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Nymphaea nouchali is the national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The national flower of Sri Lanka is Nil mānel (නිල් මානෙල්), the blue-star water-lily (Nymphaea stellata). [33] [34] Although nil means "blue" in Sinhala, the Sinhalese name of this plant is often rendered as "water-lily" in English.
The origin of province flowers came from the American idea of state flowers, and was brought to Sweden by August Wickström and Paul Petter Waldenström in 1908. Waldenström published the proposal to introduce province flowers in the May 288, 1908 edition of the newspaper Stockholms Dagblad , and requested suggestions of species from the ...
Linnaea borealis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae (the honeysuckle family). It is the only species in the genus Linnaea. [1] It is a boreal to subarctic woodland subshrub, commonly known as twinflower (sometimes written twin flower).
It is the floral emblem of Sweden where it is known as small bluebell. [3] It produces its violet-blue, bell-shaped flowers in late summer and autumn. The Latin specific epithet rotundifolia means "round leaved". [4] However, not all leaves are round in shape. Middle stem-leaves are linear. [5]: 707
Centaurea cyanus Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Centaurea Species: C. cyanus Binomial name Centaurea cyanus L. Centaurea cyanus (introduced species) near Peshastin, Chelan County, Washington Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower or bachelor's button, is an ...
Ängsö is considered to be a national park as a whole. In 1909, the authorities founded nine national parks in Sweden and Ängsö was chosen one of them for its rich flower cultural environment. Then it was split from Väringsö. One of the initiators was Ivar Afzelius who from 1892 was a summer resident on Väringsö. The park was extended in ...
The stems are leafy, ranging in height from as low as 30 centimetres (12 inches) to more than 1.8–2.4 metres (6–8 feet). Flower forms are variable, with one head per stem; these can be as small as 5 cm (2 in) in diameter or up to 30 cm (1 ft) ("dinner plate"). The majority of species do not produce scented flowers.
Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden (5 C, 43 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Sweden" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.