Find Out the Meaning Behind the Blooms for Each Month The Alabama state flower is the camellia. It replaced the goldenrod on Aug. 26, 1959, as many considered the goldenrod a weed at the time.

Native goldenrod was once Alabama’s state flower but later changed to the camellia. In 1901, Indiana laid claim to the carnation but in 1957, the Hooziers changed it to the peony. Kentucky ...