~Victor Hugo, French novelist~ Antigua & Barbuda - Dagger's Log, Agave Karatto Miller Agave karatto Argentina - Ceibo Erythrina crista-galli adopted on December 2, 1942 Austria - Edelweiss Leontopodium alpinum Australia - Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Bahamas - Yellow Elder, or Yellow Cedar Tecoma stans Balearic Islands - Carnation Bangla Desh - Water Lily 'Shapla' Nymehaea nouchali adopted in 1971 Barbados -Pride of Barbados also known as Dwarf Poinciana & Flower Fence Poinciana pulcherrima Belarus - Flax Belgium - Red Poppy Belize - Black Orchid Bermuda - Blue-eyed Grass Bhutan—blue poppy? Bohemia - Thyme Bolivia - Kantuta Brazil - Cattleya Orchid British Columbia - Dogwood Tree Flower Cornus Nuttalli Bulgaria - Rose Rosa Canada - Maple Leaf Cayman Islands—Wild Banana Orchid Schomburgkia thomsoniana Chile - Copihue/Chilean Bellflower Lapageria rosea China - Plum Blossom Prunus Mei Columbia - Christmas orchid (Cattleya trianae Costa Rica - Guaria Morada (purple orchid) cattleya skinneri adopted on June 15, 1939 Cuba - Butterfly Jasmine Mariposa Cyprus - Rose Rosa Czechoslovakia - Rose Rosa Denmark - Marguerite Daisy District of Columbia - American Beauty Rose Rosa Dominica—The bwa kwaib, or Carib tree Sabinea carinalis adopted as the national tree in 1978 Egypt - Lotus Nymphaea lotus England - Rose Rosa Equador - White Nun Orchid Estonia - Corn-flower or Bachelor's Button Centaurea cyanus adopted on June 23, 1988 Ethiopia - Calla Lily France - Iris French Polynesia -The Tiare Gardenia taitensis Finland - Lily-of-the-valley Convallaria majalis Germany - Centaurea/Knapweed Greece - Bear's breech Greenland - Willow Herb Guam— Puti Tai Nobiu Bougainvillea spectabilis Guatemala - White Nun Orchid Lycaste skinneri alba Guyana - Water Lily Victoria regia Holland - Tulip Honduras - Orchid Brassavola digbiana adopted on January 12, 1946. The rose was the national flower from 1946-1969 Hong Kong - Orchid Bauhinia blakeana Hungary - Tulip India - Lotus Nelumbo nucifera Indonesia - adopted 3 national flowers on June 5, 1990 to mark the World Environment Day: 1) Melati (Jasmine) (Jasminum sambac 2) Moon Orchid Phalaenopsis amabilis also known as the anggrek bulan 3) Rafflesia Rafflesia arnoldi Iran - Red Rose Iraq - Rose Rosa Ireland - Shamrock Jamaica - Tree of Life, Brazil wood or lignum vitae Guaiacum sanctum Japan - Chrysanthemum (imperial) , Cherry Blossom Sakura Jordan - Black Iris Iris nigricans Korea - Rose of Sharon Laos - Rice Latvia - Oxeye Daisy or pipene, Leucanthemum vulgare, earlier known as Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Liberia - Pepper Libya - Pomegranate blossom Lithuania - Rue (Ruta graveolens) Luxembourg - Rose Madagascar - Poinciana or Flamboyant Delonix regia Maldives - Pink Rose Malta - The Maltese Centaury Paleocyanus crasifoleus) adopted in the early 1970s Malaysia - Hibiscus Hibiscus rosa sinensis, locally known asBunga Raya Marianas—Plumeria Plumeria acuminata, locally known asflores mayo, adopted on March 13, 1979 Mexico - Dahlia Monaco - Carnation Nepal - Rhododendron Rhododendron arboreum , locally known as Lali Guras Netherlands - Tulip Tulipa New Zealand - Kowhai Sophora microphylla Nicaragua - Sacuanjoche Plumería rubra acutifolia N.Korea - Azalea (Jindallae) Northern - Ireland Flax Norway - Purple Heather Calluna vulgaris Pakistan - Jasmine Panama - Dove Orchid Peristeria elata Paraguay - Jasmine-of-the-Paraguay Peru - Kantuta, Inca magic flower Philippines - Sampaguita Jasminum sambac, adopted on February 1, 1934 Poland - Corn Poppy Portugal - Lavender Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican Hibiscus Flor de maga Republic of Molossia - Common Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata Romania - Dog rose Russia - Camomille San Marino - Cyclamen Scotland - Thistle Seychelles - Tropicbird Orchid Sicily - Carnation Singapore - Vanda Miss Joaquim Orchid a hybrid orchid between Vanda teres & Vanda hookeriana,adopted onApril 15, 1981 Slovakia - Rose Rosa Slovenia - Carnation Sri Lanka - Nil Mahanel (Water Lily) Nympheae Stellata,adopted on Feb. 26, 1986 S. Africa - Protea Protea cynaroides S. Korea - Moogoonghwa (Rose of Sharon) Hibiscus syriacus Soviet Union - Carnation (hvozdyka) Sweden - Linnea Linnea Borealis Switzerland - Edelweiss Leontopodium alpinum Tahiti - Gardenia Taitensis Taiwan (Republic of China) - Plum blossom Prunus mei, adopted on July 21, 1964 The Cayman Islands - Wild Banana Orchid Trinidad and Tobago - Chaconia also known as Pride of Trinidad & Tobago/Wild Poinsettia Warszewiczia coccinea Tonga - Heilala Turkey - Tulip Tulipa Ukraine - Sunflower United States of America - Rose Rosa United Kingdom, England -Tudor rose United Kingdom, Scotland - Thistle United Kingdom, Wales - Leek Uruguay - Ceibo Erythrina crista-galli Venezuela - Orchid Virgin Islands - Yellow Elder or Yellow Trumpet Tecoma stans adopted in 1934 Wales - Daffodil (National Symbol - Leek) Yemen - Arabian coffee Yugoslavia - Lily of the Valley Many European countries do not have a national flower, for instance modern France, Spain and Italy.
STATE FLOWERS OF USA
Alabama - Camelia
STATE TREES OF USA
Alabama - Southern Pine spider number |