The United States offers a vast array of colorful, diverse landscapes that are speckled with flowers of all kinds. Throughout the years as a unified country, each state has chosen an official state flower to represent its unique beauty, culture, and identity. For example, the official state flower of Tennessee is the iris, which is celebrated with an annual Iris Festival, where people gather for a rodeo, flower show, and crowning of the Iris Queen. The official state flower of Vermont is the red clover, which is meant to represent the state’s abundant farms and fields. It is often grown as food for cows and other animals, and honeybees thoroughly enjoy it. The official state flower of Nevada is the sagebrush, which was used by Natives for its medicinal benefits as well as for crafting hats and other materials. The highly flammable oils of the wood also make it exceptional for firewood.