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Flowers of North America

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🇺🇸 United States 330🇲🇽 Mexico 172🇨🇦 Canada 101🇨🇷 Costa Rica 28🇬🇹 Guatemala 26🇨🇺 Cuba 21🇭🇳 Honduras 20🇵🇦 Panama 18🇸🇻 El Salvador 16🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 13🇯🇲 Jamaica 12🇬🇱 Greenland 11🇳🇮 Nicaragua 11🇧🇿 Belize 10🇧🇸 Bahamas 6🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 5🇩🇲 Dominica 4🇭🇹 Haiti 4🇧🇧 Barbados 3🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 2🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 2🇬🇩 Grenada 1
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Common sunflowerHelianthus annuus A tall annual plant grown for its large yellow flower heads and edible seeds 🇨🇦 Canada and 4 more · Wildflower CactusCactaceae Succulent plants with spines, native to the Americas 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower AmaranthAmaranthus A tall, colourful plant grown for its flowers, leaves and edible seeds 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower Dahlia A bushy perennial with tuberous roots and bright, star-shaped blooms 🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Garden flower PoinsettiaEuphorbia pulcherrima The red-bracted shrub of Christmas displays, native to Mexico and Central America 🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 more · Wildflower MarigoldTagetes A group of bright annual and perennial flowers known worldwide as marigolds 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower Black locustRobinia pseudoacacia A tall, fragrant-flowered tree native to eastern North America 🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Flowering tree Datura A group of trumpet-shaped, highly toxic flowering plants in the nightshade family 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower LupinLupinus Tall, spiky-flowered legumes grown for gardens, food, and soil health 🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Wildflower Vanilla Climbing orchids with pods used for the world’s most popular flavor 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower Plumeria Fragrant tropical tree with waxy, five-petaled flowers in many colours 🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Flowering tree Prickly pearOpuntia Cactus with flat pads and edible fruit, native to the Americas 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower Yucca Dry-climate plants with pointed leaves and clusters of creamy white flowers 🇲🇽 Mexico and 4 more · Wildflower PassionflowerPassiflora A vine with intricate flowers and edible fruits, grown worldwide 🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Wildflower Indian fig opuntiaOpuntia ficus-indica A large, spiny cactus grown for its sweet fruit and edible pads 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower Marvel of PeruMirabilis jalapa Evening-blooming garden flower with many colours on one plant 🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Garden flower Cup-and-saucer vineCobaea scandens A climbing vine from Mexico with bell-shaped flowers that shift from white to purple 🇲🇽 Mexico · Climber Fire star orchidEpidendrum radicans A bright orange orchid that roots along its whole stem 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Orchid Ghost orchidDendrophylax lindenii A rare leafless orchid with white flowers that seem to float in air 🇨🇺 Cuba · Wildflower Sulphur cosmosCosmos sulphureus A tall annual with yellow, orange, or red daisy-like blooms 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower Rhyncholaelia digbyana The frilled white orchid that is Honduras’s national flower 🇭🇳 Honduras and 4 more · Orchid Eastern redbudCercis canadensis A North American tree with magenta-pink spring flowers and heart-shaped leaves 🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Flowering tree Tulip treeLiriodendron tulipifera A towering North American tree with tulip-shaped yellow-green flowers 🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Flowering tree Witch-hazelHamamelis A winter-flowering shrub with strap-shaped yellow to red blooms 🇺🇸 United States and 2 more · Flowering shrub Cosmos Tall daisy-like flowers grown in gardens and meadows 🇺🇸 United States and 5 more · Wildflower French marigoldTagetes patula A small marigold with yellow to orange blooms, valued in gardens and Georgian cooking 🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 more · Wildflower Heliopsis Bright yellow sunflower-like flowers of the Americas 🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Wildflower Heuchera Evergreen perennials with colorful leaves and delicate spring flowers 🇺🇸 United States and 2 more · Wildflower Scarlet giliaIpomopsis aggregata A red, trumpet-flowered wildflower of western North American mountains 🇺🇸 United States and 2 more · Wildflower Showy chalicevineSolandra grandiflora A climbing nightshade of the tropics, grown for its big trumpet flowers 🇨🇺 Cuba · Climber Dove orchidPeristeria elata An orchid with white flowers shaped like a dove, Panama's national flower 🇵🇦 Panama and 4 more · Orchid Catawba rosebayRhododendron catawbiense A spring-flowering rhododendron native to the southern Appalachian Mountains 🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower Rocky Mountain penstemonPenstemon strictus A blue-flowered perennial from the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains 🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower Mountain laurelKalmia latifolia Evergreen shrub with pink or white star-shaped blooms from eastern North America 🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower Trillium Woodland wildflowers with three-petalled blooms and whorled bracts 🇺🇸 United States and 4 more · Wildflower Pansy orchidMiltoniopsis An orchid with flowers that resemble garden pansies 🇨🇷 Costa Rica and 5 more · Orchid Blanket FlowerGaillardia aristata A drought-tolerant wildflower with yellow and maroon daisy-like blooms 🇺🇸 United States and 6 more · Wildflower New England asterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae A late-blooming purple wildflower of North American meadows and gardens 🇺🇸 United States and 2 more · Wildflower Ceanothus Shrubs with blue, white or pink flowers native to North America 🇺🇸 United States and 5 more · Wildflower Franklin treeFranklinia alatamaha A rare flowering tree once native to Georgia, now extinct in the wild 🇺🇸 United States · Flowering tree Chocolate cosmosCosmos atrosanguineus A dark red, chocolate-scented flower native to Mexico 🇲🇽 Mexico · Garden flower Pacific dogwoodCornus nuttallii White-bracted tree native to the forests of western North America 🇺🇸 United States · Flowering tree Tigridia pavonia A striking summer bulb with three-petalled blooms and bold central markings 🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Wildflower Chaparral yuccaHesperoyucca whipplei A tall, spiky-leaved plant with dramatic white flower spikes from dry slopes 🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower Mexican sunflowerTithonia rotundifolia Tall orange-red daisy-like flower native to Mexico and Central America 🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Wildflower Mexican morning gloryIpomoea tricolor A blue-flowered climber grown as an annual in gardens and fields 🇲🇽 Mexico · Garden flower Red columbineAquilegia canadensis A woodland wildflower with red and yellow nodding blooms from eastern North America 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 more · Wildflower MagaThespesia grandiflora Puerto Rico’s national flower, a red or pink five-petalled tree bloom 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico and 2 more · Flowering tree
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