The nickname "Sunflower State" calls to mind the wild flowers of the plains of Kansas, the officially recognized state flower.
The highest elevation in Kansas is on Mt. Sunflower! The Kansas state tree is the Cottonwood and the song is Home On The Range.
Kansas is known as the "Sunflower State"
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.
Kansas ... it's the state flower. Sunflowers grow all over the U.S. and world, but Kansas is "the Sunflower state."
Kansas is the Sunflower State.
The sunflower symbol on the Kansas flag stand for the state nickname, the Sunflower State, and the state flower, the sunflower.
The Sunflower is the State Flower of Kansas.
The sunflower was chosen as Kansas's state flower due to its abundance in the state. It symbolizes the state's bright and sunny nature, as well as its agricultural heritage, since sunflowers are commonly grown in Kansas.
The sunflower is the state flower.
The state of Kansas is nicknamed the "Sunflower state" for the many wildflowers that grow there. Kansas is known as the "Wheat State" as well, as it produces wheat as well as sorghum. Other nicknmes are the "Jayhawk state" and the "Midway state."
The Kansas state flower is the Sunflower.
Kansas does not have an official state fossil. The state animal is the bison, the state flower is the sunflower, and the states nickname is the Sunflower State.
Mount Sunflower got its name because Kansas is named the "Sunflower State".