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ApricotPrunus armeniaca A small fruit tree with early white to pink blossoms and golden-orange fruit 🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Flowering tree Wild cherryPrunus avium A tall flowering tree native to Europe, grown for its sweet fruit and spring blossom 🇮🇹 Italy and 6 more · Flowering tree YarrowAchillea millefolium A wild, fern-leaved plant with flat clusters of white or pink flowers and a spicy scent 🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Wildflower BlackthornPrunus spinosa A spiny shrub with white spring flowers and tart blue-black fruit 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower Common poppyPapaver rhoeas The vivid red wildflower of fields and remembrance 🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower ElderSambucus A group of shrubs and small trees with clusters of white flowers and dark berries Sambucus · Wildflower Prunus The group of trees and shrubs with stone fruits like cherries, plums, and almonds Prunus · Flowering tree Crocus Small corm-grown flowers in white, yellow, orange or purple 🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Wildflower Wild PansyViola tricolor A small wildflower with purple, yellow, and white blooms found across Eurasia 🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower Indian fig opuntiaOpuntia ficus-indica A large, spiny cactus grown for its sweet fruit and edible pads 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower Flame of the forestButea monosperma A tree with vivid orange-red flowers, sacred in Hindu and Buddhist traditions 🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Flowering tree Tree marigoldTithonia diversifolia A tall yellow-orange flower grown wild and as green manure in many warm regions 🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Wildflower Ivy-leaved geraniumPelargonium peltatum A trailing plant with fleshy, lobed leaves and pale mauve to pink flowers 🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower OliveOlea europaea Evergreen tree grown for its fruit and oil across the Mediterranean and beyond 🇪🇸 Spain and 7 more · Flowering tree Oregon grapeBerberis aquifolium Evergreen shrub with spiny leaves and yellow spring flowers, Oregon’s state flower 🇲🇽 Mexico · Wildflower Golden wattleAcacia pycnantha Australia's national flower, with fluffy golden blooms and sickle-shaped phyllodes 🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree KouCordia subcordata A coastal flowering tree with orange blooms and buoyant fruit 🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree KōwhaiSophora microphylla New Zealand’s bright yellow flowering tree with weeping branches 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Flowering tree KōwhaiSophora New Zealand’s iconic yellow-flowered native tree 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Flowering tree Spanish broomSpartium junceum A tall shrub with rush-like stems and fragrant yellow flowers 🇵🇪 Peru and 6 more · Flowering shrub Pacific dogwoodCornus nuttallii White-bracted tree native to the forests of western North America 🇺🇸 United States · Flowering tree Sydney golden wattleAcacia longifolia A fast-growing Australian shrub or tree with golden flower spikes and bead-like seed pods 🇦🇺 Australia and 3 more · Flowering shrub Bengal trumpetThunbergia grandiflora A climbing vine with large blue-violet trumpet flowers from Southeast Asia 🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Climber SnapdragonAntirrhinum Garden flowers with dragon-shaped blooms that open when squeezed 🇩🇪 Germany and 4 more · Garden flower Poppy Bright-petalled flowers grown for gardens, seeds, and remembrance 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower ApricotPrunus armeniaca A spring-flowering fruit tree with white or pink blossoms and orange-yellow fruit 🇦🇲 Armenia and 7 more · Flowering tree Flowering dogwoodCornus florida A small tree with white, pink, or red bracts, native to eastern North America 🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Flowering tree Wild Himalayan CherryPrunus cerasoides A cherry tree with pinkish white blossoms from the Himalayas and Southeast Asia 🇮🇳 India and 5 more · Flowering tree

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