State Capital Motto Flower --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alabama ....... Montgomery ..... Audemus jura nostra defendere, We dare defend our rights ........................................... Camellia Alaska ........ Juneau ......... North to the future ................................................................................ Forget-me-not Arizona ....... Phoenix ........ Ditat Deus, God enriches ........................................................................... Saguaro Cactus blossom Arkansas ...... Little Rock .... Regnat populus, The people rule .................................................................... Apple blossom California .... Sacramento ..... Eureka ............................................................................................. California Poppy Colorado ...... Denver ......... Nil sine numine, Nothing without God's will ........................................................ Rocky Mountain Columbine Connecticut ... Hartford ....... Qui transtulit sustinet, He who transplanted sustains .............................................. Mountain laurel Delaware ...... Dover .......... Liberty and Independence ........................................................................... Peach blossom Florida ....... Tallahassee .... In God We Trust .................................................................................... Orange blossom Georgia ....... Atlanta ........ Wisdom, justice, and moderation .................................................................... Orange blossom Hawaii ........ Honolulu ....... Ua Mau ke Ea o ka Aina i ka Pono, The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness ............. Hawaiian hibiscus Idaho ......... Boise .......... Esto perpetua, Let it be perpetual ................................................................. Mock Orange Illinois ...... Springfield .... State sovereignty, national union .................................................................. Violet Indiana ....... Indianapolis The Crossroads of America .......................................................................... Peony Iowa .......... Des Moines ..... Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain ............................................. Wild Prairie Rose Kansas ........ Topeka ......... Ad astra per aspera, To the stars through hardships ................................................ Sunflower Kentucky ...... Frankfort ...... United we stand, divided we fall, Deo gratiam habeamus, Let us be grateful to God .................. Goldenrod Louisiana ..... Baton Rouge .... Union, justice, confidence ......................................................................... Magnolia Maine ......... Augusta ........ Dirigo, I lead ..................................................................................... White pine cone and tassel Maryland ...... Annapolis ...... Fatti maschii, parole femine, Manly deeds, womanly words ........................................... Blackeyed susan Massachusetts Boston ......... Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem, By the sword we seek peace but peace only under liberty Mayflower Michigan ...... Lansing ........ Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice, If you seek a pleasant peninsula look about you ......... Apple blossom Minnesota ..... St. Paul ....... L'etoile du Nord, The star of the North ............................................................ Pink and white lady's slipper Mississippi ... Jackson ........ Virtute et armis, By valor and arms ................................................................ Magnolia Missouri ...... Jefferson City Salus populi suprema lex esto, Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law .................... Hawthorn Montana ....... Helena ......... Oro y plata, Gold and silver ....................................................................... Bitterroot Nebraska ...... Lincoln ........ Equality before the law ............................................................................ Goldenrod Nevada ........ Carson City .... All for our country ................................................................................ Sagebrush New Hampshire Concord ........ Live Free or Die ................................................................................... Purple lilac New Jersey .... Trenton ........ Liberty and prosperity ............................................................................. Violet New Mexico .... Santa Fe ....... Crescit eundo, It grows as it goes ................................................................. Yucca flower New York ...... Albany ......... Excelsior, Ever upward ............................................................................. Rose North Carolina Raleigh ........ Esse quam videri, To be rather than to seem ........................................................ Flowering Dogwood North Dakota Bismarck ....... Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable ............................................ Wild Prairie Rose Ohio .......... Columbus ....... With God, all things are possible .................................................................. Scarlet Carnation Oklahoma ...... Oklahoma City Labor omnia vincit, Labor conquers all things ...................................................... Oklahoma Rose Oregon ........ Salem .......... Alis volat propriis, She flies with her own wings .................................................. Oregon grape Pennsylvania Harrisburg ..... Virtue, Liberty, and Independence .................................................................. Mountain Laurel Rhode Island Providence ..... Hope ............................................................................................... Violet South Carolina Columbia ....... Dum spiro spero, Animis opibusque parati, While I breathe, I hope, Ready in soul and resource ...... Yellow Jessamine South Dakota Pierre ......... Under God the people rule .......................................................................... Pasque flower Tennessee ..... Nashville ...... Agriculture and commerce ........................................................................... Iris Texas ......... Austin ......... Friendship ......................................................................................... Bluebonnet Utah .......... Salt Lake City Industry ........................................................................................... Sego lily Vermont ....... Montpelier ..... Freedom and Unity .................................................................................. Red Clover Virginia ...... Richmond ....... Sic semper tyrannis, Thus always to tyrants ........................................................ American Dogwood Washington .... Olympia ........ Al-ki, By and by ................................................................................... Coast Rhododendron West Virginia Charleston ..... Montani semper liberi, Mountaineers are always free ................................................ Rhododendron Wisconsin ..... Madison ........ Forward ............................................................................................ Wood Violet Wyoming ....... Cheyenne ....... Equal Rights ....................................................................................... Indian Paintbrush