Blooms Across America: US State Flowers Quiz

The golden poppy (Eschscholzia californica) has been California's official state flower since 1903, and its brilliant orange blooms carpet the state's hillsides every spring.

The bluebonnet became Texas's state flower in 1901. Today the designation covers every species of bluebonnet in the genus Lupinus, including the showy Lupinus texensis whose fields of bright blue blooms along Texas roadsides are one of the most beloved springtime sights in the Lone Star State.

New York designated the rose as its official state flower in 1955, honoring one of the world's most universally recognized and beloved blossoms.

The fragrant orange blossom has been Florida's official state flower since 1909, chosen to celebrate the citrus groves that have long defined the Sunshine State's agricultural heritage.

Vermont designated the red clover as its state flower in 1894, honoring this cheerful meadow plant that thrives in the pastures and fields of the Green Mountain State.

Louisiana designated the magnolia as its official state flower, celebrating the majestic trees with their large, fragrant blossoms that have come to symbolize the beauty of the Deep South.

The Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata) has been Georgia's state flower since 1916 — it is a white-bloomed rose that naturalized in the South from Asia and is named in honor of the Cherokee people.

Tennessee designated the iris as its official state cultivated flower in 1933, celebrating richly varied blooms that come in nearly every color of the rainbow. (The passionflower is separately recognized as Tennessee's state wildflower.)

Mountain laurel has been Connecticut's official state flower since 1907, and its beautiful spring blooms decorate the state's wooded hillsides — though all parts of the plant are poisonous.

Colorado adopted the Rocky Mountain columbine (Aquilegia caerulea) as its state flower in 1899, and this graceful blue-and-white wildflower grows naturally in alpine meadows across the state.

Alaska adopted the forget-me-not as its official flower in 1917, while it was still a territory, and kept it at statehood in 1959 — recognizing these tiny, cheerful blue blossoms that brighten the Alaskan wilderness during the summer growing season.

Hawaii's official state flower is the yellow hibiscus (Hibiscus brackenridgei), known in Hawaiian as the pua aloalo — it was designated the state flower in 1988 and grows naturally only in Hawaii.

Virginia adopted the American dogwood blossom as its official state flower in 1918, honoring the beautiful white-flowered trees that herald spring across the Old Dominion's forests and roadsides.

Missouri designated the white hawthorn blossom as its official state flower in 1923, celebrating the clusters of delicate white flowers that appear on hawthorn trees throughout the Show-Me State each spring.

Oklahoma adopted mistletoe as its territorial floral emblem in 1893, and it remains the state's official floral emblem today (the Oklahoma rose became the official state flower in 2004). Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that attaches to tree branches and draws water and nutrients from its host.