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Flowers

Every flower, one page each: what it looks like, where it grows, when it blooms and what it means. 1,103 flowers so far, best known first.

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JasmineJasminum A group of fragrant shrubs and vines with white or yellow star-shaped flowers 🇵🇰 Pakistan and 7 more · Wildflower HoneysuckleLonicera Twining vines and shrubs with sweet-scented tubular flowers and edible nectar Lonicera · Wildflower Passion fruitPassiflora edulis A tropical vine grown for its sweet-sour, aromatic fruit 🇧🇷 Brazil and 6 more · Climber Common IvyHedera helix An evergreen climbing vine with lobed leaves and nectar-rich autumn flowers 🇮🇪 Ireland and 7 more · Wildflower Vanilla Climbing orchids with pods used for the world’s most popular flavor 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower Clematis A climbing vine with showy flowers, prized in gardens worldwide Clematis · Wildflower PassionflowerPassiflora A vine with intricate flowers and edible fruits, grown worldwide 🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Wildflower Cup-and-saucer vineCobaea scandens A climbing vine from Mexico with bell-shaped flowers that shift from white to purple 🇲🇽 Mexico · Climber Showy chalicevineSolandra grandiflora A climbing nightshade of the tropics, grown for its big trumpet flowers 🇨🇺 Cuba · Climber MoonflowerIpomoea alba A night-blooming vine with large white fragrant flowers 🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Wildflower Tall morning-gloryIpomoea purpurea A twining vine with blue, purple, or white trumpet-shaped flowers 🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower Mexican morning gloryIpomoea tricolor A blue-flowered climber grown as an annual in gardens and fields 🇲🇽 Mexico · Garden flower Great bougainvilleaBougainvillea spectabilis A climbing plant with vivid bracts, native to South America 🇧🇷 Brazil and 7 more · Wildflower MashuaTropaeolum tuberosum An Andean climbing plant with edible tubers and bright bi-coloured flowers 🇵🇪 Peru and 3 more · Climber Mexican twistLophospermum erubescens A pink and white climbing flower from Mexico, grown as a garden ornamental 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Garden flower Jade vineStrongylodon macrobotrys A tropical vine with long clusters of turquoise claw-shaped flowers from the Philippines 🇵🇭 Philippines · Climber Cherokee roseRosa laevigata A white, fragrant climbing rose from southern China with bristly red hips 🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower Lady Banks' roseRosa banksiae A nearly thornless climbing rose from central and western China 🇨🇳 China · Wildflower Rosa gigantea A wild climbing rose with the largest flowers of any rose species 🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Wildflower Butterfly peaClitoria ternatea A climbing herb with vivid blue flowers used for dye, tea and soil improvement 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 8 more · Climber Elephant creeperArgyreia nervosa A climbing vine from Asia with large leaves and psychoactive seeds 🇮🇳 India · Wildflower Himalayan musk roseRosa brunonii A white wild rose climbing the Himalayan hillsides 🇨🇳 China · Wildflower Bengal trumpetThunbergia grandiflora A climbing vine with large blue-violet trumpet flowers from Southeast Asia 🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Climber Millettia A group of shrubs, climbers, and trees from tropical forests of Africa and Asia Millettia · Wildflower Ipomoea nil A twining annual vine with trumpet-shaped blooms in many colors 🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Garden flower Japanese honeysuckleLonicera japonica A twining vine with sweetly scented white and yellow flowers from East Asia 🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower Solanum laxum A woody evergreen vine with clusters of white or pale blue flowers 🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 more · Garden flower Lathyrus A group of climbing and bushy legumes with colorful, often fragrant flowers Lathyrus · Wildflower Confederate jasmineTrachelospermum jasminoides A fragrant climbing vine with star-shaped white flowers from East and Southeast Asia 🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Garden flower Perennial peaLathyrus latifolius A sprawling perennial vine with pink or white pea-like flowers 🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Wildflower Porcelain flowerHoya carnosa A climbing houseplant with star-shaped, sweet-scented waxy flowers 🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Garden flower Stephanotis A tropical climber with waxy, fragrant white flowers 🇲🇬 Madagascar · Climber Trumpet creeperCampsis radicans A woody climbing vine with orange trumpet-shaped flowers from eastern North America 🇺🇸 United States and 2 more · Wildflower Mexican flamevinePseudogynoxys chenopodioides A climbing vine with bright orange daisy-like flowers from Central and South America 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Climber Chilean bellflowerLapageria rosea A red climbing flower and national symbol of Chile 🇨🇱 Chile · Wildflower Bomarea A group of climbing and upright flowering plants from the American tropics Bomarea · Wildflower Winter jasmineJasminum nudiflorum A yellow-flowered shrub that blooms in winter and early spring 🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Flowering shrub Cape leadwortPlumbago auriculata A climbing shrub with blue or white flowers from southern Africa 🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Wildflower Wisteria Woody climbing vines with long, fragrant flower clusters 🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Garden flower Common jasmineJasminum officinale A climbing plant with white, fragrant flowers grown in gardens and for perfume 🇵🇰 Pakistan and 7 more · Garden flower Chinese wisteriaWisteria sinensis A climbing vine from China with fragrant, hanging clusters of spring flowers 🇨🇳 China · Garden flower Bush clockvineThunbergia erecta A tropical African shrub with velvety blue or purple flowers and yellow centers 🇬🇦 Gabon and 8 more · Garden flower PaperflowerBougainvillea glabra A climbing shrub with purple papery bracts from Brazil 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 more · Climber Stephanotis floribunda A tropical vine with clusters of fragrant white, waxy flowers from Madagascar 🇲🇬 Madagascar · Climber LorocoEchites panduratus A Central American vine with edible white-and-green flowers 🇬🇹 Guatemala and 4 more · Climber American wisteriaWisteria frutescens A climbing vine with blue-purple flower clusters from the southeastern United States 🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower Clerodendrum splendens A tropical African climber with vivid scarlet flower clusters 🇬🇦 Gabon · Garden flower Blue passionflowerPassiflora caerulea A climbing vine with intricate blue-and-white flowers and orange fruit 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 1 more · Climber
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