This is a list of U.S. state and territory plants and botanical gardens — plants and botanical gardens which have been designated as an official symbol(s) by a state or territory's legislature. 5 U.S. states and 1 U.S. territory have an official state/territory plant. 7 U.S. states have an official state botanical garden or arboretum. This list excludes state flowers, state trees, and state grasses.
State or territory |
Name | Image |
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American Samoa | ʻAva / Kava (Piper methysticum)[1] |
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Georgia | Franklinia (Franklinia alatamaha)[2][circular reference] |
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Hawaiʻi | Kalo / Taro (Colocasia esculenta)[3] |
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Louisiana | Creole tomato (state vegetable plant)[4] |
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North Carolina | Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) (state carnivorous plant)[5] |
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Pennsylvania | Penngift crownvetch (Securigera varia) (state beautification and conservation plant)[6] |
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Texas | Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia)[7] |
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State | Botanical garden or aboretum |
Image |
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Georgia | State Botanical Garden of Georgia[8] | ![]() |
Kentucky | Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest (state arboretum)[9] |
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University of Kentucky Arboretum (state botanical garden)[9] |
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Montana | University of Montana at Missoula Campus (state arboretum)[10] |
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North Carolina | North Carolina Arboretum[11] | |
Pennsylvania | Morris arboretum and gardens[12] | ![]() |
South Carolina | South Carolina Botanical Garden[13] | |
Tennessee | University of Tennessee Botanical Gardens[14] | |
Washington | Washington Park Arboretum[15] |
State | Herb, shrub, or lichen |
Image |
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California | Lace lichen (Ramalina menziesii) (state lichen)[16] |
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Colorado | Claret cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) (state cactus)[17] |
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Delaware | Sweet goldenrod (Solidago odora) (state herb)[18] |
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Maine | Wintergreen (state herb)[19] |
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New York | Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) (state bush)[20] |
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Texas | Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) (state shrub)[7] |
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Purple sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) (state native shrub)[7] |
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Wyoming | Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata wyomingensi) (state shrub)[21] |
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In addition to Hawaii's state plant, Hawaii has official state flowers and lei-making material for the individual islands of Hawaii:[22][23]
Island | Flower or lei-making material |
Image |
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Hawaiʻi island | ʻŌhiʻa lehua / Pua lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) |
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Maui | Lokelani / Damask rose (Rosa × damascena) |
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Oʻahu | Pua ʻilima (Sida fallax) |
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Kauaʻi | Mokihana berry (Melicope anisata) |
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Molokaʻi | Pua kukui (Aleurites moluccanus) |
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Lānaʻi | Kaunaʻoa (Cuscuta sandwichiana) |
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Niʻihau | Shells (not a plant) | |
Kahoʻolawe | Hinahina (Heliotropium anomalum var. argenteum) |
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