Maroon and dark flowers
Chocolate cosmos, black tulips, dark dahlias and bat flowers.
TulipTulipa
Spring-blooming bulbs with showy, cup-shaped flowers in many colours
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 7 more · Wildflower
JasmineJasminum
A group of fragrant shrubs and vines with white or yellow star-shaped flowers
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 7 more · Wildflower
AmaranthAmaranthus
A tall, colourful plant grown for its flowers, leaves and edible seeds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Dahlia
A bushy perennial with tuberous roots and bright, star-shaped blooms
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Garden flower
Sour cherryPrunus cerasus
The small, tart cherry tree grown for its sour red fruit
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Flowering tree
Common poppyPapaver rhoeas
The vivid red wildflower of fields and remembrance
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Helianthus
Tall North American plants with large, bright flower heads called sunflowers
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 more · Wildflower
ElderSambucus nigra
A tall shrub or small tree with clusters of white flowers and dark berries
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Wildflower
PoinsettiaEuphorbia pulcherrima
The red-bracted shrub of Christmas displays, native to Mexico and Central America
🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 more · Wildflower
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
A bright blue wildflower once common in European grain fields
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · Wildflower
MarigoldTagetes
A group of bright annual and perennial flowers known worldwide as marigolds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
LilacSyringa
Fragrant spring-flowering shrubs and small trees grown for their showy clusters
Syringa · Flowering shrub
Begonia
A vast group of colourful, shade-loving flowering plants from warm climates
Begonia · Wildflower
Clematis
A climbing vine with showy flowers, prized in gardens worldwide
Clematis · Wildflower
Yucca
Dry-climate plants with pointed leaves and clusters of creamy white flowers
🇲🇽 Mexico and 4 more · Wildflower
HelleboreHelleborus
A group of perennial flowers that bloom in late winter and early spring
Helleborus · Garden flower
Lathyrus
A group of climbing and bushy legumes with colorful, often fragrant flowers
Lathyrus · Wildflower
Begonia × tuberhybrida
Hybrid begonias grown for their large, colourful flowers from tubers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
Jasmine tobaccoNicotiana alata
A fragrant night-blooming tobacco grown for its showy flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
WallflowerErysimum
A group of bright, often fragrant flowers found wild and in gardens worldwide
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 more · Wildflower
Helichrysum
A large group of daisy-like flowers known for their lasting dried blooms
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Wildflower
German irisIris × germanica
A tall, rhizome-rooted iris with showy bearded blooms in many colours
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Rafflesia arnoldii
The world’s largest single flower, famous for its strong scent of decay
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 more · Wildflower
Albert's tulipTulipa alberti
A wild tulip with reddish, orange or pink flowers from Central Asia's mountains
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan and 2 more · Wildflower
Rhynchostylis giganteaকপৌফুল
A fragrant orchid with dense, foxtail-like flower spikes from Southeast Asia
🇵🇭 Philippines and 7 more · Wildflower
StelleraStellera chamaejasme
A poisonous alpine flower of Central and East Asia, grown for its showy heads
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
Rosa persica
A desert rose with a dark-centered flower from Iran to western Siberia
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 more · Wildflower
Saucer magnoliaMagnolia × soulangeana
A spring-flowering magnolia with large pink, white, or purple blooms
🇫🇷 France and 1 more · Garden flower
Iris cedretiسوسن الأرز
A rare white and maroon iris found only on Lebanon’s mountain slopes
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Wildflower
Delavay's tree peonyPaeonia delavayi
A woody peony from China with flowers in red, yellow, or other shades
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Petra irisIris petrana
A rare desert iris with deep burgundy to nearly black spring flowers
🇯🇴 Jordan and 2 more · Wildflower
Iris lortetiiאִירוּס הָדוּר
A rare pink-veined iris from rocky slopes in Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine
🇮🇱 Israel and 3 more · Wildflower
Nazareth IrisIris bismarckiana
A rare mountain iris with veined pale flowers from Israel and Lebanon
🇮🇱 Israel and 3 more · Wildflower
Cypripedium tibeticum
A high-altitude slipper orchid with deep maroon to pink flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower
Iberian irisIris iberica
A rare, boldly veined iris from the Caucasus steppes
🇬🇪 Georgia and 4 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Begonia: Juni, CC BY 2.0, source
- Helianthus: Արարատ Թրվանց, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jasmine: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hellebore: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Helichrysum: Iorsh at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- German iris: Za, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Prunus: Benjamin Gimmel, BenHur, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Elder: Willow, CC BY 2.5, source
- Cornflower: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulip: John O'Neill, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dahlia: JackyM59, CC BY 4.0, source
- Marigold: Pohled 111, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Amaranth: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Poinsettia: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lilac: Marisa DeMeglio, CC BY 2.0, source
- Clematis: Jolly Janner, Public domain, source
- Yucca: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rafflesia arnoldii: LukeTriton, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Albert's tulip: Eduard August von Regel (1815–1892), German botanist., Public domain, source
- Rhynchostylis gigantea: Lars.Kurth, Public domain, source
- Stellera: Jan Reurink, CC BY 2.0, source
- Rosa persica: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saucer magnolia: Piotr Kuczynski, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Delavay's tree peony: Epibase, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Petra iris: Anas A. Emad, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Iris lortetii: שרה גולד, CC BY 2.5, source
- Nazareth Iris: Zachi Evenor, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cypripedium tibeticum: Patricia Harding, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common poppy: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, source
- Lathyrus: Sannse, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Begonia × tuberhybrida: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jasmine tobacco: Carl E Lewis, CC BY 2.0, source
- Wallflower: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source