Flowers
Every flower, one page each: what it looks like, where it grows, when it blooms and what it means. 1,101 flowers so far, best known first.
RoseRosa
Woody perennial plants with showy, often fragrant flowers in many colours
Rosa · Wildflower
Common sunflowerHelianthus annuus
A tall annual plant grown for its large yellow flower heads and edible seeds
🇨🇦 Canada and 4 more · Wildflower
OrchidOrchidaceae
A vast family of colourful, often fragrant flowers found almost everywhere on earth
Orchidaceae · Wildflower
TulipTulipa
Spring-blooming bulbs with showy, cup-shaped flowers in many colours
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 7 more · Wildflower
LilyLilium
Tall bulb flowers with large, colourful blooms in many gardens and cultures
Lilium · Wildflower
Chrysanthemum菊花
Autumn-blooming flower with thousands of varieties, cherished in East Asia and beyond
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Wildflower
VioletViola
A large genus of delicate flowers found across temperate regions worldwide
Viola · Wildflower
Dahlia
A bushy perennial with tuberous roots and bright, star-shaped blooms
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Garden flower
Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis
A woodland plant with sweet-scented white bell flowers in late spring
🇫🇮 Finland and 4 more · Wildflower
Dianthus
A group of frilled, often pink, flowers grown in gardens and bouquets worldwide
Dianthus · Wildflower
Gladiolus
Tall, showy flower spikes grown from corms, known as sword lilies
Gladiolus · Garden flower
Helianthus
Tall North American plants with large, bright flower heads called sunflowers
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 more · Wildflower
Iris
A large group of perennial flowers with striking, six-lobed blooms
Iris · 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
CarnationDianthus caryophyllus
A fragrant flower with ruffled petals, grown worldwide for decoration and meaning
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
MarigoldTagetes
A group of bright annual and perennial flowers known worldwide as marigolds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
PoppyPapaver
A group of colourful wild and garden flowers with capsule fruits and many seeds
Papaver · Wildflower
Anemone
Perennial wildflowers with colorful, petal-like sepals known as windflowers
Anemone · Wildflower
PeonyPaeonia
Large spring flowers in pink, red, white, yellow and purple, grown in gardens worldwide
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
HyacinthHyacinthus
A spring-blooming bulb with fragrant, colourful flower spikes
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Bulb flower
Begonia
A vast group of colourful, shade-loving flowering plants from warm climates
Begonia · Wildflower
Cyclamen
Tubered Mediterranean flowers with upswept petals and patterned leaves
Cyclamen · Wildflower
Delphinium
Tall garden flowers with spurred blooms in blue, purple, pink, and white
Delphinium · Wildflower
Anthurium
A tropical plant with glossy leaves and a colorful, often heart-shaped spathe
Anthurium · Garden flower
Petunia
A South American garden flower with trumpet-shaped blooms in many colours
Petunia · Garden flower
Swamp milkweedAsclepias incarnata
A wetland milkweed with pink to mauve flowers that attracts monarch butterflies
Asclepias incarnata · Wildflower
Zinnia
Bright, long-stemmed flowers native to dry grasslands from the US to South America
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Protea neriifolia
A South African shrub with cone-shaped flower heads and hairy-tipped bracts
🇿🇦 South Africa and 3 more · Wildflower
Scarlet jungleflameIxora coccinea
A dense evergreen shrub with year-round scarlet flower clusters
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Iris florentina
A white, violet-scented iris grown for orris root and as a grave flower
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Wildflower
Red-and-green kangaroo pawAnigozanthos manglesii
The red and green floral emblem of Western Australia
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
Sulphur cosmosCosmos sulphureus
A tall annual with yellow, orange, or red daisy-like blooms
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Poet's daffodilNarcissus poeticus
A fragrant white daffodil linked to ancient Greek myth and poetry
🇪🇸 Spain and 6 more · Wildflower
Souvenir de la Malmaison roseRosa ‘Souvenir de la Malmaison’
A pale pink Bourbon rose named for the garden of Château de Malmaison
🇫🇷 France · Garden flower
California poppyEschscholzia californica
The golden-orange wildflower and state flower of California
🇺🇸 United States and 6 more · Wildflower
German irisIris × germanica
A tall, rhizome-rooted iris with showy bearded blooms in many colours
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Lilium speciosum
A late-summer lily with fragrant white to pink flowers from East Asia
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Wildflower
PansyViola × wittrockiana
A large-flowered garden hybrid with a face-like blotch in many colours
Viola × wittrockiana · Garden flower
PaperwhiteNarcissus tazetta
A tall, white-and-yellow narcissus grown for scent and indoor blooms
🇫🇷 France and 7 more · Bulb flower
Ornithogalum thyrsoides
A white, long-lasting bulb flower from South Africa’s Cape Province
🇿🇦 South Africa · Bulb flower
Aztec marigoldTagetes erecta
The golden-yellow flower of Mexican altars and Day of the Dead offerings
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Wildflower
Helichrysum
A large group of daisy-like flowers known for their lasting dried blooms
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Wildflower
Brazilian gloxiniaSinningia speciosa
A tuberous houseplant with large, velvety flowers from Brazil
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 more · Garden flower
Bigleaf HydrangeaHydrangea macrophylla
A Japanese shrub with large pink or blue flower heads that change colour with soil
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Garden flower
Showy stonecropHylotelephium spectabile
A pink-flowered succulent from China, popular in gardens and bouquets
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
Argyranthemum
Daisy-like flowers from the Macaronesian islands, grown for summer colour
Argyranthemum · Garden flower
Common LilacSyringa vulgaris
A spring-flowering shrub with fragrant purple or white blooms
🇷🇸 Serbia and 4 more · Garden flower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Paperwhite: Zachi Evenor, CC BY 2.0, source
- Rose: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chrysanthemum: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2, source
- Pansy: Photo by and (c)2008 Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man ), GFDL 1.2, source
- Sulphur cosmos: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Begonia: Juni, CC BY 2.0, source
- Delphinium: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Helianthus: Արարատ Թրվանց, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cyclamen: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- California poppy: Kaldari, CC0, source
- Common sunflower: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, source
- Red-and-green kangaroo paw: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au, source
- Zinnia: John Alan Elson, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Anthurium: Maja Dumat, CC BY 2.0, source
- Common Lilac: Nedelin, CC BY 2.5, source
- Argyranthemum: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Showy stonecrop: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Brazilian gloxinia: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Helichrysum: Iorsh at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Ornithogalum thyrsoides: Winfried Bruenken ( Amrum ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Lilium speciosum: ‘Uncle Carl’ (カールおじさん)., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- German iris: Za, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Souvenir de la Malmaison rose: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Poet's daffodil: Arnaucc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris florentina: Abrahami, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Protea neriifolia: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5, source
- Swamp milkweed: The original uploader was Teune at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Scarlet jungleflame: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cornflower: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulip: John O'Neill, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lily-of-the-valley: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dahlia: JackyM59, CC BY 4.0, source
- Violet: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Poppy: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marigold: Pohled 111, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dianthus: Darkone ( talk · contribs ), CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Gladiolus: Gere72, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Poinsettia: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Orchid: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lily: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aztec marigold: HitroMilanese, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bigleaf Hydrangea: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0, source
- Anemone: Aviad2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Peony: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5, source
- Hyacinth: The wub, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Petunia: Unknown author, GFDL 1.2, source