Motto: Ad astra per aspera (To the stars through difficulties)
State Symbols:
Flower: sunflower (1903);
Tree: cottonwood (1937);
Bird: western meadowlark (1937);
Animal: buffalo (1955);
Song: Home on the Range (1947)
Nicknames: Sunflower State; Jayhawk State
Origin of name: From a Sioux word meaning "people of the south wind"
