Georgia state flower facts. References flora of china. Cherokee indians widely distributed the plant. Georgias climate is usually warm and the state has a healthy rainfall levels.
Text is available under the creative commons attribution. Frontier and southeastern indian interpretive center. In 1916 with the support of the georgia federation of womens clubs the cherokee rose was named the state floral emblem.
This page was last edited on 8 august 2019 at 0315 utc. It is the state flower of georgia. Georgia is the presidential birthplace james earl carter jr born in plains on october 1 1924 was the 39th us president serving from 1977 to 1981.
Georgia is one of the us states located in the southeastern part of the country. Georgia folk festival 1992. Total land area of georgia is 58060 sq.
The cherokee rose rosa laevigata is the official state flower of the state while the azalea is the state wildflower. Georgias state bird is the brown thrasher. Georgia designated the cherokee rose rosa laevigata as the official state flower in 1916.
Funk heritagebennett center at reinhardt college in waleska georgia. Cherokee rose rosa laevigata. The flowers gold center is said to symbolize the gold taken from the cherokee tribe.