Official State Flowers of the United States
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Rhododendron maximum - Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum – Rhododendron
State Flower of West Virginia – Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) was designated the official state flower of West Virginia in 1903.
Rhododendron maximum — its common names include great laurel, great rhododendron, rosebay rhododendron, American rhododendron and big rhododendron — is a species of Rhododendron native to the Appalachians of eastern North America, from Alabama north to coastal Nova Scotia.