what is the official state flower of arizona?
Saguaro
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 Fritillaria are also often used as floral emblems , for instance as the county flower of Oxfordshire , UK . Calochortus nuttallii , the sego lily , is the official state flower of Utah . 

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 State flower : American pasque flower 

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 It is commonly — albeit incorrectly — believed that Arizona remains perpetually in commission , like the USS Constitution . Arizona is under the control of the National Park Service , but the U.S. Navy still retains the title . Arizona retains the right , in perpetuity , to fly the United States flag as if she were an active , commissioned naval vessel . 

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 In 2009 , the Premier of New South Wales , Nathan Rees , commissioned a state logo based on the floral emblem . The resultant logo design has been criticised as resembling a lotus rather than the New South Wales Waratah . 

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 Decades later , in 1962 , Telopea speciosissima was proclaimed as the official floral emblem of New South Wales by the then @-@ governor Sir Eric Woodward , after being used informally for many years . The species has also been adopted by others , including the New South Wales Waratahs rugby union team since the 1880s , and the former department store Grace Bros in a stylised form for their logo in the 1980s . Contemporary clothing designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson produced waratah @-@ inspired fabric designs in the 1970s and 1980s during a resurgence of Australian motifs . 
