Flowers for national and state emblems
Flowers chosen to stand for a country, a state or a city.
Hydrangea
Flowering shrubs with large heads that change color with soil pH
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Flowering shrub
PoinsettiaEuphorbia pulcherrima
The red-bracted shrub of Christmas displays, native to Mexico and Central America
🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 more · Wildflower
SafflowerCarthamus tinctorius
A thistle-like annual grown for oil, dye, and as a saffron substitute
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
A bright blue wildflower once common in European grain fields
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · Wildflower
Salvia
A vast group of aromatic herbs and shrubs known for their flowers and uses
Salvia · Wildflower
CarnationDianthus caryophyllus
A fragrant flower with ruffled petals, grown worldwide for decoration and meaning
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
PoppyPapaver
A group of colourful wild and garden flowers with capsule fruits and many seeds
Papaver · Wildflower
MarigoldTagetes
A group of bright annual and perennial flowers known worldwide as marigolds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Forget-me-notMyosotis
Small blue wildflowers known for remembrance and love
🇳🇿 New Zealand and 7 more · Wildflower
LilacSyringa
Fragrant spring-flowering shrubs and small trees grown for their showy clusters
Syringa · Flowering shrub
Water-lily familyNymphaeaceae
Floating aquatic plants with showy flowers and round leaves
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 more · Wildflower
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Tall, sweet-scented wildflower with pale pink blooms and a long history in herbal lore
🇮🇸 Iceland and 8 more · Wildflower
Anemone
Perennial wildflowers with colorful, petal-like sepals known as windflowers
Anemone · Wildflower
Crocus
Small corm-grown flowers in white, yellow, orange or purple
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Wildflower
Black locustRobinia pseudoacacia
A tall, fragrant-flowered tree native to eastern North America
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Flowering tree
Common IvyHedera helix
An evergreen climbing vine with lobed leaves and nectar-rich autumn flowers
🇮🇪 Ireland and 7 more · Wildflower
PeonyPaeonia
Large spring flowers in pink, red, white, yellow and purple, grown in gardens worldwide
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
A large flowering tree known for its white spring blooms and shiny brown conkers
🇦🇱 Albania and 7 more · Flowering tree
MonkshoodAconitum
Tall, hooded wildflowers of mountain meadows, known for beauty and deadly poison
Aconitum · Wildflower
Datura
A group of trumpet-shaped, highly toxic flowering plants in the nightshade family
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Begonia
A vast group of colourful, shade-loving flowering plants from warm climates
Begonia · Wildflower
GentianGentiana
Trumpet-shaped blue and yellow flowers of alpine meadows and temperate regions
Gentiana · Wildflower
HyacinthHyacinthus
A spring-blooming bulb with fragrant, colourful flower spikes
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Bulb flower
St John's-wortHypericum
A genus of yellow-flowered plants known as St John's-wort or goatweed
Hypericum · Wildflower
Primula
A large genus of spring-blooming wild and garden flowers from cool and mountain regions
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
LupinLupinus
Tall, spiky-flowered legumes grown for gardens, food, and soil health
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Wildflower
SnowdropGalanthus
White bell-shaped flowers that bloom at the end of winter
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Wildflower
Aster
Star-shaped perennial flowers from Eurasia, popular in gardens for late blooms
Aster · Wildflower
BaelAegle marmelos
A spiny tree with fragrant yellow-green flowers and hard-shelled aromatic fruit
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering tree
LotusNelumbo
Aquatic plants with large, round leaves and striking flowers called lotus
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Water flower
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
A white-flowered shrub with red berries, rooted in Slavic and Ukrainian tradition
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 more · Flowering shrub
Viburnum
Shrubs and small trees with showy flower clusters and colourful berries
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 3 more · Wildflower
Nicotiana
The tobacco plant genus, grown for leaves and garden flowers worldwide
Nicotiana · Wildflower
Camellia
Evergreen shrubs and trees with showy blooms, best known for tea and garden flowers
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Garden flower
Plumeria
Fragrant tropical tree with waxy, five-petaled flowers in many colours
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Flowering tree
EdelweissLeontopodium nivale
A woolly white star-shaped flower of the European mountains
🇦🇹 Austria and 5 more · Wildflower
Clematis
A climbing vine with showy flowers, prized in gardens worldwide
Clematis · Wildflower
BromeliadsBromeliaceae
A family of tropical flowering plants from the Americas, including the pineapple
🇨🇱 Chile and 7 more · Wildflower
CloudberryRubus chamaemorus
A golden berry of northern bogs and tundra, picked wild for food and drink
🇳🇴 Norway and 7 more · Wildflower
Prickly pearOpuntia
Cactus with flat pads and edible fruit, native to the Americas
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Centaurea
A large group of thistle-like wildflowers with many forms and colours
Centaurea · Wildflower
Pelargonium
A diverse group of flowering plants often grown as garden and house plants
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
PassionflowerPassiflora
A vine with intricate flowers and edible fruits, grown worldwide
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Wildflower
Indian fig opuntiaOpuntia ficus-indica
A large, spiny cactus grown for its sweet fruit and edible pads
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
ColumbineAquilegia
A perennial wildflower with spurred, often blue or multicoloured blooms
Aquilegia · Wildflower
Ylang-ylangCananga odorata
A tropical tree with highly fragrant yellow flowers used for perfume and decoration
🇻🇳 Vietnam and 8 more · Flowering tree
DogwoodCornus
Woody trees and shrubs with showy bracts and colorful berries
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Calendula
Golden daisy-like flowers used in food, dye, and rituals
Calendula · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Plumeria: Renesis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Forget-me-not: Sedum Tauno Erik, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Primula: No machine-readable author provided. Pokrajac assumed (based on copyri, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Begonia: Juni, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bael: Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pelargonium: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Camellia: junichiro aoyama, CC BY 2.0, source
- Aster: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leontopodium: Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Dogwood: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common Valerian: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hydrangea: 3268zauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Safflower: AndrewMT, CC BY 3.0, source
- Cornflower: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Snowdrop: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Poppy: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marigold: Pohled 111, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dianthus: Darkone ( talk · contribs ), CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Salvia: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Poinsettia: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lilac: Marisa DeMeglio, CC BY 2.0, source
- Water-lily family: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 2.5, source
- Datura: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Anemone: Aviad2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Horse-chestnut: Stephan van Helden, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Peony: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5, source
- Monkshood: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, source
- Black locust: Annabell Hormann / korina.info, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common Ivy: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hyacinth: The wub, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gentian: Dixi at Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- St John's-wort: fir0002 flagstaffotos [at] gmail.com Canon 20D + Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, GFDL 1.2, source
- Nicotiana: Jom / Joachim Müllerchen, CC BY 2.5, source
- Viburnum: Wouter Hagens, Public domain, source
- Lotus: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Guelder-rose: Waitblock, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Clematis: Jolly Janner, Public domain, source
- Bromeliads: MANOJTV at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Prickly pear: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cloudberry: Philipum, Public domain, source
- Columbine: Python (Peter Rühr), CC BY 3.0, source
- Passionflower: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Calendula: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crocus: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lupin: Jean-Claude Echardour [CC BY-SA], via Tela Botanica, CC BY 2.0, source
- Centaurea: Taken by Carsten Niehaus ( user:Lumbar )., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ylang-ylang: User:B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, source