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Herbs and useful flowers

Grown for scent, taste, dye or medicine as much as for looks.

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Paeonia clusii A white or pink peony found wild only on Crete, Karpathos, and Rhodes Paeonia clusii · Wildflower PrimrosePrimula vulgaris A pale yellow spring flower of woods and hedgerows across Europe and North Africa 🇦🇹 Austria and 7 more · Wildflower LeekAllium ampeloprasum A mild-flavoured onion relative and Welsh emblem with edible leaf sheaths 🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Herb or useful flower Tree marigoldTithonia diversifolia A tall yellow-orange flower grown wild and as green manure in many warm regions 🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Wildflower Wreath LechenaultiaLechenaultia macrantha A low-growing Australian wildflower with yellow and red-pink blooms in a ring shape 🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower Pulsatilla Spring-blooming wildflower with bell-shaped blooms and feathery seed heads 🇨🇦 Canada and 2 more · Wildflower Seep monkeyflowerErythranthe guttata A bright yellow wildflower of streamsides and seeps in western North America Erythranthe guttata · Wildflower Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis A tall, fragrant flower with purple, pink, or white blooms in spring 🇪🇸 Spain and 4 more · Wildflower Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata A floating yellow aquatic plant with wavy leaves and fringed flowers 🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Water flower Tufted evening-primroseOenothera cespitosa A night-blooming white flower of dry western North America 🇨🇦 Canada and 2 more · Wildflower LungwortPulmonaria A clump-forming perennial with spotted leaves and spring flowers in blue, pink, or white Pulmonaria · Wildflower Red trilliumTrillium erectum A woodland wildflower with three broad leaves and a single spring bloom 🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower Sacred daturaDatura wrightii White trumpet-shaped flower with a strong scent, sacred in Native American rites 🇺🇸 United States and 3 more · Wildflower BunchberryCornus canadensis A low-growing woodland plant with white bracts and red summer fruit 🇨🇦 Canada and 6 more · Wildflower Blue flagIris versicolor A blue to purple wild iris of eastern North American wetlands 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 more · Wildflower Common evening primroseOenothera biennis Tall yellow-flowered plant that opens at dusk and grows wild in North America 🇨🇳 China · Wildflower Jack-in-the-pulpitArisaema triphyllum A woodland plant with a hooded flower spike found in eastern North America 🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower Virginia spiderwortTradescantia virginiana A clump-forming wildflower with blue, purple, pink, or white blooms 🇺🇸 United States and 2 more · Wildflower Costus spectabilis A bright yellow ground-hugging flower from tropical Africa 🇳🇬 Nigeria and 7 more · Wildflower Sturt's desert peaSwainsona formosa Australia’s striking red desert wildflower with a black-centred bloom 🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower Donkey orchidDiuris Australian orchids with ear-like petals and dangling sepals 🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower Pink Mulla MullaPtilotus exaltatus A spiky pink wildflower from Australia’s dry interior 🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower Giant waterlilyNymphaea gigantea A large aquatic lily with floating leaves and day-blooming blue flowers 🇦🇺 Australia · Water flower TriggerplantStylidium Australian wildflowers with a spring-loaded pollination column 🇦🇺 Australia and 4 more · Wildflower Chatham Islands forget-me-notMyosotidium hortensia A large blue-flowered plant from New Zealand’s Chatham Islands 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Wildflower Mount Cook buttercupRanunculus lyallii New Zealand’s giant white buttercup with lily-like leaves 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Wildflower Slipper orchidCypripedium Hardy northern orchids with a pouch-shaped lower petal 🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower Honey garlicAllium siculum A tall Allium with drooping cream-and-maroon bell flowers and twisted blue-gray leaves 🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 6 more · Wildflower Italian lords-and-ladiesArum italicum A shade-loving perennial with white spring flowers and red berries 🇮🇹 Italy and 6 more · Herb or useful flower Japanese irisIris laevigata A water-loving Japanese iris with violet-blue blooms and historic garden ties 🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Water flower Calla lilyZantedeschia aethiopica A tall white-flowered wetland plant from southern Africa 🇿🇦 South Africa and 8 more · Wildflower VanillaVanilla planifolia The climbing orchid behind most of the world’s vanilla flavour 🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 more · Wildflower Silver cock's combCelosia argentea A tropical annual with feathery, vivid flower spikes 🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Garden flower Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare A white-petalled wildflower of meadows, now found across much of the world 🇱🇻 Latvia and 6 more · Wildflower Mountain arnicaArnica montana A yellow-flowered herb from Europe's uplands, used in herbal traditions 🇫🇷 France and 7 more · Wildflower White pasqueflowerPulsatilla occidentalis A spring-blooming wildflower with white or pale purple sepals Pulsatilla occidentalis · Wildflower Trillium Woodland wildflowers with three-petalled blooms and whorled bracts 🇺🇸 United States and 4 more · Wildflower PasqueflowerPulsatilla vulgaris A spring-flowering perennial with silky purple blooms and feathery seed heads 🇨🇳 China · Wildflower Early Purple OrchidOrchis mascula A wild orchid with purple flowers found across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East 🇮🇪 Ireland and 6 more · Wildflower Eranthis Tiny early-spring flowers of the forest floor, often called winter aconite Eranthis · Wildflower Lady's mantleAlchemilla A group of perennial herbs with fan-shaped, water-repellent leaves Alchemilla · Wildflower French lavenderLavandula stoechas A Mediterranean lavender with purple bracts atop its flower spikes 🇪🇸 Spain and 2 more · Wildflower Woodland peonyPaeonia obovata A woodland peony with white, pink or purple-red flowers from East Asia 🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Wildflower Hepatica A woodland perennial with three-lobed leaves and early spring flowers 🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower Small Pasque FlowerPulsatilla pratensis A bell-shaped wildflower of meadows in central and eastern Europe 🇳🇴 Norway and 4 more · Wildflower Paeonia peregrina A wild red peony native to southeastern Europe and Turkey 🇷🇴 Romania and 7 more · Wildflower BitterrootLewisia rediviva A small pink or white wildflower of dry western North America, Montana’s state flower Lewisia rediviva · Wildflower Chaparral yuccaHesperoyucca whipplei A tall, spiky-leaved plant with dramatic white flower spikes from dry slopes 🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower
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