Herbs and useful flowers
Grown for scent, taste, dye or medicine as much as for looks.
RosemarySalvia rosmarinus
A fragrant evergreen shrub with needle-like leaves and purple, blue, or white flowers
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 more · Flowering shrub
AmaranthAmaranthus
A tall, colourful plant grown for its flowers, leaves and edible seeds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
DandelionTaraxacum
A yellow-flowered perennial found in fields, lawns, and gardens worldwide
Taraxacum · Wildflower
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
Sensitive PlantMimosa pudica
A touch-sensitive plant whose leaves fold up when disturbed
🇧🇷 Brazil and 8 more · Wildflower
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium
A poisonous, night-blooming plant with trumpet-shaped white or violet flowers
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
BorageBorago officinalis
A bristly blue-flowered herb from the Mediterranean, used in food and oil
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Herb or useful flower
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
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Tall, sweet-scented wildflower with pale pink blooms and a long history in herbal lore
🇮🇸 Iceland and 8 more · Wildflower
Wild PansyViola tricolor
A small wildflower with purple, yellow, and white blooms found across Eurasia
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
EdelweissLeontopodium nivale
A woolly white star-shaped flower of the European mountains
🇦🇹 Austria and 5 more · Wildflower
CloudberryRubus chamaemorus
A golden berry of northern bogs and tundra, picked wild for food and drink
🇳🇴 Norway and 7 more · Wildflower
ColumbineAquilegia
A perennial wildflower with spurred, often blue or multicoloured blooms
Aquilegia · Wildflower
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Tall spikes of bell-shaped, spotted flowers in purple, pink, white or yellow
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 more · Wildflower
Marvel of PeruMirabilis jalapa
Evening-blooming garden flower with many colours on one plant
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Garden flower
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
A bright yellow wildflower of marshes and wet woodlands in cool climates
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
FireweedChamaenerion angustifolium
A tall pink wildflower that quickly covers burned or disturbed ground
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Meadow buttercupRanunculus acris
A tall yellow wildflower found in meadows and grasslands across Eurasia
Ranunculus acris · Wildflower
Chocolate cosmosCosmos atrosanguineus
A dark red, chocolate-scented flower native to Mexico
🇲🇽 Mexico · Garden flower
White pasqueflowerPulsatilla occidentalis
A spring-blooming wildflower with white or pale purple sepals
Pulsatilla occidentalis · Wildflower
BitterrootLewisia rediviva
A small pink or white wildflower of dry western North America, Montana’s state flower
Lewisia rediviva · Wildflower
Purple mountain saxifrageSaxifraga oppositifolia
A mat-forming purple flower of Arctic and high mountain regions
🇨🇦 Canada and 4 more · Wildflower
Common bird's-foot trefoilLotus corniculatus
A yellow pea-flowered wild plant found in grasslands and fields
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
A tall, sweet-scented wildflower of damp meadows in Europe and western Asia
🇦🇹 Austria · Wildflower
Mountain arnicaArnica montana
A yellow-flowered herb from Europe's uplands, used in herbal traditions
🇫🇷 France and 7 more · Wildflower
Gentiana scabra
A blue-flowered gentian native to East Asia, valued in traditional medicine
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
A pink-flowered wild geranium found in woods and gardens across the north
Geranium robertianum · Wildflower
French lavenderLavandula stoechas
A Mediterranean lavender with purple bracts atop its flower spikes
🇪🇸 Spain and 2 more · Wildflower
Ragged-robinSilene flos-cuculi
A wild pink flower with deeply cut petals and a ragged look
Silene flos-cuculi · Wildflower
Yellow Himalayan fritillaryFritillaria cirrhosa
A rare Himalayan lily with bell-shaped, checkered flowers and prized medicinal bulbs
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
Fringed pinkDianthus superbus
A wild pink flower with deeply fringed petals and a sweet scent
🇫🇷 France and 6 more · Wildflower
Lady's mantleAlchemilla
A group of perennial herbs with fan-shaped, water-repellent leaves
Alchemilla · Wildflower
Lilium ledebouriiسوسن چلچراغ
A rare wild lily with white, green and purple flowers from Iran and Azerbaijan
🇮🇷 Iran and 1 more · Wildflower
Tricyrtis
A shade-loving Asian perennial with spotted, trumpet-shaped 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
Rhodiola rosea
A hardy Arctic wildflower with yellow-green blooms and a thick, scaly root
🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Wildflower
Gentian sageSalvia patens
A blue-flowered sage from central Mexico grown for its vivid blooms
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Garden flower
Bloody crane's-billGeranium sanguineum
A hardy crimson-flowered perennial of grasslands and gardens
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Wildflower
Aster koraiensis벌개미취
A violet-flowered perennial native to the Korean peninsula
🇰🇷 South Korea and 1 more · Wildflower
Common knapweedCentaurea nigra
A tough meadow flower with purple blooms and dark-tipped bracts
Centaurea nigra · Wildflower
Paeonia anomala
A wild peony with finely divided leaves and magenta-red flowers from northern Eurasia
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 more · Wildflower
Eupatorium japonicum白头婆
A tall perennial herb with corymbs of white, pink, or red-purple flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower
French marigoldTagetes patula
A small marigold with yellow to orange blooms, valued in gardens and Georgian cooking
🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 more · Wildflower
Queen of the AndesPuya raimondii
The tallest bromeliad, blooming once after decades and then dying
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 more · 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
- Common sage: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yarrow: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Queen of the Andes: Pepe Roque, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mountain arnica: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhlers Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, source
- White pasqueflower: Bordgious, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fireweed: Mike Lehmann, Mike Switzerland 08:11, 13 August 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- French marigold: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2, source
- Lady's mantle: Photo by and (c)2007 Jina Lee, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- French lavender: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leontopodium: Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Meadowsweet: AnRo0002, CC0, source
- Bitterroot: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chocolate cosmos: Björn Appel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dandelion: Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thorn-apple: No machine-readable author provided. Taka assumed (based on copyright, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common Valerian: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chamomile: Rob Hille, Public domain, source
- Rosemary: Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, CC BY 2.0, source
- Common dandelion: Walther Otto Müller, Public domain, source
- Borage: Jengod, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sensitive Plant: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Amaranth: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rapeseed: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wild Pansy: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cloudberry: Philipum, Public domain, source
- Columbine: Python (Peter Rühr), CC BY 3.0, source
- Foxglove: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marvel of Peru: Khalid Mahmood at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Marsh-marigold: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Meadow buttercup: Alinja, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Paeonia anomala: Eglekuc, CC BY 3.0, source
- Aster koraiensis: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gentian sage: T.Voekler, 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
- Lilium ledebourii: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fringed pink: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yellow Himalayan fritillary: Popolon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ragged-robin: Peter O'Connor aka anemoneprojectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bloody crane's-bill: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Herb-Robert: Original uploader was Sannse at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common knapweed: Julie Anne Workman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gentiana scabra: ~~, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Eupatorium japonicum: No machine-readable author provided. Koba-chan assumed (based on copyr, CC BY 2.5, source
- Common bird's-foot trefoil: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Purple mountain saxifrage: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0, source