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Flower girl
A young girl who scatters petals in a wedding procession
Custom
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Imperial crest of Japan菊紋
The 16-petal chrysanthemum emblem of the Japanese emperor and imperial family
🇯🇵 Japan · Art or design
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Wreath
A ring-shaped decoration made from flowers, leaves, or other materials
🇬🇷 Greece and 7 more · Arrangement
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Advent wreathAdventskranz
A ring of evergreens and candles marking each week of Advent
🇩🇪 Germany and 2 more · Worn flowers, Nov to Dec
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Laurel wreath
A head or neck wreath made from laurel leaves, symbolizing victory
🇬🇷 Greece and 4 more · Worn flowers
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Palmette
A fan-shaped floral motif from ancient Egypt and Greece, used in art and architecture
🇪🇬 Egypt and 2 more · Art or design
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Ashtamangalaअष्टमङ्गल
A sacred set of eight auspicious symbols in Indian religions
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Art or design
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Olive wreathκότινος
A crown of wild olive branches given to Olympic victors in ancient Greece
🇬🇷 Greece · Offering or rite
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Grass Crowncorona graminea
A rare Roman military crown woven from battlefield grasses and plants
🇮🇹 Italy · Garland or wreath
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Chaplet
A ring-shaped headpiece woven from flowers, leaves, or twigs
Garland or wreath
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Gosekku五節句
Five seasonal festivals once held at the Japanese imperial court
🇯🇵 Japan · Custom
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Butaبوته
A curved floral motif found in Persian, Indian, and Central Asian art and textiles
🇮🇷 Iran and 5 more · Art or design
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Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden中山公園
A traditional Chinese garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown
Vancouver, 🇨🇦 Canada · Flower garden
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Alpanaআলপনা
Bengali ritual floor art painted with rice flour on festive and religious occasions
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Carpet or floor pattern
Shamrockseamróg
Ireland’s three-leaf clover symbol, worn on St. Patrick’s Day
🇮🇪 Ireland · Wildflower
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Songkranสงกรานต์
The Thai New Year marked by water rituals and festive gatherings in April
🇹🇭 Thailand · Custom, April
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Vesak
The Buddhist festival marking the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and passing
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 7 more · Custom, Apr to Jun
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Kalashकलश
A metal pot with coconut and mango leaves used in Indian religious rituals
🇮🇳 India · Offering or rite
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Suzani textileسوزن
Embroidered dowry textiles from Central Asia, rich in floral and tribal designs
🇹🇯 Tajikistan and 3 more · Flower craft
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National flower
A flower chosen to represent a country or region as its symbol
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Custom
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Remembrance poppy
An artificial red poppy worn to honour those lost in war
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
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White poppy
A peace symbol worn for Remembrance Day and Anzac Day
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
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Ukrainian wreathвінок
A flower crown worn by Ukrainian girls and young women for tradition and celebration
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Garland or wreath
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Valentine's Day
A day for expressing love with cards, flowers, and gifts on February 14
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Custom, February
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Saint George's Day in CataloniaDiada de Sant Jordi
Catalonia’s day of exchanging books and red roses on April 23
🇪🇸 Spain and 2 more · Custom, April
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Dry landscape garden枯山水
A Japanese garden of rocks, moss, and raked gravel for meditation
🇯🇵 Japan · Garden style
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Haft-sinهفتسین
A table of seven symbolic items for Nowruz, the Persian New Year
🇮🇷 Iran · Arrangement, March
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Nowruzنوروز
Spring New Year festival marked by fire, greenery, and festive gatherings
🇮🇷 Iran and 9 more · Custom, March
Poppy
Bright-petalled flowers grown for gardens, seeds, and remembrance
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
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Menara Gardensحدائق المنارة
A historic orchard and water garden west of Marrakesh, Morocco
Marrakesh, 🇲🇦 Morocco · Flower garden
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Martenitsaмартеница
Red and white yarn tokens worn to greet spring in Bulgaria and nearby countries
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 5 more · Custom, March
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flower child
A 1960s youth movement known for wearing and sharing flowers as symbols of peace
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Worn flowers
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Christmas decoration
Ornaments, wreaths, and festive displays for the Christmas season
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · Arrangement, Jan to Dec
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Flower power
A 1960s protest style using flowers as symbols of peace and resistance
🇺🇸 United States · Custom
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Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso National Botanical GardenJardín Botánico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso
The main botanical garden in Santo Domingo, named for a Dominican botanist
Santo Domingo, 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic · Botanical garden
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Rikka立花
A formal Japanese ikebana style with upright, symbolic floral arrangements
Arrangement
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Seika生花
A classical Japanese ikebana style with triangular lines and seasonal flowers
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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Paper lantern
Lanterns made of paper for festivals, light, and celebration across Asia and beyond
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Parade or display
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Lotus Lantern Festival연등회
Korea’s lantern festival held for Buddha’s Birthday
🇰🇷 South Korea · Parade or display, Apr to May
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Vanitas
A style of still life art showing the fleeting nature of life and worldly things
🇪🇸 Spain · Art or design
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Palm branch
A symbol of victory, peace, and eternal life made from palm leaves
🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Offering or rite
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Easter palmpalma wielkanocna, verba
A decorated willow or juniper branch for Palm Sunday in Poland and Lithuania
🇱🇹 Lithuania and 3 more · Offering or rite
Pussy willow
Soft, silvery spring catkins from several small willow species
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 more · Wildflower
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Still life
Artworks showing arranged objects like flowers, fruit, and vessels
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 4 more · Art or design
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Bird-and-flower painting花鳥畫
A genre of East Asian painting showing birds, flowers, and nature’s creatures
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Art or design
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Four Gentlemen四君子
The four symbolic plants of Chinese and East Asian art
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Art or design
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Three Friends of Winter歲寒三友
Pine, bamboo and plum shown together as a symbol of endurance in East Asian art
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Art or design
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Flowers of the Four Seasons四季名花
A classic set of four flowers symbolizing each season in Chinese art
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Art or design
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Hanakotoba花言葉
The Japanese language of flowers and their meanings
🇯🇵 Japan · Custom
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Heraldic rose
A stylized five-petaled rose used as a symbol in coats of arms and badges
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 more · Art or design
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Bouquet
A creative arrangement of flowers, given or displayed for many occasions
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Arrangement
PeachPrunus persica
A flowering fruit tree from China, grown for its pink blossoms and sweet fruit
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering tree
PomegranatePunica granatum
A shrub with bright red flowers and a fruit full of edible seeds
🇮🇷 Iran and 9 more · Flowering shrub
RosemarySalvia rosmarinus
A fragrant evergreen shrub with needle-like leaves and purple, blue, or white flowers
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 more · Flowering shrub
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
Narcissus
Spring-flowering bulbs with trumpet-shaped blooms in white, yellow, and orange
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
Hibiscus
A tropical genus with large, colourful trumpet-shaped flowers
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Wildflower
Common poppyPapaver rhoeas
The vivid red wildflower of fields and remembrance
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Rhododendron
A vast group of shrubs and trees with showy blooms in many colours
🇳🇵 Nepal and 4 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bouquet: James Vick's Sons (Rochester, N.Y.); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed, No restrictions, source
- Ashtamangala: Redtigerxyz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Buta: Thomas Watier, Public domain, source
- Flower power: Mathias Degen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Heraldic rose: Gliwi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Palmette: Lameiro, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gosekku: Kakizaki Hakyo, Public domain, source
- Jasmine: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rhododendron: Eiffel, Public domain, source
- Flame lily: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Dry landscape garden: Jnn 。, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Menara Gardens: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rosemary: Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, CC BY 2.0, source
- Peach: Jack Dykinga, USDA, Public domain, source
- Pomegranate: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hibiscus: Marshman at en.wikipedia / Eric Guinther, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Narcissus: Uberprutser, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso National Botanical Garden: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0, source
- Rikka: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Seika: Gryffindor, CC0, source
- Hanakotoba: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Imperial crest of Japan: Ogiyoshisan, Public domain, source
- Wreath: Олександр Майоров, Майкл Ендрюс, Світлана Буланова, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Advent wreath: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY 4.0, source
- Laurel wreath: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, source
- Olive wreath: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Grass Crown: Wilhelm von Gloeden, Public domain, source
- Chaplet: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, source
- Common poppy: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, source
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden: No machine-readable author provided. Bobanny assumed (based on copyrig, Public domain, source
- Alpana: Tripan123, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shamrock: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Songkran: ผู้สร้างสรรค์ผลงาน/ส่งข้อมูลเก็บในคลังข้อมูลเสรีวิกิมีเดียคอมมอนส์ - เ, CC BY 3.0, source
- Vesak: ผู้สร้างสรรค์ผลงาน/ส่งข้อมูลเก็บในคลังข้อมูลเสรีวิกิมีเดียคอมมอนส์ - เ, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kalash: Redtigerxyz at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, source
- Suzani textile: Ilhoms, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sacred lotus: T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Remembrance poppy: Heatherannej, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Flower girl: lil'bear, CC BY 2.0, source
- White poppy: Nankai, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ukrainian wreath: Samuil Dudin (1863-1929), Public domain, source
- Valentine's Day: Upload: Chordboard, Public domain, source
- Saint George's Day in Catalonia: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Haft-sin: HengamehRM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nowruz: Katzenfee50, CC0, source
- Poppy: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source
- Martenitsa: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- flower child: Derek Redmond and Paul Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Christmas decoration: C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Paper lantern: PhiloVivero, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lotus Lantern Festival: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Vanitas: Unknown, Public domain, source
- Palm branch: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Easter palm: Evaldas Liutkus, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pussy willow: Bernie, Public domain, source
- Still life: Willem Kalf, Public domain, source
- Bird-and-flower painting: Qian Xuan, Public domain, source
- Four Gentlemen: Sun Long (孫隆) and Chen Lu (陳錄), Public domain, source
- Three Friends of Winter: Zhao Mengjian 趙孟堅 b. 1199 - d. circa 1264, Public domain, source
- Flowers of the Four Seasons: JGM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source