Flowers for worship and offerings
Laid before gods and shrines, strung for temples, carried in procession.
RoseRosa
Woody perennial plants with showy, often fragrant flowers in many colours
Rosa · Wildflower
Chrysanthemum菊花
Autumn-blooming flower with thousands of varieties, cherished in East Asia and beyond
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Wildflower
PoinsettiaEuphorbia pulcherrima
The red-bracted shrub of Christmas displays, native to Mexico and Central America
🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 more · Wildflower
MarigoldTagetes
A group of bright annual and perennial flowers known worldwide as marigolds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
CarnationDianthus caryophyllus
A fragrant flower with ruffled petals, grown worldwide for decoration and meaning
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
HyacinthHyacinthus
A spring-blooming bulb with fragrant, colourful flower spikes
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Bulb flower
Iris florentina
A white, violet-scented iris grown for orris root and as a grave flower
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Wildflower
German irisIris × germanica
A tall, rhizome-rooted iris with showy bearded blooms in many colours
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Aztec marigoldTagetes erecta
The golden-yellow flower of Mexican altars and Day of the Dead offerings
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Wildflower
ChampakMagnolia champaca
A tall tree with fragrant yellow to orange flowers, prized in South and Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 7 more · Flowering tree
Kashmir IrisIris kashmiriana
A fragrant iris from the western Himalaya, often planted on graves in Kashmir
🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Wildflower
White garland-lilyHedychium coronarium
Tall, fragrant white flowers from the ginger family, grown and loved across continents
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Wildflower
Arabian jasmineJasminum sambac
A small white jasmine with a strong, sweet scent, treasured in Asia for garlands and ceremonies
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Tahitian gardeniaGardenia taitensis
A fragrant white flower woven into Pacific island garlands and oils
🇹🇴 Tonga and 1 more · Garden flower
Cape jasmineGardenia jasminoides
A glossy-leaved shrub with large, fragrant white flowers from East Asia
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Easter lilyLilium longiflorum
White, trumpet-shaped lily known for its role in Easter celebrations
🇯🇵 Japan and 3 more · Garden flower
Red spider lilyLycoris radiata
A bright-red autumn-blooming lily with spidery stamens
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Bulb flower
Florist's daisyChrysanthemum × morifolium
The many-petalled autumn bloom of gardens and floral shows
🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Garden flower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rose: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chrysanthemum: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2, source
- Champak: Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.), Public domain, source
- German iris: Za, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris florentina: Abrahami, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Marigold: Pohled 111, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dianthus: Darkone ( talk · contribs ), CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Poinsettia: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aztec marigold: HitroMilanese, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hyacinth: The wub, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kashmir Iris: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- White garland-lily: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Arabian jasmine: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tahitian gardenia: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cape jasmine: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Easter lily: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red spider lily: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Florist's daisy: 池田正樹 ( talk )masaki ikeda, Public domain, source