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~Life is the flower for which love is the honey~
~Victor Hugo, French novelist~
NATIONAL FLOWERS
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
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