Alaska State Flower

So in seeking for an emblem

for this empire of the North,

We will choose this azure flower

that the golden days bring forth.

For we want men to remember

that Alaska came to stay,

Though she slept unknown for ages

and awakened in a day.

So although they say we're living

in the land that God forgot,

We'll recall Alaska to them

with the blue forget-me-not.

~Esther B. Darling~

Alaska's state flower is the Alpine Forget-Me-Not. It was chosen in 1949. The alpine forget-me-not is a perennial that grows 5 to 12 inches high in alpine meadows. The flowers have five connected symmetrical petals, colored sky blue, that are a quarter to a third of an inch wide. They have a white inner ring and a yellow center. The best time to see the alpine forget-me-not is midsummer, from late June to late July.