Millions of these white flowers perfume the atmosphere throughout central and south Florida during orange blossom time. The orange blossom was selected as the state flower by the 1909 legislature.

In 4th grade, my class learned all of the Florida official state symbols. It was confusing to me why our state flower was actually a citrus tree blossom. Decades have passed without clarity ...

DID YOU KNOW: In 1991 the flower of the genus Coreopsis was designated as Florida's official wildflower. The state legislature made this designation after the colorful flowers were used ...