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The leek is the national emblem of Wales. [22] According to legend, King Cadwaladr of Gwynedd ordered Welsh soldiers to identify themselves by wearing the leek on their armour in an ancient battle. [23] The daffodil is the national flower of Wales, worn on St David's Day (1 March) in Wales.
Symbols of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is a list of the national symbols of the United Kingdom, its constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), and the Crown Dependencies (the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man). Each separate entry has its own set of unique symbols.
The crowned and slipped Tudor rose is used as the plant badge of England, as Scotland uses the thistle, Wales uses the leek, and Ireland uses the shamrock (Northern Ireland sometimes using flax instead). As such, it is seen on the dress uniforms of the Yeomen Warders at the Tower of London, and of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Royal Badge of Wales; Armiger: Charles III: Adopted: 2008: Motto: Pleidiol Wyf i'm Gwlad, Welsh for "I am true to my country": Badge: Within a circular riband vert fimbriated Or bearing the motto Pleidiol Wyf i'm Gwlad in letters the same and ensigned with a representation of the Crown proper, an escutcheon quarterly Or and gules four lions passant guardant counterchanged armed and langued ...
the Tudor rose; Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, crowned (for England) a Thistle, slipped and headed Proper, royally crowned (for Scotland) a Fleur-de-lis Or, crowned (for France) a Rose Gules, with a rose Argent superimposed, a thistle in its Proper colours, growing from the same stalk, crowned (for Great Britain, after the Acts of ...
Within a circular riband Vert fimbriated Or bearing the motto "Pleidiol Wyf I'm Gwlad" in letters the same and ensigned with a representation of the Crown proper, an escutcheon quarterly Or and Gules four lions passant guardant counterchanged armed and langued Azure, encircled by a wreath alternating of leek, thistle, clover, leek and rose.
It featured the floral emblems of the countries of the United Kingdom and those of the other states within the Commonwealth of Nations, including the English Tudor rose, Scots thistle, Welsh leek, Irish shamrock, Canadian maple leaf, Australian wattle, New Zealand silver fern, South African protea, Indian lotus flower for India, the Lotus ...
Beside the Tudor rose and Irish shamrock the thistle appears on the badge of the Yeomen of the Guard and the arms of the Canada Company. Issues of the historical florin showed the same flora, later including a leek. [citation needed] The thistle is also used to symbolise connection with Scotland overseas.