Vermont State Flower
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
No. 159 of the Acts of 1894, effective February 1, 1895, designated
the Red Clover as the official State Flower. Both an integral part of many
a cultivated hay field and a common sight along numerous Vermont roadsides,
the Red Clover is symbolic of Vermont's scenic countryside generally and of
its dairy farms in particular. Oddly enough, however, Trifolium
pratense is not a native of Vermont but was "naturalized" from Europe.
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