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The Flag of Latvia. The national flag of Latvia is a carmine red field with a narrow white stripe in the middle. The flag was created in 1917, inspired by a 13th-century legend from the Rhymed Chronicle of Livonia that a Latgalian leader was wounded in battle, and the edges of the white sheet in which he was wrapped were stained by his blood with the center stripe of the flag is left unstained.
The flower of the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is the national flower of Italy. The flower of the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is the national flower of Italy. [50] The strawberry tree is also the national tree of Italy because of its green leaves, its white flowers and its red berries, colors that recall the Italian flag. [51]
Occasionally used in the 20th and 21st century, the use of Līgo as a word to describe the whole celebration is still debated. Linguists have stated that either Līgo is simply a misused refrain sung in many traditional Jāņi songs or that it comes from the name Līgā or Līgo - a purported minor Livonian pagan deity representing merriment and amity.
Since 1987 the daisy, specifically either oxeye daisy or the marguerite daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens), replaced red clover (Trifolium pratense) as the national flower of Denmark. Over time oxeye daisy has become more popular as it is native to Denmark, in contrast to the marguerite daisy. [27] It is also a popular symbol for Latvia. In an ...
Since then, it has been amended and is still in effect in Latvia today. With most of Latvia's industrial base evacuated to the interior of Russia in 1915, radical land reform was the central political question for the young state. In 1897, 61.2% of the rural population had been landless; by 1936, that percentage had been reduced to 18%.
From farms in South America, through customs, distribution centers and, eventually, to your home, roses travel thousands of miles to make it to the US for Valentine’s Day.
In spring, across the channel from Latvian National Opera, white magnolias (Magnolia denudata) are shining in the University of Latvia botanical garden, [3] since it been planted in the 20th century. Since the 1970s, there is also a Forsythia × intermedia or Forsythia mandschurica from China with bright yellow flowers.
(state flower) Kalmia latifolia: 1907 [9] Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks (children's state flower) Mirabilis jalapa: 2015 [10] Delaware: Peach blossom: Prunus persica: 1953 [11] District of Columbia: American Beauty Rose: Rosa: 1925 [4] Florida: Orange blossom (state flower) Citrus sinensis: 1909 [12] Tickseed (state wildflower) Coreopsis spp ...