National flowers of the world
The flowers that stand for 109 countries. Some are declared in law; others are simply the flower everyone agrees on, and are marked unofficial.
Tulip (unofficial)
Common poppy (unofficial)
Poet's daffodil (unofficial)
Erythrina crista-galli
Acacia pycnantha
Edelweiss (unofficial)
Tecoma stans
Nymphaea nouchali
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Common flax (unofficial)
Common poppy (unofficial)
Prosthechea cochleata
Heliconia rostrata, Cantua buxifolia
Lilium bosniacum (unofficial)
Handroanthus chrysotrichus (unofficial)
Rosa × damascena (unofficial)
Lapageria
Prunus mume (unofficial), Paeonia × suffruticosa (unofficial)
Cattleya trianae
Guarianthe skinneri
Iris croatica (unofficial)
Poitea carinalis
Leuenbergeria quisqueyana
Egyptian white water-lily (unofficial)
Yucca gigantea
Medinilla waterhousei (unofficial)
Cornflower (unofficial)
Bougainvillea
Lycaste skinneri
Victoria amazonica
Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis (unofficial)
Rhyncholaelia digbyana
Bauhinia × blakeana
Tulip (unofficial)
Arabian jasmine, Phalaenopsis amabilis, Rafflesia arnoldii
Shamrock (unofficial)
Anemone coronaria (unofficial)
Guaiacum officinale
Cherry blossom (unofficial), Chrysanthemum (unofficial)
Iris nigricans
Rhanterium epapposum
Leucanthemum vulgare (unofficial)
Aloe polyphylla
Common rue (unofficial)
Delonix regia (unofficial)
Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis
Ruizia boutoniana
Pterocarpus macrocarpus (unofficial)
Rhododendron arboreum
Tulip (unofficial)
Kōwhai (unofficial)
Plumeria rubra
Costus spectabilis
Opium poppy (unofficial)
Calluna (unofficial)
Jasminum officinale
Peristeria elata
Passiflora caerulea
Cantua buxifolia
Common poppy (unofficial)
Thespesia grandiflora
Paeonia peregrina
Delonix regia
Angraecum eburneum
Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim
Carnation (unofficial)
Protea cynaroides
Hibiscus syriacus
Nymphaea nouchali
Twinflower (unofficial), Campanula rotundifolia (unofficial)
Edelweiss (unofficial)
Prunus mume
Cassia fistula
Garcinia sessilis
Warszewiczia coccinea
Jasmine (unofficial)
Guelder-rose (unofficial), Common sunflower (unofficial)
Rose (unofficial)
Erythrina crista-galli
Cattleya mossiae
Sacred lotus (unofficial)
Gloriosa superba
Many countries have never declared a flower in law, and lists differ. Where the status is custom rather than law, the flower is marked unofficial. Corrections are welcome at phool@cleartrust.cc.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rose: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chrysanthemum: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2, source
- Plumeria: Renesis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Opium poppy: tanja niggendijker, CC BY 2.0, source
- Jasmine: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common flax: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Egyptian white water-lily: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leontopodium: Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Twinflower: Henripekka Kallio, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- German iris: Za, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Poet's daffodil: Arnaucc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cornflower: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulip: John O'Neill, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chamomile: Rob Hille, Public domain, source
- Lily-of-the-valley: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dahlia: JackyM59, CC BY 4.0, source
- Dianthus: Darkone ( talk · contribs ), CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Guelder-rose: Waitblock, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dillenia suffruticosa: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sphaerocoryne lefevrei: ទេព សុវិចិត្រ at Khmer Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Lomelosia comosa: yvesbas, CC BY 4.0, source
- Magnolia sieboldii: Wendy Cutler, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cyclamen cyprium: Mark Griffiths, GFDL, source
- Meconopsis gakyidiana: Yoshida, Toshio; Yangzom, Rinchen; Long, David., CC BY 4.0, source
- White garland-lily: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Arabian jasmine: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common poppy: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, source
- Red ginger: Octave Fargier, CC BY 2.0, source
- Shamrock: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Eightpetal mountain-avens: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Sacred lotus: T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Maltese rock-centaury: Denis Barthel ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dwarf fireweed: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common rue: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source