Hawaii Flower

The pua aloalo, or hibiscus is the official Territorial Flower of Hawaii, adopted in the early 1920s. At statehood in 1959, the first state legislature adopted many of Hawaii's symbols as part of the Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS, state laws). It wasn't until 1988, however, that the Hawaii legislature adopted the yellow hibiscus, which is native to Hawaii, to represent Hawaii as the official flower of Hawaii.