List of national flowers

A floral emblem is a flower or plant that is chosen by a country as a symbol or emblem for that country.

Examples
Country Common name Scientific name Picture Ref.
 AustraliaGolden WattleAcacia pycnantha[1]
 Cook IslandsTiaré FlowerGardenia taitensis[2]
 EnglandTudor roseN/A[3]
 FinlandLily of the ValleyConvallalia majalis
 EstoniaCornflowerCentaurea cyanus
   NepalRhododendronRhododendron arboreum[4][5]
 PalestinePalestinian poppyAnemone coronaria
Caucasus EmirateRhododendronRhododendron ponticum
 PakistanPoet's JasmineJasminum officinale[6]
SikkimNoble orchidCymbidium goeringii
 Sri LankaWater lilyNymphaea stellata
 South KoreaRose of SharonHibiscus syriacus[7]
 AfghanistanTulipTulipa gesneriana
 BangladeshShaplaNymphaea pubescens
 BhutanBlue poppyMeconopsis gakyidiana
 CambodiaRumduolSphaerocoryne affinis
 ChinaPeonyPaeonia
 ChileCopihueLapageria rosea[8]
East TurkestanTurkic Bactrian-lilyFritillaria pallidiflora
 IcelandMountain avensDryas octopetala
 IndiaLotusNelumbo
 IsraelPersian cyclamenCyclamen persicum
 IranPersian pearlTulipa pulchella
KashmiristanRhododendronRhododendron ponticum
 MaldivesPink roseRosa multiflora
 MalaysiaChinese hibiscusHibiscus rosa-sinensis
 SamoaRed gingerAlpinia purpurata[9]
 ScotlandThistle'
 SingaporeOrchidOrchidaceae
 South AfricaProteaProtea cynaroides
 SwedenSmall bluebellCampanula rotundifolia[10]
 TongaHeilalaGarcinia sessilis[11]

References
  1. ""Floral Emblems of Australia"". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  2. ""Cook Islands Wildlife"". "Go Visit Cook Islands" a subsidiary of "Delfina Travel Group Inc". Archived from the original on 2016-07-23. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  3. National Flowers of the UK Archived 2009-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, 10 Downing Street. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
  4. "Final Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2063" (pdf). worldstatesmen.org. 2007. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  5. "Plants, Animals and Birds of Nepal". Nepal Vista. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. "National Symbols of Pakistan". Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
  8. Ministerio del Interior de Chile (24 February 1977). "Decreto 62 de 1977 del Ministerio del Interior" (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  9. ""Meaning of flowers changing in Pacific communities"". Radio Australia. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  10. "Sveriges nationalblomma". Svenska botaniska föreningen. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  11. ""Tongan Flowers - photos"". Visual Tonga. Retrieved 2016-09-28.


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