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The term floral emblem, which refers to flowers specifically, is primarily used in Australia and Canada. In the
United States, the term state flower is more often used.
Rhode Island Symbols
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Rhode Island State Flower
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Taxonomic Hierarchy |
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| Kingdom | Plantae -- Plants |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta -- Seed plants |
| Division | Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants |
| Class | Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | Rosidae – |
| Order | Violales |
| Family | Violaceae -- Violet family |
| Genus | Viola L |
| Species | Viola palmata L. – early blue violet |
- Find images and a brief
history of
the flowers
representing, usually by legislative action, the
state
symbols of each of the fifty states. Many of the state flowers are actually trees --
some states have chosen the same species as state tree and as state flower.
flow·er (flour)
n.
1. - a. It is the reproductive structure of many seed-bearing plants, typically having
either specialized male or female organs or both male and female organs, like stamens and a
pistil, enclosed in an outer envelope of petals and sepals.
b. Such a structure having showy or colorful parts; a blossom. - 2. A plant that is cultivated or cherished for its blossoms.
3. The condition or a time of having developed flowers: The violets were in full flower.
4. Something, such as an decoration or a figure of speech that resembles a flower in shape, fineness, or attractiveness.