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Virginia State Floral Emblem:

Photo of flowering dogwood
Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) - large, white petal-like bracts surround
a tight cluster of small greenish-yellow flowers. Photo by Ram-Man on
Wikipedia, published terms of the GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.2
only as published by the Free Software Foundation

Flowering Dogwood

Virginia designated the flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) as the official state floral emblem in 1918.

dogwood flower center close up
Dogwood flowers - close up. Photo by EnLorax on Wikipedia - published under terms of the GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.2 or later
Source:
State Symbols and Emblems: Virginia is for Lovers
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