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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]
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.
Hibiscus syriacus is a hardy deciduous shrub. It is upright and vase-shaped, reaching 2–4 m (7–13 feet) in height, bearing large trumpet-shaped flowers with prominent yellow-tipped white stamens. [12]
Latvia signed the Schengen agreement on 16 April 2003 and started its implementation on 21 December 2007. [84] The ceremonial meeting of the Saeima in 2018 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia at the Latvian National Theatre, where the country was founded on 18 November 1918
Leucanthemum vulgare, commonly known as the ox-eye daisy, oxeye daisy, dog daisy, marguerite (French: Marguerite commune, "common marguerite") and other common names, [2] is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia, and an introduced plant to North America, Australia and New Zealand.
D. australis occurs at least as far south as southwestern Guatemala, while D. coccinea and D. imperialis also occur in parts of Central America and northern South America. Dahlia is a genus of the uplands and mountains, being found at elevations between 1,500 and 3,700 m (4,900 and 12,100 ft), in what has been described as a "pine-oak woodland ...
Andrejs Plakans was born during the World War II on December 31, 1940, in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR as the second son of Alfrēds and Klāra (Ozola) Plakans. In July 1944, fleeing the re-occupation of Latvia by the Soviet Union, the Plakans family went into exile, living out the rest of WWII in Reichenberg in the Sudetenland part of Czechoslovakia.
The flowers, which superficially resemble dandelions, bear scale-leaves on the long stems in early spring. The leaves of coltsfoot, which appear after the flowers have set seed, wither and die in the early summer. The flower heads are of yellow florets with an outer row of bracts. The plant is typically 10–30 cm (3.9–11.8 in) in height.