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List of national flowers facts for kids

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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.
 Australia Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha Acacia pycnantha Golden Wattle.jpg
 Cook Islands Tiaré Flower Gardenia taitensis Tiaré tahiti.jpg
 England Tudor rose N/A Red rose.jpg
 Nepal Rhododendron Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron arboreumC.jpg
 Pakistan Poet's Jasmine Jasminum officinale Jasminum officinale.JPG
Flag of Sikkim (1967-1975).svg Sikkim Noble orchid Cymbidium goeringii Cattleya maxima.jpg
 Sri Lanka Water lily Nymphaea stellata Nymphaea nouchallii0.jpg
 South Korea Rose of Sharon Hibiscus syriacus Hibiscus Syriacus.JPG
 Afghanistan Tulip Tulipa gesneriana Tulip - floriade canberra.jpg
 Bangladesh Shapla Nymphaea pubescens Nymphaea pubescens1MTFL.jpg
 Bhutan Blue poppy Meconopsis grandis Blue Poppy Meconopsis sp Pair 1000px.jpg
 Cambodia Rumduol Sphaerocoryne affinis Rumdoul.jpg
 China Peony Paeonia Peonies.jpeg
 Chile Copihue Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea 00013a.jpg
 India Lotus Nelumbo Sacred lotus Nelumbo nucifera.jpg
 Iran Tulip Tulipa gesneriana PikiWiki Israel 12719 Jerusalem forest.JPG
Kashmir independent.svg Kashmir Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum Rhododendron pontica-1.jpg
 Maldives Pink Rose Polyantha Rosa sp.18.jpg
 Malaysia Chinese hibiscus Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Hibiscus Brilliant.jpg
 Samoa Red ginger Alpinia purpurata Red Ginger.jpg
 Singapore Orchid Orchidaceae Wanda blau.JPG
South Africa Protea Protea cynaroides
 Tonga Heilala Garcinia sessilis

Images for kids

  • Rumdoul

    Cambodia's national flower, the romduol

  • Arabian jasmin, Tunisia 2010

    Jasminum sambac, the national flower of Indonesia and the Philippines

  • Peach Glow water-lily at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

    Water lily, Iran's national symbolic flower

  • Darius In Parse

    Darius the great holds a water lily In Persepolis

  • Calanit006

    The poppy anemone, Israel's national flower

  • Hibiscus Brilliant

    The Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), Malaysia's national flower

  • Rhododendron-by-eiffel-public-domain-20040617

    The rhododendron, the national flower of the Himalayan Republic of Nepal

  • Nymphaea nouchallii0

    Nymphaea nouchali is the national flower of Sri Lanka.

  • Milk thistle flowerhead

    Milk thistle flowerhead

  • Pereskia quisqueyana

    The Bayahibe Rose, the national flower of the Dominican Republic

  • Hibiscus flower TZ

    Hibiscus, the national flower of Haiti

  • Golden-wattle

    Golden Wattle, the floral emblem of Australia since 1988

  • Kowhai flowers

    New Zealand's floral emblem, the Kowhai

  • Erythrina crista-galli2

    The flower of the ceibo tree, the national flower of Argentina and Uruguay

  • Lapageria rosea1

    Copihue, the national flower of Chile

  • Cattleya mossiae2

    Cattleya mossiae, the national flower of Venezuela

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Anexo:Flores nacionales para niños

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