Other traditions flower traditions
Shinto, Taoist, Zoroastrian, folk and ancestral traditions.
JasmineJasminum
A group of fragrant shrubs and vines with white or yellow star-shaped flowers
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 7 more · Wildflower
Sacred lotusNelumbo nucifera
The pink aquatic flower sacred in Asia and grown for food, worship and beauty
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Water flower
HawthornCrataegus
A thorny shrub or tree with white or pink spring flowers and small edible fruits
🇮🇪 Ireland and 7 more · Wildflower
Bay laurelLaurus nobilis
Evergreen tree with aromatic leaves used as bay leaf in cooking
🇬🇷 Greece and 9 more · Flowering tree
HyacinthHyacinthus
A spring-blooming bulb with fragrant, colourful flower spikes
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Bulb flower
HollyIlex
Evergreen trees and shrubs with red berries, known for winter and Christmas use
Ilex · Wildflower
Blue water lilyNymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
The sky-blue water lily of ancient Egypt and African lakes
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 more · Water flower
Verbena
A genus of small, spiked flowers grown in gardens and linked to ancient rituals
Verbena · Wildflower
Pussy willow
Soft, silvery spring catkins from several small willow species
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 more · Wildflower
Poppy anemoneAnemone coronaria
Red, white, or blue Mediterranean flower with a dark crown centre
🇮🇱 Israel and 7 more · Wildflower
Fragrant screw-pinePandanus odorifer
A small tropical tree with sweet-scented flowers used for perfume and rituals
🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Flowering tree
San Pedro CactusEchinopsis pachanoi
A tall, night-blooming cactus from the Andes with white, fragrant flowers
🇵🇪 Peru and 5 more · Wildflower
Sacred daturaDatura wrightii
White trumpet-shaped flower with a strong scent, sacred in Native American rites
🇺🇸 United States and 3 more · Wildflower
Desfontainia
A glossy-leaved shrub with red tubular flowers from southern forests
🇨🇱 Chile and 7 more · Flowering shrub
KouCordia subcordata
A coastal flowering tree with orange blooms and buoyant fruit
🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree
Florist's daisyChrysanthemum × morifolium
The many-petalled autumn bloom of gardens and floral shows
🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Garden flower
Angel's-tearsBrugmansia suaveolens
A night-fragrant trumpet flower from Brazil, now grown worldwide
🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 more · Flowering shrub
Ti plantCordyline fruticosa
A tropical shrub with vivid leaves, used across the Pacific for ritual and food
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Emu BushEremophila
A group of Australian shrubs with tubular flowers in arid zones
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Flowering shrub
Clematis paniculatapuawānanga
A white-flowered climbing vine native to New Zealand forests
🇳🇿 New Zealand · Wildflower
Chaste treeVitex agnus-castus
A Mediterranean shrub with lavender summer spikes and aromatic leaves
🇬🇷 Greece and 3 more · Flowering shrub
Datura metelधतूरा
A shrubby plant with trumpet-shaped flowers, grown for ornament and tradition
🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Garden flower
Crown of thornsEuphorbia milii
A spiny flowering shrub with red, pink, or white bracts, native to Madagascar
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 5 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bay laurel: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us, source
- Jasmine: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Emu Bush: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Clematis paniculata: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chaste tree: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Holly: Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Hawthorn: Nadiatalent, Public domain, source
- Anemone: Aviad2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hyacinth: The wub, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Datura metel: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Crown of thorns: Ezra Katz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sacred lotus: T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue water lily: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Verbena: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pussy willow: Bernie, Public domain, source
- Fragrant screw-pine: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- San Pedro Cactus: Betsy Lambert, CC BY 4.0, source
- Sacred datura: Dlarsen, Public domain, source
- Desfontainia: Solereder?, Public domain, source
- Kou: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Florist's daisy: 池田正樹 ( talk )masaki ikeda, Public domain, source
- Angel's-tears: Kolforn ( Kolforn ) I'd appreciate if you could mail me (Kolforn@gmail, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ti plant: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, source