Hawai'i	The official color is red.
Maui	The official color is pink.
O'ahu	The official color is golden yellow.
Kaua'i	The official color is purple.
Moloka'i	The official color is green.
Lana'i	The official color is orange.
Ni'ihau	The official color is white.
Kaho'olawe	The official color is gray.

2000

Island flowers

Hawai'i	`Ç hi`a lehua (Metrosideros macropus M. collina), also known as Pua lehuais, designated as the official flower.
Maui	Lokelani, also known as Damask Rose (Rosa damascena), designated as the official flower.
O'ahu	Pua `ilima from the native Dodder Shrubs (Sida fallax) designated as the official flower.
Kaua'i	Mokihana from the native tree (Pelea anisata) designated as the official lei material.
Moloka'i	Pua kukui, also known as the candlenut tree (Aleurites moluccana), designated as the official lei material.
Lana'i	Kauna`oa, also known as the Native Dodder (Cuscuta sandwichiana), designated as the official lei material.
Ni'ihau	Pä pä, also known as the Momi, Laiki, and Kahelelani, designated as the official lei material.
Kaho'olawe	Hinahina or Native Heliotrope (Heliotropium anomalum, var. argenteum) designated as the official lei material.

2000

Plant

Kalo (Colocasia esculenta), Hawaiian word for taro

2007

Mammal

Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi)

2008

Insect

Pulelehua, also known as the Kamehameha butterfly (Vanessa tameamea)

2009

'Auana (modern) musical instrument

Ukulele

2015

Kahiko (traditonal) musical instrument

Pahu

2015

Land mammal

Ōpe'ape'a or Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus)

2015

Making laws in Hawaii

To help us understand how laws are made in Hawaii, the Hawaii State Legislature offers a 64-page citizen's guide, The Legislative Process: A Process of the People , and Definitions, including a Glossary of Legislative Terms and a list of Abbreviations and Acronyms. Their Frequently Asked Questions page may be helpful as well.

Additional Information

Hawaii
Facts and Symbols
Emily McAuliffe

Hawaii Facts and Symbols, by Emily McAuliffe. 24 pages. Publisher: Capstone Press; Rev Upd edition (August 2003) Reading level: Grades 3-4. Interest level: Grades 3-9. Perfect for report writing! Easy-to-read text covers major Hawaii symbols such as the state flag, seal, bird, tree, flower, animal, and more. A "Fast Facts" section highlights the state's capital city, largest city, physical size, population, natural resources, farm products, and primary manufactured goods. Also included are full-page maps that introduce the concept of the map key, which is great for teaching map-reading skills.

State Names, Seals
Flags and Symbols
Benjamin F. Shearer
Barbara S. Shearer

State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols, by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer. 544 pages. Greenwood Press; 3 Sub edition (October 30, 2001) This is one of the best, and most comprehensive, books we could find about the official state names and nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags, capitols, flowers, trees, birds, songs, and miscellaneous designations of each state. This, coupled with the 1938 Shankle book, formed the basis of our symbol library. If you're serious about your states symbols, you'll want to have this book and the one below. This book also contains information about state holidays, license plates, sports teams, universities and other trivia.

State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols, by George Earlie Shankle. 522 pages. Reprint Services Corp; Revised edition (June 1971) Reprint of the 1938 revised edition. The first comprehensive book about our state symbols! From the preface: "This book grew out of the desire of its author to know, about his native state, a great many facts which he found exceedingly difficult to obtain. After three years of research in the Library of Congress, he is able to give to the public this storehouse of information, which could have been gathered from not library less fertile in source material..."

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