Common Meadow Violet
 (Viola
sororia)
Adopted in 1913; 1971.
The state flower of New Jersey was
originally designated as such by a
resolution of the Legislature in 1913.
Unfortunately the force of resolution
ended with the start of the 1914
legislative session, leaving the violet
with uncertain status for the next fifty
years. In 1963 an attempt was made to
have the Legislature "officially"
designate the violet as the state
flower, but the legislation apparently
failed. In 1971, at the urging of New
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Viola sororia, as
the state flower was enacted.
The violet is also the state flower
for Illinois, Rhode Island and
Wisconsin.
THE STATE FLOWER OF NEW JERSEY
Chapter 444, Laws of 1971
Approved 2-15-72
ASSEMBLY, No. 2180
Introduced February 16, 1971
By Assemblywoman MARGETTS,
Assemblymen VREELAND and COBB
Referred to Committee on State
Government
AN ACT designating the violet as the
New Jersey State Flower.
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and
General Assembly of the
State of New Jersey:
The violet (common meadow, V.
sororia) is designated the New
Jersey State Flower.
This act shall take effect
immediately.
- Family: Violet (Violaceae)
- Habitat: woods, meadows,
waste areas
- Height: 3-8 inches
- Flower size: 3/4 to 1
inch wide
- Flower color:
blue-purple, occasionally white or
bicolor
- Flowering time: April to
June
- Origin: native
Taxonomic Hierarchy
|
| Kingdom |
Plantae -- Plants |
| Subkingdom |
Tracheobionta --
Vascular plants |
| Superdivision |
Spermatophyta -- Seed
plants |
| Division |
Magnoliophyta --
Flowering plants |
| Class |
Magnoliopsida --
Dicotyledons |
| Subclass |
Rosidae – |
| Order |
Violales |
| Family |
Violaceae -- Violet
family |
| Genus |
Viola L |
| Species |
Viola sororia
Willd. -- common blue violet
P |
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Official New Jersey State Flower