List of Indian state flowers

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India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.[1] All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. India has its own national symbols.[2] Apart from the national symbols, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including flowers listed below.

States

List of Indian state flowers
State Common name[3]
Binomial name[4]
 Image
Andhra Pradesh Jasmine Jasminum officinale[5]
Arunachal Pradesh
Foxtail orchid
 Rhynchostylis retusa[6]
Assam
Bihar Kachnar Bauhinia variegata[7]
Goa
Red jasmine
 Plumeria rubra
Gujarat
Marigold
 Tagetes erecta
Haryana
Lotus
 Nelumbo nucifera
Himachal Pradesh
Pink rhododendron
 Rhododendron campanulatum[8]
Jharkhand
Palash
 Butea monosperma
Karnataka
Lotus
 Nelumbo nucifera
Kerala
Golden shower
 Cassia fistula
Madhya Pradesh
Palash
 Butea monosperma
Maharashtra Jarul Lagerstroemia speciosa
Manipur
Siroi lily
 Lilium mackliniae
Meghalaya
Lady's slipper orchid
 Paphiopedilum insigne[9]
Mizoram
Red vanda
 Renanthera imschootiana
Nagaland Rhododendron Rhododendron arboreum[10]
Odisha Ashoka Saraca asoca
Punjab Sword lily Gladiolus grandiflorus[11]
Rajasthan
Rohira
Tecomella undulata
Sikkim
Noble orchid
 Cymbidium goeringii
Tamil Nadu
Glory lily
 Gloriosa superba[12]
Telangana Tanner's cassia Senna auriculata
Tripura
Nageswar
 Mesua ferrea[13]
Uttar Pradesh
Palash
 Butea monosperma[14]
Uttarakhand
Brahma kamal
 Saussurea obvallata
West Bengal
Night flowering jasmine
 Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

Union territories

List of Indian state flowers (Union territories)
Union territory Common name[3]
Binomial name[4]
 Image
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman Pyinma Lagerstroemia hypoleuca
Chandigarh
Palash
 Butea monosperma[15]
Delhi Alfalfa
Medicago sativa
Jammu and Kashmir
Common rhododendron
 Rhododendron ponticum[16]
Ladakh Himalayan blue poppy Meconopsis aculeata[17]
Lakshadweep
Neelakurinji
 Strobilanthes kunthiana
Puducherry
Cannonball flower
 Couroupita guianensis

References

  1. ^ "States and Union Territories". Government of India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  2. ^ "National Symbols". Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "State symbols of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Scientific names". A-Z animals. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  5. ^ "State symbols of AP". Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  6. ^ State flower of Assam (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  7. ^ State flower of Bihar (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Flora and fauna of Himachal Pradesh". Government of Himachal Pradesh. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  9. ^ "State symbols of Meghalaya". Unacademy. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  10. ^ "A family in Nagaland is on a mission to conserve the state flower, rhododendron". Down to Earth. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  11. ^ "State symbols of Punjab". Unacademy. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Tamil Nadu goes all out to promote flame lily". The Hindu. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  13. ^ "State symbols of Tripura". Government of Tripura. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  14. ^ K.S. Dogra. State flower of Uttar Pradesh (Report). Botanical Survey of India. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  15. Government of Chandigarh
    . Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Rhododendron red alert". Nature in Focus. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Himalayan blue poppy declared state flower". Voice of Ladakh. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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