Colorado'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Rocky Mountain Columbine
(Aquilegia caerulea)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Colorado state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Connecticut'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Mountain Laurel
(Kalmia latifolia)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Connecticut state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Delaware'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Peach Blossom
(Prunus persica)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Delaware state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Florida'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Orange Blossom
(Citrus sinensis)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Florida state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Georgia'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Cherokee Rose
(Rosa laevigata)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Georgia state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Hawaii'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Hawaiian Hibiscus
(Hibiscus brackenridgei)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Hawaii state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Idaho'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Syringa
(Philadelphus lewisii)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Idaho state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Illinois'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Violet
(Viola sororia)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Illinois state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Indiana'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Peony
(Paeonia)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Indiana state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Iowa'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Wild Rose
(Rosa arkansana)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Iowa state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Kansas'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Native Sunflower
(Helianthus annuus)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Kansas state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Kentucky'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Goldenrod
(Solidago altissima)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Kentucky state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Louisiana'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Magnolia
(Magnolia grandiflora)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Louisiana state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Maine'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('White Pinecone and Tassel
(Pinus strobus)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Maine state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Maryland'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Black-Eyed Susan
(Rudbeckia hirta)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Maryland state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Massachusetts'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Mayflower
(Epigaea regens)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Massachusetts state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Michigan'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Apple Blossom
(Malus domestica)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Michigan state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Minnesota'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Lady Slipper
(Cypripedium reginae)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Minnesota state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Mississippi'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Magnolia
(Magnolia grandiflora)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Mississippi state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Missouri'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Hawthorn
(Crataegus missouriensis)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Missouri state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Montana'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Bitterroot
(Lewisia rediviva)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Montana state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Nebraska'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Goldenrod
(Solidago gigantea)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Nebraska state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Nevada'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Sagebrush
(Artemisia tridentata)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Nevada state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('New Hampshire'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Purple Lilac
(Syringa vulgaris)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official New Hampshire state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('New Jersey'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Violet
(Viola sororia)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official New Jersey state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('New Mexico'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Yucca Flower
(Yucca)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official New Mexico state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('New York'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Rose
(Rosa)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official New York state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('North Carolina'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('American Dogwood
(Cornus florida)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official North Carolina state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('North Dakota'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Wild Prairie Rose
(Rosa arkansana)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official North Dakota state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Ohio'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Red Carnation
(Dianthus caryophyllus)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Ohio state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Oklahoma'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Oklahoma Rose
(Rosa odorata)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Oklahoma state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Oregon'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Oregon Grape
(Berberis aquifolium)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Oregon state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Pennsylvania'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Mountain Laurel
(Kalmia latifolia)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Pennsylvania state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Rhode Island'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Violet
(Viola sororia)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Rhode Island state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('South Carolina'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Yellow Jessamine
(Gelsemium sempervirens)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official South Carolina state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('South Dakota'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('American Pasque
(Pulsatilla hirsutissima)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official South Dakota state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Tennessee'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Iris
(Iris)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Tennessee state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Texas'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Blue Bonnet
(Lupinus texensis)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Texas state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Utah'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Sego Lily
(Calochortus nuttallii)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Utah state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Vermont'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Red Clover
(Trifolium pratense)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Vermont state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Virginia'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('American Dogwood
(Cornus florida)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Virginia state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Washington'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Coast Rhododendron
(Rhododendron macrophyllum)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Washington state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('West Virginia'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Big Laurel
(Rhododendron maximum)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official West Virginia state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Wisconsin'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Wood Violet
(Viola papilionacea)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Wisconsin state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Wyoming'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Indian Paintbrush
(Castilleja linariaefolia)'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write('Official Wyoming state flower.'); document.write(''); document.write('');

Binomial Nomenclature
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming a species. As the term "binomial" suggests, the scientific name of a species is formed by combining two terms: the genus name and the species descriptor.

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