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New Hampshire: Purple lilac (state flower) Syringa vulgaris: 1919 [41] Pink lady's slipper (state wildflower) Cypripedium acaule: 1991 [41] New Jersey: Violet: Viola sororia: 1971 [42] [43] New Mexico: Yucca flower: Yucca: 1927 [44] New York: Rose: Rosa: 1955 [45] North Carolina: Flowering dogwood (state flower) Cornus florida: 1941 [46 ...
V. sororia is the state flower of Illinois, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. [21] The genus Viola is known as a symbol of love and modesty by poets such as Sappho, William Shakespeare, and Christina Rossetti. [16]
State color: Buff and Jersey Blue [10] State cryptid: Jersey Devil (not classified) [9] State dance: Square dance [9] State dinosaur: Hadrosaurus foulkii [9] State dog: Seeing Eye Dog [9] State fish: Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) [9] State flower: Common meadow violet (Viola sororia) [9] State fruit: Northern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium ...
In the United States, the common blue violet Viola sororia is the state flower of Illinois, [94] Rhode Island, [95] New Jersey [96] and Wisconsin. [97] [98] In Canada, the Viola cucullata is the provincial flower of New Brunswick, adopted in 1936. [99] In the United Kingdom, Viola riviniana is the county flower of Lincolnshire. [100]
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^ Florida's state gem, moonstone, was adopted to highlight Florida's role in the United States' Lunar program, which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. [81] ^ Since 1983, Massachusetts has had 3 other official state rocks: State Historical Rock (Plymouth Rock), State Explorer Rock (Dighton Rock), and State Building and Monument Stone . In ...
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The first symbol was the Seal of Indiana, which was made official in 1801 for the Indiana Territory and again in 1816 by the state of Indiana. [2] It served as the state's only emblem for nearly a century until the adoption of the state song in 1913. [3] For many years, Indiana was the only state without a flag. The official state banner was ...