Wildflowers
Flowers of meadow, forest, desert and roadside that nobody planted.
Begonia
A vast group of colourful, shade-loving flowering plants from warm climates
Begonia · Wildflower
LantanaLantana camara
A colourful shrub with clusters of small, changing flowers
🇧🇷 Brazil and 9 more · Flowering shrub
Black-eyed Susan vineThunbergia alata
A fast-growing climbing plant with bright flowers and a dark centre
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Pinwheel flowerTabernaemontana divaricata
A fragrant white-flowered shrub native to South and Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 2 more · Flowering shrub
Calliandra
Shrubs and small trees with fluffy, powder-puff-like flowers
Calliandra · Wildflower
Vanda falcata
A small fragrant orchid from East Asia, prized for its white flowers and many forms
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Wildflower
Beach naupakaScaevola taccada
A salt-tolerant shrub with fan-shaped white flowers on tropical beaches
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Bengal trumpetThunbergia grandiflora
A climbing vine with large blue-violet trumpet flowers from Southeast Asia
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Climber
Flamingo FlowerAnthurium andraeanum
A tropical plant with heart-shaped leaves and vivid red or pink spathes
🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 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
African violetSaintpaulia
A small, velvety-leaved house plant with violet, blue or white flowers from East Africa
🇹🇿 Tanzania and 1 more · Wildflower
Ixora
Tropical evergreen shrubs with clusters of small, bright flowers
🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Garden flower
Desert roseAdenium obesum
A succulent shrub with bright pink to red flowers and a swollen base
🇲🇷 Mauritania and 7 more · Wildflower
Mexican flamevinePseudogynoxys chenopodioides
A climbing vine with bright orange daisy-like flowers from Central and South America
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Climber
Common GorseUlex europaeus
A tough, spiny yellow-flowered shrub of Western Europe
🇳🇿 New Zealand and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Shirui lilyLilium mackliniae
A rare lily found only in the hills of Manipur, India
🇮🇳 India · Wildflower
Protea roupelliae
A small tree or shrub from southern Africa with striking flower heads
🇿🇦 South Africa and 1 more · Wildflower
BrahmakamalSaussurea obvallata
A Himalayan alpine flower with papery bracts, sacred in Indian hill temples
🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Wildflower
Flame lilyGloriosa superba
A striking red and yellow climbing flower, national emblem of Zimbabwe and Tamil Nadu
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe and 9 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Begonia: Juni, CC BY 2.0, source
- Flame lily: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Black-eyed Susan vine: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Pinwheel flower: SKsiddhartthan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Calliandra: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Vanda falcata: snotch, CC BY 2.0, source
- Beach naupaka: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Bengal trumpet: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lantana: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flamingo Flower: Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crown of thorns: Ezra Katz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- African violet: Kor!An (Корзун Андрей), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ixora: Wilfredor, CC0, source
- Desert rose: ZSM, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mexican flamevine: Yucalyptus, CC0, source
- Common Gorse: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Shirui lily: Tabish Qureshi Tabish q, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Protea roupelliae: Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Brahmakamal: Schwiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, source