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State Common name Scientific name
Binomial nomenclature

In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is called binominal nomenclature , binary nomenclature , or the binomial classification system....
 
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Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
Camellia
Camellia japonica

The Japanese Camellia is one of the best known species of Camellia. It is a flowering shrub or a small tree native to Japan, Korea and China....
 
(state flower)
1959
(clarified
1999)
Oak-leaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia

Hydrangea quercifolia is a species of hydrangea native to the southeastern United States, from North Carolina west to Tennessee, and south to Florida and Louisiana....
 
(state wildflower)
Hydrangea Quericifolia1
1999
Alaska
Alaska

Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
Forget-me-not
Forget-me-not

Myosotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae that are commonly called Forget-me-nots. Its common name was calqued from the French, "ne m'oubliez pas" and first used in English in c.1532....
 
Forget Me Not Close 600
 
Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
Saguaro Cactus blossom
Carnegiea Gigantea Flowers
 
Arkansas
Arkansas

Arkansas is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River....
Apple blossom
Malus

Malus, the apples, is a genus of about 30?35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called ....
 
Appletree Bloom L
1901
California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
California Poppy
California poppy

The California poppy is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m altitude in the western United States throughout California, extending to Oregon, southern Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and in Mexico in Sonora and northwest Baja California....
 
California Poppy Closeup
 
Colorado
Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
Rocky Mountain Columbine
Columbine Flower
 
Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
Mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia

Kalmia latifolia, commonly called Mountain-laurel or Spoonwood, is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to the eastern United States, from southern Maine south to northern Florida, and west to Indiana and Louisiana....
 
Kalmia Latifolia2
 
Delaware
Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the East Coast of the United States in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom Cape Henlopen was originally named....
Peach blossom
Peach

The peach is known as a species of Prunus native to China that bears an edible juicy fruit also called a peach. It is a deciduous tree growing to 5?10 m tall, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae....
 
Peach Flowers
 
Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
Orange blossom
Orange (fruit)

An orange?specifically, the sweet orange?is the citrus Citrus sinensis and its fruit. The orange is a Hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo and tangerine ....
 
Orangebloss Wb
1909
Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
Cherokee Rose
Cherokee Rose

Rosa laevigata is a rose native to southern China and Taiwan south to Laos and Vietnam.It is an evergreen climbing shrub, scrambling over other shrubs and small trees to heights of up to ....
 (state flower)
Cherokee Rose
 
Azalea
Azalea

Azaleas are flowering shrubs making up part of the genus Rhododendron. Originally azaleas were classed as a different genus of plant, but now they are recognised as two of the eight sub-genera of rhododendrons - subgenus Pentanthera , and subgenus Tsutsuji ....
 (state wildflower)
 
Hawaii
Hawaii

File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
Hawaiian hibiscus
Hawaiian hibiscus

The genus Hibiscus includes some 200 species, seven of which are regarded as native Hawaiian hibiscus. Although tourists regularly do associate the hibiscus flower with their experiences visiting the United States state of Hawaii, and the plant family Malvaceae includes a relatively large number of species that are native to the Hawai...
 
(ma‘o hau hele)
Maohauhele
 
Idaho
Idaho

The State of Idaho is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The state's largest city and Capital is Boise, Idaho....
Mock Orange
Philadelphus lewisii

Philadelphus lewisii is a deciduous shrub native to western North America, from northwestern California in the Sierra Nevada , north to southern British Columbia, and east to Idaho and Montana....
 
Philadelphus Lewisii
 
Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
Violet
Violet (plant)

Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae, with around 400?500 species distributed around the world. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, however viola species are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in South America....
 
Viola Sororia
1907
Indiana
Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
Peony
Peony

The peony or paeony is the only genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae. They are native to Asia, southern Europe and western North America....
 
Paeonia 19
 
Iowa
Iowa

The State of Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland." It is bordered by Minnesota to the north, Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Nebraska and South Dakota to the west, and Missouri to the south....
Wild Prairie Rose
Wild Prairie Rose

Rosa arkansana is a species of rose native to a large area of central North America, between the Appalachian Mountains and Rocky Mountains from Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan south to New Mexico, Texas and Indiana....
 
 
Kansas
Kansas

The State of Kansas is a Midwestern U.S. state in the Central United States of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the United States "Heartland"....
Sunflower
Sunflower

The sunflower is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae and native to the Americas, with a large flowering head . The stem can grow as high as 3 meters , and the flower head can reach 30 cm in diameter with the "large" seeds....
 
A Sunflower
 
Kentucky
Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....
Goldenrod
Goldenrod

The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae....
 
Solidago Gigantea01
1926
Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
Magnolia
Magnolia

Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the Family Magnoliaceae.The natural range of Magnolia species is a disjunct distribution, with a main center in east and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies, and some species i...
 
(state flower)
Magnolia Grandiflora3
 
Louisiana Iris
Iris giganticaerulea

Iris giganticaerulea is a species of iris native to Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi in the United States.The plant has 4-6 basal leaves which are 100-130 cm long and 2-3 cm wide....
 
(state wildflower)
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Maine
Maine

The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....
White pine cone and tassel
Eastern White Pine

is a large pine native to eastern North America, occurring from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and southeastern Manitoba, and south along the Appalachian Mountains to the extreme south of Georgia ....
 
 
Maryland
Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....
Black-eyed susan
Rudbeckia hirta

Rudbeckia hirta is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright annual plant native to most of North America, and is one of a number of plants with the common name Black-eyed Susan that also has purple on the side....
 
Rudbeckia Hirta Indian Summer
 
Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
Mayflower
Trailing Arbutus
 
Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
Apple blossom
Malus

Malus, the apples, is a genus of about 30?35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called ....
 
(state flower)
Appletree Bloom L
1897
Dwarf Lake Iris
Dwarf Lake Iris

The Dwarf Lake Iris is a tiny Iris species endemic to the northern shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. In 1998 it was designated the state wildflower of Michigan, where the vast majority of populations exist....
 
(state wildflower)
Iris Lacustris
 
Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
Pink and white lady's slipper
Cypripedium Reginae
 
Mississippi
Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
Magnolia
Magnolia

Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the Family Magnoliaceae.The natural range of Magnolia species is a disjunct distribution, with a main center in east and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies, and some species i...
 
(state flower)
Magnolia Grandiflora3
 
Tickseed
Tickseed

Coreopsis is a genus of herbs in the family Asteraceae. Many of its 35 species are cultivated. Twenty-eight species are native to North America and the others come from Central and South America....
 
(state wildflower)
Coreopsis7222
 
Missouri
Missouri

Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....
Hawthorn
Crataegus

Hawthorn is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America....
 
Common Hawthorn Flowers
 
Montana
Montana

Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....
Bitterroot
Bitterroot

The bitterroot is a small, low, pink flower with yellow center. It is the state flower of Montana in the United States.The plant is a low-growing perennial plant with a fleshy taproot and a simple or branched base....
 
 
Nebraska
Nebraska

Nebraska is a U.S. state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Western United States.Nebraska probably gets its name from the archaic Chiwere language words ?? Br?sge or the Omaha-Ponca language N? Bth?ska meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state....
Goldenrod
Goldenrod

The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae....
 
Solidago Gigantea01
 
Nevada
Nevada

Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada....
Sagebrush
Sagebrush

Sagebrush is a common name of a number of shrubby species in the genus Artemisia native to North America:*Artemisia arbuscula ? Little Sagebrush, Low Sagebrush...
 
Sagebrush
 
New Hampshire
New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States of America. The state was named after the southern English Counties of England of Hampshire....
Purple lilac
Lilac

Syringa is a genus of about 20?25 species of flowering plants in the olive family , native to Europe and Asia.They are deciduous shrubs or small trees, ranging in size from 2?10 m tall, with stems up to 20?30 cm diameter....
 
Lilac (2)
 
New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
Violet
Viola sororia

Viola sororia, also known as the Common Blue Violet, is a stemless herbaceous Perennial plant plant that is native to eastern North America....
 
Viola Sororia
 
New Mexico
New Mexico

New Mexico is a U. S. State located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. Inhabited by Native Americans in the United States populations for many centuries, it has also has been part of the Spanish Empire viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S....
Yucca flower
Yucca

The yuccas comprise the genus Yucca of 40-50 species of perennial plants, shrubs, and trees in the agave family Agavaceae, notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped Leaf and large terminal clusters of white or whitish flowers....
 
Yukka Filamentosa
 
New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
Rose
Rose

A rose is a perennial plant flower shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species and comes in a variety of colors....
 
Rosa Sp
 
North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
Flowering Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida is a species of dogwood native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southern Ontario and eastern Kansas, and south to northern Florida and eastern Texas and also in Illinois, with a disjunct population in eastern Mexico in Nuevo Le?n and Veracruz....
 
Benthamidia Florida2
1941
North Dakota
North Dakota

North Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States and Western United States regions of the United States of America. North Dakota is the 19th largest state by area in the US; it is the 48th most populous, with just over 640,000 residents as of 2006....
Wild Prairie Rose
Wild Prairie Rose

Rosa arkansana is a species of rose native to a large area of central North America, between the Appalachian Mountains and Rocky Mountains from Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan south to New Mexico, Texas and Indiana....
 

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Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
Scarlet Carnation
(state flower)
 
Large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum

Trillium grandiflorum, commonly known as white trillium, great white trillium, white wake-robin, or in French language as trille blanc, is a perennial monocotyledonous plant in the Liliaceae....

(state wild flower)
 
Oklahoma
Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a U.S. state and a sovereignty located in the South Central United States and Southern United States of the United States of America ....
Oklahoma Rose
(state flower)
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Mistletoe
Phoradendron leucarpum

Phoradendron leucarpum is a species of mistletoe which is native to the United States and Mexico. Its common names include American mistletoe, eastern mistletoe, hairy mistletoe, oak mistletoe, Pacific mistletoe, or western mistletoe....
 
(state floral emblem)
 
Indian Blanket
(state wildflower)
Blanketflowergaillardiapulchellatexas
 
Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
Oregon grape
Mahonia Aquifolium
 
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia

Kalmia latifolia, commonly called Mountain-laurel or Spoonwood, is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to the eastern United States, from southern Maine south to northern Florida, and west to Indiana and Louisiana....
 
(state flower)
Kalmia Latifolia2
1933
Penngift Crown Vetch
Crown Vetch

Securigera varia, commonly known as Crown Vetch or Purple Crown Vetch, is a low-growing legume vine. It is native to Africa, Asia and Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States and Canada for erosion control, roadside planting and soil rehabilitation....
 
(beautification and
conservation plant)
Fabaceae 01 Bgiu
1982
Rhode Island
Rhode Island

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....
Violet
Violet (plant)

Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae, with around 400?500 species distributed around the world. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, however viola species are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in South America....
 
Viola Sororia
 
South Carolina
South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
Yellow Jessamine
Yellow Jessamine

Gelsemium sempervirens is a twining vine in the family Gelsemiaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical Americas from Guatemala north to the Southeastern United States....
 
Jessamine9493
1924
Goldenrod
Goldenrod

The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae....
 
(state wildflower)
Solidago Virgaurea Minuta0
2003
South Dakota
South Dakota

South Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America. It is named after the Lakota people and Sioux Sioux Native Americans in the United States tribes....
Pasque flower
Pasque flower

A pasque flower is a deciduous Perennial plant that is found in short clumps in meadows and prairies of North America and Eurasia. The genus Pulsatilla includes about 30 species, many of which are valued for their finely-dissected Leaf, solitary bell-shaped flowers, and plumed seed heads....
 
Pulsatilla Vulgaris 700px
 
Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
Iris
Iris (plant)

Iris is a genus of between 200-300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers. It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species....
 
1933
Passion flower
Passion flower

The passion flowers or passion vines are a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants, the namesakes of the family Passifloraceae. They are mostly vines, with some being shrubs, and a few species being herbaceous....
 
(state wildflower)
1919
Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
Bluebonnet
Bluebonnet

The bluebonnet, a name common to several North American species of Lupinus, is the state flower of Texas. They typically grow about 0.3 m tall....
 
Bluebonnet1
1901
(clarified
1971)
Utah
Utah

The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
Sego lily
Calochortus nuttallii

The Sego Lily, Calochortus nuttallii, is a bulbous Perennial plant which is endemic species to the Western United States. It is also the list of U.S....
 
Sego Lily Cm
1911
Vermont
Vermont

Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
Red Clover
Red clover

Trifolium pratense is a species of clover, native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa, but planted and naturalised in many other regions....
 
Red Clover Close 800
 
Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
American Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida is a species of dogwood native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southern Ontario and eastern Kansas, and south to northern Florida and eastern Texas and also in Illinois, with a disjunct population in eastern Mexico in Nuevo Le?n and Veracruz....
 
Benthamidia Florida2
 
Washington
Washington

Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
Coast Rhododendron
Rhododendron Macrophyllum
1892
(officially
1959)
West Virginia
West Virginia

West Virginia is a U.S. state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast....
Rhododendron
Rhododendron

Rhododendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. It is a large genus with over 1000 species and most have showy flower displays....
 
Rhododendron By Eiffel Public Domain 20040617
 
Wisconsin
Wisconsin

Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....
Wood Violet
Viola sororia

Viola sororia, also known as the Common Blue Violet, is a stemless herbaceous Perennial plant plant that is native to eastern North America....
 
Viola Sororia
 
Wyoming
Wyoming

The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated U.S. state in the Northwestern United States of the United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region known as the High Plains ....
Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja linariifolia

Castilleja linariifolia is a perennial plant, native to the United States and is the floral emblem of Wyoming. It has a number of common names including Wyoming Indian paintbrush, Narrow-leaved Indian paintbrush, desert paintbrush, Wyoming desert paintbrush, Wyoming paintbrush, linaria-leaved Indian Paintb...
 
Indian Paintbrush in Grand Teton Np Nps
1917.


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