Red flowers
Roses, poppies, hibiscus, flame trees and tulips.
Common flaxLinum usitatissimum
The slender blue-flowered plant grown for linen and linseed
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Asteraceae
The vast family of daisies, asters, and sunflowers with star-like flower heads
Asteraceae · Wildflower
AmaranthAmaranthus
A tall, colourful plant grown for its flowers, leaves and edible seeds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Opium poppyPapaver somniferum
A tall annual poppy grown for seeds, opium, and striking garden flowers
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Wildflower
SafflowerCarthamus tinctorius
A thistle-like annual grown for oil, dye, and as a saffron substitute
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Salvia
A vast group of aromatic herbs and shrubs known for their flowers and uses
Salvia · Wildflower
CarnationDianthus caryophyllus
A fragrant flower with ruffled petals, grown worldwide for decoration and meaning
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
GentianGentiana
Trumpet-shaped blue and yellow flowers of alpine meadows and temperate regions
Gentiana · Wildflower
St John's-wortHypericum
A genus of yellow-flowered plants known as St John's-wort or goatweed
Hypericum · Wildflower
SundewDrosera
Sticky-leaved carnivorous plants that trap insects with glistening dew-like drops
Drosera · Wildflower
Primula
A large genus of spring-blooming wild and garden flowers from cool and mountain regions
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
BromeliadsBromeliaceae
A family of tropical flowering plants from the Americas, including the pineapple
🇨🇱 Chile and 7 more · Wildflower
Centaurea
A large group of thistle-like wildflowers with many forms and colours
Centaurea · Wildflower
CloudberryRubus chamaemorus
A golden berry of northern bogs and tundra, picked wild for food and drink
🇳🇴 Norway and 7 more · Wildflower
ColumbineAquilegia
A perennial wildflower with spurred, often blue or multicoloured blooms
Aquilegia · Wildflower
AchioteBixa orellana
Shrub with spiky red pods, source of the natural dye annatto
🇧🇷 Brazil and 9 more · Flowering shrub
Anthurium
A tropical plant with glossy leaves and a colorful, often heart-shaped spathe
Anthurium · Garden flower
HelleboreHelleborus
A group of perennial flowers that bloom in late winter and early spring
Helleborus · Garden flower
Marvel of PeruMirabilis jalapa
Evening-blooming garden flower with many colours on one plant
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Garden flower
Saffron crocusCrocus sativus
The purple autumn flower whose red stigmas yield the spice saffron
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
Common knapweedCentaurea nigra
A tough meadow flower with purple blooms and dark-tipped bracts
Centaurea nigra · Wildflower
Eupatorium japonicum白头婆
A tall perennial herb with corymbs of white, pink, or red-purple flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower
Beehive gingerZingiber spectabile
A Southeast Asian ginger with beehive-shaped flower heads
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 1 more · Wildflower
AvensGeum
A group of perennial flowers with hooked fruits and rose-like blooms
Geum · Wildflower
BurnetSanguisorba
Perennial herbs or small shrubs with clustered red or white flowers
Sanguisorba · Wildflower
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
Tall spikes of reddish-purple flowers found in wetlands and gardens
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Scarlet runner beanPhaseolus coccineus
A climbing bean with bright red flowers and edible pods and seeds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Pacific trilliumTrillium ovatum
A three-petaled woodland wildflower of western North America
🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower
Bergenia
A hardy perennial with large leaves and clusters of pink flowers
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Common peonyPaeonia officinalis
A deep pink or red peony from the mountains of southern Europe
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Wildflower
Saxifraga
Small alpine and meadow plants known for their star-shaped flowers
🇨🇦 Canada and 4 more · Wildflower
Dicentra
Perennial plants with heart-shaped flowers and finely divided leaves
Dicentra · Wildflower
Astrantia
A star-shaped garden flower with pincushion blooms and aromatic roots
Astrantia · Garden flower
Pineapple sageSalvia elegans
A Mexican shrub with pineapple-scented leaves and red tubular flowers
🇲🇽 Mexico · Wildflower
Ipomoea
A large group of twining plants known as morning glories and sweet potatoes
Ipomoea · Wildflower
Poppy
Bright-petalled flowers grown for gardens, seeds, and remembrance
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
NasturtiumTropaeolum
A South American genus with bright, edible flowers and rounded leaves
🇨🇱 Chile and 3 more · Garden flower
Hungarian gentianGentiana pannonica
A mountain wildflower with reddish-violet, spotted bell-shaped blooms
🇦🇹 Austria and 2 more · Wildflower
Bleeding heartLamprocapnos spectabilis
A spring flower with pink and white heart-shaped blooms
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Garden flower
Common snapdragonAntirrhinum majus
A tall garden flower with dragon-shaped blooms that open when squeezed
🇫🇷 France and 2 more · Garden flower
Castilleja
Wildflowers with bright bracts known as Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Wildflower
Bassia scoparia
A bushy annual with red autumn leaves, used for brooms and as a food garnish
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
MulleinVerbascum
Tall flowering plants with a rosette of leaves and spikes of five-petalled blooms
Verbascum · Wildflower
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
A pale yellow spring flower of woods and hedgerows across Europe and North Africa
🇦🇹 Austria and 7 more · Wildflower
Damask roseRosa × damascena
A fragrant pink rose grown for oil, water, and sweets in West and South Asia
🇮🇷 Iran and 6 more · Garden flower
Wreath LechenaultiaLechenaultia macrantha
A low-growing Australian wildflower with yellow and red-pink blooms in a ring shape
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
Seep monkeyflowerErythranthe guttata
A bright yellow wildflower of streamsides and seeps in western North America
Erythranthe guttata · Wildflower
Urn plantAechmea fasciata
A pink-bracted bromeliad from Brazil, grown for its striking rosette and blue flowers
🇧🇷 Brazil · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Concrete (perfumery): Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Opium poppy: tanja niggendijker, CC BY 2.0, source
- Primula: No machine-readable author provided. Pokrajac assumed (based on copyri, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Anthurium: Maja Dumat, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hellebore: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common flax: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Safflower: AndrewMT, CC BY 3.0, source
- Dianthus: Darkone ( talk · contribs ), CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Amaranth: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Salvia: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Asteraceae: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gentian: Dixi at Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sundew: Jan Wieneke, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- St John's-wort: fir0002 flagstaffotos [at] gmail.com Canon 20D + Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, GFDL 1.2, source
- Bromeliads: MANOJTV at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cloudberry: Philipum, Public domain, source
- Achiote: Primejyothi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Columbine: Python (Peter Rühr), CC BY 3.0, source
- Saffron crocus: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marvel of Peru: Khalid Mahmood at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Common knapweed: Julie Anne Workman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Eupatorium japonicum: No machine-readable author provided. Koba-chan assumed (based on copyr, CC BY 2.5, source
- Centaurea: Taken by Carsten Niehaus ( user:Lumbar )., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Beehive ginger: Craig Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0 au, source
- Avens: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Burnet: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Purple-loosestrife: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Scarlet runner bean: Mickaël Schauli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pacific trillium: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bergenia: Christian Hummert ( Ixitixel ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common peony: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saxifraga: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dicentra: Amos Oliver Doyle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Astrantia: James Petts, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pineapple sage: Eric Hunt, CC BY 2.5, source
- Ipomoea: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Poppy: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source
- Nasturtium: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hungarian gentian: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bleeding heart: Roozitaa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common snapdragon: Victor M. Vicente Selvas, Public domain, source
- Castilleja: Jane S. Richardson ( talk · contribs ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bassia scoparia: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mullein: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Primrose: mattbuck ( category ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wreath Lechenaultia: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Seep monkeyflower: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Urn plant: Paul & Aline Burland, CC BY-SA 2.0, source