Flowers of Asia
Lotus and jasmine, marigold garlands, cherry and plum blossom, orchids, peonies and ikebana. 614 pages on Phool so far.
🇨🇳 China 390🇮🇳 India 256🇯🇵 Japan 210🇲🇲 Myanmar 83🇹🇷 Turkey 82🇮🇷 Iran 81🇷🇺 Russia 77🇹🇭 Thailand 62🇻🇳 Vietnam 57🇮🇩 Indonesia 54🇵🇭 Philippines 54🇳🇵 Nepal 48🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 46🇧🇩 Bangladesh 40🇵🇰 Pakistan 40🇲🇾 Malaysia 37🇹🇼 Taiwan 33🇮🇱 Israel 29🇦🇫 Afghanistan 27🇸🇾 Syria 25🇬🇪 Georgia 23🇧🇹 Bhutan 21🇱🇦 Laos 21🇲🇳 Mongolia 21🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 20🇰🇷 South Korea 20🇰🇭 Cambodia 19🇨🇾 Cyprus 15🇸🇬 Singapore 15🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 15🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 14🇮🇶 Iraq 14🇱🇧 Lebanon 12🇹🇯 Tajikistan 12🇦🇲 Armenia 11🇵🇸 Palestine 11🇭🇰 Hong Kong 8🇯🇴 Jordan 7🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 7🇾🇪 Yemen 7🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 6🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 5🇰🇵 North Korea 4🇲🇻 Maldives 2🇴🇲 Oman 2🇧🇭 Bahrain 1🇧🇳 Brunei 1🇲🇴 Macau 1
Sacred lotusNelumbo nucifera
The pink aquatic flower sacred in Asia and grown for food, worship and beauty
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Water flower
LindenTilia
Tall, broad-leaved trees with fragrant yellow flowers and heart-shaped leaves
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering tree
Common dandelionTaraxacum officinale
A familiar yellow wildflower with fluffy seed heads found across temperate regions
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
YarrowAchillea millefolium
A wild, fern-leaved plant with flat clusters of white or pink flowers and a spicy scent
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Wildflower
Opium poppyPapaver somniferum
A tall annual poppy grown for seeds, opium, and striking garden flowers
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Wildflower
RapeseedBrassica napus
A yellow-flowered crop grown for its oil-rich seeds and protein meal
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
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
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium
A poisonous, night-blooming plant with trumpet-shaped white or violet flowers
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Rhododendron
A vast group of shrubs and trees with showy blooms in many colours
🇳🇵 Nepal and 4 more · Wildflower
Hydrangea
Flowering shrubs with large heads that change color with soil pH
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Flowering shrub
Common sageSalvia officinalis
A Mediterranean herb with grey-green leaves and blue to purple flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Herb or useful flower
ChamomileMatricaria chamomilla
A fragrant white and yellow annual flower used for tea and herbal remedies
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
PeonyPaeonia
Large spring flowers in pink, red, white, yellow and purple, grown in gardens worldwide
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
A white-flowered shrub with red berries, rooted in Slavic and Ukrainian tradition
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 more · Flowering shrub
Wild PansyViola tricolor
A small wildflower with purple, yellow, and white blooms found across Eurasia
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
FireweedChamaenerion angustifolium
A tall pink wildflower that quickly covers burned or disturbed ground
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
A bright yellow wildflower of marshes and wet woodlands in cool climates
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Lilium davidii
A tall Asian lily with edible bulbs and orange recurved flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower
Bigleaf HydrangeaHydrangea macrophylla
A Japanese shrub with large pink or blue flower heads that change colour with soil
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Garden flower
Hubei AnemoneEriocapitella hupehensis
A late-summer flowering perennial with purple, pink or white blooms
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
Lilium speciosum
A late-summer lily with fragrant white to pink flowers from East Asia
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Wildflower
Vanda falcata
A small fragrant orchid from East Asia, prized for its white flowers and many forms
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Wildflower
Rosa moyesii
A tall wild rose from western China with striking red or pink summer flowers
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Pinwheel flowerTabernaemontana divaricata
A fragrant white-flowered shrub native to South and Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 2 more · Flowering shrub
Rose of SharonHibiscus syriacus
The national flower of South Korea with short-lived summer blooms
🇰🇷 South Korea and 4 more · Flowering shrub
Scarlet jungleflameIxora coccinea
A dense evergreen shrub with year-round scarlet flower clusters
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Hong Kong IrisIris speculatrix
A blue-flowered iris from southern China and Hong Kong hillsides
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Balloon flowerPlatycodon grandiflorus
A perennial with balloon-shaped buds and bell-like blue or white flowers
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Iris lactea白花马蔺
A hardy wild iris with pale blue to violet blooms from central Asia
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Wildflower
Iris tectorum鸢尾
A blue or white iris once grown on rooftops in China and Japan
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
Multi-flowered AeridesAerides multiflora
A fragrant orchid with many waxy flowers hanging in long sprays
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 6 more · Wildflower
Black-eyed Susan vineThunbergia alata
A fast-growing climbing plant with bright flowers and a dark centre
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Formosa lilyLilium formosanum
A tall, white, fragrant lily native to Taiwan with trumpet-shaped blooms
🇹🇼 Taiwan and 3 more · Wildflower
Bauhinia
A tropical tree with butterfly-shaped flowers in vivid colours
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering tree
Himalayan balsamImpatiens glandulifera
Tall Himalayan annual with pink helmet-shaped flowers and explosive seed pods
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Wildflower
Aster koraiensis벌개미취
A violet-flowered perennial native to the Korean peninsula
🇰🇷 South Korea and 1 more · Wildflower
Magnolia sieboldii
A summer-blooming magnolia with white, cup-shaped flowers from East Asia
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Flowering tree
MoonflowerIpomoea alba
A night-blooming vine with large white fragrant flowers
🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Wildflower
Rhodiola rosea
A hardy Arctic wildflower with yellow-green blooms and a thick, scaly root
🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Wildflower
Paeonia anomala
A wild peony with finely divided leaves and magenta-red flowers from northern Eurasia
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 more · Wildflower
Tricyrtis
A shade-loving Asian perennial with spotted, trumpet-shaped flowers
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
White Himalayan lilyLilium polyphyllum
A rare white or pink lily from the high Himalayas, used in temple offerings
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Wildflower
Lilium ledebouriiسوسن چلچراغ
A rare wild lily with white, green and purple flowers from Iran and Azerbaijan
🇮🇷 Iran and 1 more · Wildflower
Persian silk treeAlbizia julibrissin
A small tree with pink, silky starburst flowers and fern-like leaves
🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Flowering tree
Tulipa montana
A small wild tulip with deep red blooms from the mountains of Iran and Turkmenistan
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 more · Wildflower
Lilium pensylvanicum
A cold-climate lily with upright orange-red blooms
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum
A Southeast Asian slipper orchid with blue-green leaves and striped flowers
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Opium poppy: tanja niggendijker, CC BY 2.0, source
- Rose of Sharon: Wilhelm Zimmerling PAR, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common sage: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yarrow: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rhododendron: Eiffel, Public domain, source
- Fireweed: Mike Lehmann, Mike Switzerland 08:11, 13 August 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Black-eyed Susan vine: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Balloon flower: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pinwheel flower: SKsiddhartthan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lilium speciosum: ‘Uncle Carl’ (カールおじさん)., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hubei Anemone: William Brockelsby, CC BY 4.0, source
- Lilium davidii: Darm Crook, Public domain, source
- Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum: Secundum naturam, Public domain, source
- Lilium pensylvanicum: Нацку, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Moonflower: Benjamin Graves, CC BY 2.0, source
- Prunus: Benjamin Gimmel, BenHur, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bauhinia: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Thorn-apple: No machine-readable author provided. Taka assumed (based on copyright, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Multi-flowered Aerides: William Roxburgh (1751–1815), Public domain, source
- Scarlet jungleflame: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hydrangea: 3268zauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chamomile: Rob Hille, Public domain, source
- Linden: Bruce Marlin, CC BY 3.0, source
- Common dandelion: Walther Otto Müller, Public domain, source
- Rapeseed: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bigleaf Hydrangea: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0, source
- Peony: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5, source
- Guelder-rose: Waitblock, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wild Pansy: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marsh-marigold: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Paeonia anomala: Eglekuc, CC BY 3.0, source
- Aster koraiensis: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Himalayan balsam: Guptaele, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Formosa lily: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Magnolia sieboldii: Wendy Cutler, CC BY 2.0, source
- Iris tectorum: 清水五月, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rhodiola rosea: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Iris lactea: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tricyrtis: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Hong Kong Iris: Eunfagowiums, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lilium ledebourii: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Persian silk tree: Cmapm, Public domain, source
- Tulipa montana: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rosa moyesii: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vanda falcata: snotch, CC BY 2.0, source
- Common poppy: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, source
- Sacred lotus: T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source