STATE FLOWER
Vermont's State Flower: Red Clover
Red clover was named Vermont's state flower in 1894, chosen to represent the state's farming heritage rather than its wilder landscapes.
A Tribute to Dairy Country
Unlike many state flowers chosen for rarity or beauty alone, red clover was picked specifically to symbolize Vermont's scenic countryside and its dairy farms. Common in cultivated hay fields and along roadsides throughout the state, its globe-shaped rose-purple blossom is actually made up of roughly a hundred individual florets.
QUICK FACT
Red clover replaced an earlier choice, the wild red lily, when Vermont's legislature made its official designation.
