Flowers for dye and colour
Flowers that give colour to cloth, food and skin.
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
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
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
Marvel of PeruMirabilis jalapa
Evening-blooming garden flower with many colours on one plant
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Garden flower
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
Cape jasmineGardenia jasminoides
A glossy-leaved shrub with large, fragrant white flowers from East Asia
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Yellow Flame TreePeltophorum pterocarpum
A tall tree with masses of golden yellow summer flowers
🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree
Ivy-leaved geraniumPelargonium peltatum
A trailing plant with fleshy, lobed leaves and pale mauve to pink flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
Globe amaranthGomphrena globosa
A round-flowered annual grown for its lasting, colorful blooms
🇬🇹 Guatemala and 4 more · Wildflower
Common mallowMalva sylvestris
A wild and garden flower with mauve-purple blooms and edible leaves
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Soaptree yuccaYucca elata
A tall desert plant with white, bell-shaped flowers and fibrous leaves
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower
Sweetscented marigoldTagetes lucida
A golden-flowered herb from Mexico with anise-scented leaves
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Wildflower
Spanish broomSpartium junceum
A tall shrub with rush-like stems and fragrant yellow flowers
🇵🇪 Peru and 6 more · Flowering shrub
KouCordia subcordata
A coastal flowering tree with orange blooms and buoyant fruit
🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree
Cockspur Coral TreeErythrina crista-galli
A red-flowered tree, national symbol of Argentina and Uruguay
🇦🇷 Argentina and 4 more · Flowering tree
French marigoldTagetes patula
A small marigold with yellow to orange blooms, valued in gardens and Georgian cooking
🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 more · Wildflower
Love-lies-bleedingAmaranthus caudatus
Tall Andean plant with long, drooping red or white flower clusters
🇵🇪 Peru and 8 more · Wildflower
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
A tall, sweet-scented wildflower of damp meadows in Europe and western Asia
🇦🇹 Austria · Wildflower
Tigridia pavonia
A striking summer bulb with three-petalled blooms and bold central markings
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Wildflower
Aztec marigoldTagetes erecta
The golden-yellow flower of Mexican altars and Day of the Dead offerings
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Spanish broom: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yarrow: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wild cherry: MPF, CC BY 2.5, source
- Cockspur Coral Tree: Pablo Bombín, CC0, source
- French marigold: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2, source
- Love-lies-bleeding: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Meadowsweet: AnRo0002, CC0, source
- Tigridia pavonia: Lorbeer, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Elder: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aztec marigold: HitroMilanese, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wild Pansy: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Prickly pear: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marvel of Peru: Khalid Mahmood at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Bengal trumpet: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common poppy: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, source
- Snapdragon: Sabina Bajracharya, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Poppy: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source
- Cape jasmine: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yellow Flame Tree: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ivy-leaved geranium: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Globe amaranth: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common mallow: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Soaptree yucca: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sweetscented marigold: manfred.sause@volloeko.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kou: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, source