Ohio's state flower,the red/scarlet carnation,became the state flower to honor the memory of William McKinley who often wore this flower in his lapel.
There are no states with the red carnation as their state flower, but there is only one state with the scarletcarnation as its state flower. That state is Ohio.
The scarlet carnation is Ohio's state flower because it was the favorite flower of President McKinley. The flower was adopted as the state flower in 1904, 3 years after President McKinley was assassinated.
Scarlet caraitionThe state flower of Ohio is the scarlet carnation.
the flower is the carnation and the tree is the buckeye
Harrisburg is not a state, but a city in several states. The most common Harrisburg cities would be inPennsylvania, Ohio And texas. The Pennsylvsania state flower is the "Mountain Laurel", the Ohio state flower is the "Scarlet Carnation" and the Texas flower is the "BlueBonnet"
The scarlet carnation is the state flower of Ohio.
Scarlet Carnation
Crimson (Red) Carnation
the state flower became a flower because it wAS The first flower to grow there.
The syringa was appointed as the official state flower of Idaho in 1931.
The sunflower is the state flower of Kansas because the state is heavily populated with the flower. The sunflower become the state flower in 1903.
The nickname for Ohio and its inhabitants -- Buckeye (Hippocastanaceae Aesculus glabra) became official in 1953 when the legislature named the Ohio Buckeye the state tree.