List of Indian state flowers

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{{short description|State flowers of India}}
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'''India''', officially the '''Republic of India''' is a country in [[South Asia]], consisting of [[States and union territories of India|28 states and eight union territories]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://knowindia.india.gov.in/states-uts/|title=States and Union Territories|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=21 April 2024|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205154934/https://knowindia.india.gov.in/states-uts/|url-status=live}}</ref> All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the [[Government of India|Central Government]]. India has its own [[National symbols of India|national symbols]].<ref name="Symbol">{{cite web|title=National Symbols|url=https://www.india.gov.in/india-glance/national-symbols|access-date=14 August 2022|publisher=[[Government of India]]|archive-date=1 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501093137/https://www.india.gov.in/india-glance/national-symbols|url-status=live}}</ref> Apart from the [[national symbol]]s, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including flowers listed below.

== States ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Indian state flowers
! [[States and union territories of India|State]]
! [[Common name]]<ref name="ENVIS">{{cite web|url=https://wiienvis.nic.in/KidsCentre/state_symbols_india_8411.aspx|title=State symbols of India|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=1 May 2024|archive-date=22 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922102907/https://wiienvis.nic.in/KidsCentre/state_symbols_india_8411.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
! [[Binomial name]]<ref name="Name">{{cite web|url=https://a-z-animals.com/animals/scientific/|title=Scientific names|publisher=A-Z animals|access-date=1 May 2024|archive-date=17 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517031141/https://a-z-animals.com/animals/scientific/|url-status=live}}</ref>
! Image
|-
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| [[Jasminum officinale|Jasmine]]
| ''[[Jasminum officinale]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forests.ap.gov.in/statesymbol.php|title=State symbols of AP|publisher=[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]|access-date=1 May 2023|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505070541/http://forests.ap.gov.in/statesymbol.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[File:Jasminum_multiflorum_0001.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Foxtail orchid]]
| rowspan="2"|''[[Rhynchostylis retusa]]''<ref>{{cite report|url=http://bsienvis.nic.in/State_flower/Assam%20State%20Flower%20-%20Final%20-%2010.12.2013.pdf|title=State flower of Assam|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=1 May 2023}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"|[[File:Rhynchostylis retusa (Foxtail orchid).jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Assam]]
|-
| [[Bihar]]
| [[Bauhinia variegata|Kachnar]]
| ''[[Bauhinia variegata]]''<ref>{{cite report|url=
http://bsienvis.nic.in/writereaddata/Bihar%20State%20Flower%20_Final__3_11.pdf|title=State flower of Bihar|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=1 May 2023}}</ref>
| [[File:Kanchanara (Sanskrit- काञ्चनार) (5506110076).jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Goa]]
| [[Frangipani|Red jasmine]]
| ''[[Plumeria rubra]]''
| [[File:Flowers_of_Plumeria_rubra_in_West_Bengal,_India.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Gujarat]]
| [[African Marigold|Marigold]]
| ''[[Tagetes erecta]]''
| [[File:Gondephool (Konkani- गाँडेंफूल) (420116693).jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Haryana]]
| [[Indian lotus|Lotus]]
| ''[[Nelumbo nucifera]]''
| [[File:Sacred_lotus_Nelumbo_nucifera.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| [[Pink rhododendron]]
| ''[[Rhododendron campanulatum]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://himachaltourism.gov.in/flora-fauna/|title=Flora and fauna of Himachal Pradesh|publisher=[[Government of Himachal Pradesh]]|access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref>
| [[File:Pink Rhododendron Blossom Prashar Himachal Apr11 P1020872.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Jharkhand]]
| [[Parrot Tree|Palash]]
| ''[[Butea monosperma]]''
| [[File:Butea monosperma (1).jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Karnataka]]
| [[Indian lotus|Lotus]]
| ''[[Nelumbo nucifera]]''
| [[File:Sacred_lotus_Nelumbo_nucifera.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Kerala]]
| [[Golden shower tree|Golden shower]]
| ''[[Cassia fistula]]''
| [[File:Cassia fistula flower twig.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| [[Parrot Tree|Palash]]
| ''[[Butea monosperma]]''
| [[File:Butea monosperma (1).jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Lagerstroemia speciosa|Jarul]]
| ''[[Lagerstroemia speciosa]]''
| [[File:Lagerstroemia speciosa 24.JPG|100px]]
|-
| [[Manipur]]
| [[Siroi lily]]
| ''[[Lilium mackliniae]]''
| [[File:Lilium_mackliniae.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Meghalaya]]
| [[Lady's slipper orchid]]
| ''[[Paphiopedilum insigne]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unacademy.com/content/railway-exam/study-material/general-awareness/state-symbols-of-meghalaya/|title=State symbols of Meghalaya|work=[[Unacademy]]|access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref>
| [[File:Paphiopedilum insigne Orchi 02.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Mizoram]]
| [[Red Vanda|Red vanda]]
| ''[[Renanthera imschootiana]]''
| [[File:Renanthera imschootiana 01.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Nagaland]]
| [[Rhododendron]]
| ''[[Rhododendron arboreum]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/a-family-in-nagaland-is-on-a-mission-to-conserve-the-state-flower-rhododendron-93700|title=A family in Nagaland is on a mission to conserve the state flower, rhododendron|date=16 January 2024|access-date=1 May 2024|work=[[Down to Earth (magazine)|Down to Earth]]}}</ref>
| [[File:Rhododendron_arboreum_subsp._nilagiricum_(1).jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Odisha]]
| [[Saraca asoca|Ashoka]]
| ''[[Saraca asoca]]''
| [[File:Sita-Ashok (Saraca asoca) flowers in Kolkata W IMG 4146.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| [[Gladiolus|Sword lily]]
| ''[[Gladiolus|Gladiolus grandiflorus]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unacademy.com/content/railway-exam/study-material/general-awareness/state-symbols-of-punjab/|title=State symbols of Punjab|work=[[Unacademy]]|access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref>
| [[File:Gladiolus x grandiflorus 'En Mélange' JRVdH 01.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Rajasthan]]
| [[Rohira]]
| ''[[Tecomella undulata]]''
| [[File:Tecomella undolata in Punjab, India.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Sikkim]]
| [[Noble orchid]]
| ''[[Cymbidium goeringii]]''
| [[File:Cymbidium goeringii 'Setsuzan'.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| [[Glory lily]]
| ''[[Gloriosa superba]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/tamil-nadu-goes-all-out-to-promote-flame-lily/article5382874.ece|title=Tamil Nadu goes all out to promote flame lily|date=23 November 2023|access-date=1 May 2024|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
| [[File:Gloriosa superba (Glory Lily) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0224.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Telangana]]
| [[Senna auriculata|Tanner's cassia]]
| ''[[Senna auriculata]]''
| [[File:Tangedu flower.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Tripura]]
| [[Nag Kesar|Nageswar]]
| ''[[Mesua ferrea]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tripura.gov.in/state-symbols|title=State symbols of Tripura|publisher=[[Government of Tripura]]|access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref>
| [[File:Mesua ferrea AJTJ DSCN7073.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| [[Palash]]
| ''[[Butea monosperma]]''<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291974295|title=State flower of Uttar Pradesh|access-date=1 May 2024|author=K.S. Dogra|publisher=Botanical Survey of India}}</ref>
| [[File:Butea monosperma (1).jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Uttarakhand]]
| [[Brahma kamal]]
| ''[[Saussurea obvallata]]''
| [[File:Brahmakamal Kaluvinayak Chamoli Uttarakhand 2014-08-23.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[West Bengal]]
| [[Parijat|Night flowering jasmine]]
| ''[[Nyctanthes arbor-tristis]]''
| [[File:(Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) flower at Madhurawada 02.JPG|100px]]
|-
|}

== Union territories ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Indian state flowers (Union territories)
! [[States and union territories of India|Union territory]]
! [[Common name]]<ref name="ENVIS"/>
! [[Binomial name]]<ref name="Name"/>
! Image
|-
| [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
| [[Lagerstroemia|Andaman Pyinma]]
| ''[[Lagerstroemia|Lagerstroemia hypoleuca]]''
| [[File:Lagerstroemia_indica_Blanco1.207.png|100px]]
|-
| [[Chandigarh]]
| [[Palash]]
| ''[[Butea monosperma]]''<ref>{{cite report|url=http://chandigarh.gov.in/pdf/forest-state-abft.pdf|title=State Animal, Bird, Tree and Flower of Chandigarh|publisher=[[Government of Chandigarh]]|access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref>
| [[File:Butea monosperma (1).jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Delhi]]
| [[Alfalfa]]
| ''[[Medicago sativa]]''
| [[File:Medicago-sativa-inflorescence.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| [[Common rhododendron]]
| ''[[Rhododendron ponticum]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.natureinfocus.in/nature-digest/rhododendron-red-alert|title=Rhododendron red alert|work=Nature in Focus|access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref>
| [[File:Rhododendron ponticum 2.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Ladakh]]
| [[Meconopsis aculeata|Himalayan blue poppy]]
| ''[[Meconopsis aculeata]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.voiceofladakh.in/2023/12/himalayan-blue-poppy-meconopsis-aculeata-declared-as-ladakhs-state-flower/|title=Himalayan blue poppy declared state flower|date=29 December 2023|access-date=31 December 2023|work=Voice of Ladakh}}</ref>
| [[File:Meconopsis aculeata - Blue Poppy on way from Gangria to Valley of Flowers National Park - during LGFC - VOF 2019 (5).jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Lakshadweep]]
| [[Neelakurinji]]
| ''[[Strobilanthes kunthiana]]''
|[[File:Strobilanthes kunthianus Kurinji Flowers.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
| [[Cannonball tree|Cannonball flower]]
| ''[[Couroupita guianensis]]''
| [[File:Carpenter bee on flower, coimbatore - panoramio.jpg|100px]]
|}

==References==
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{{Symbols of Indian states}}

[[Category:States and union territories of India-related lists|State flowers]]
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