Post Your National Flowers/State Flowers

[Aramis]

Bosnian Lily. Lilium Bosniacum.



Gravestone



Easter egg from central Bosnia.



Coins





etc.

[Liffrea]

Derbyshire's flag incorporates the Tudor rose, which has been a county symbol since the 15th century:



The English rose is the emblem of the England Rugby Union team:

[la bombe]

Nevada state flower... sagebrush lol

[Foxy]

Alpine Cyclamen



don't ask me why...

[Comte Arnau]

Catalonia's national flower is the ginesta, the weaver's broom.



In combination with poppies, it symbolizes the national flag.

[Treffie]

Daffodil - Cennin Pedr, lit. "(Saint) Peter's Leeks"

[Electronic God-Man]

Pennsylvania's is the Mountain Laurel:



Why do we even have state flowers??

...our state insect is the lightning bug, so that's cool.

[Osweo]

The Tudor Rose of Henry VII was designed to symbolise the reconciliation of the rival royal Houses of York and Lancaster after the 'Wars of the Roses'. The Yorkist rose is white, while the red is from my Lancashire;






You can buy a variety under the name of 'Lancashire' here, and I think it looks very attractive;
http://www.rosesuk.com/rose_locator/...lancashire.php

[Nglund]

Isn't the rose generally a symbol of England? I mean an ordinary rose. I'd always thought of it as a national symbol, but I suppose it could just be a development of the tudor rose's status as an English symbol.

Just like what Osweo pointed out:

The Tudor Rose was the merger of Yorkist () and Lancastrian() roses.
Although I read (can't remember where though) that this idea of "Tudor" rose was nothing but a propaganda tool meant to conciliate the Houses of York and Lancaster. And that the so-called "War of the Roses" was actually fought under the banners of Saint George and of the Welsh Dragon.

[Osweo]

Just like what Osweo pointed out:

The Tudor Rose was the merger of Yorkist () and Lancastrian() roses.

Aye. King Henry VII married the Yorkist heiress Princess Elizabeth. See in the margins of this map of Lancashire; 'Blessed Are The Peacemakers!'

Although I read (can't remember where though) that this idea of "Tudor" rose was nothing but a propaganda tool meant to conciliate the Houses of York and Lancaster.

'Nothing but' is over cynical. Henry VII didn't have to put the white in there, but he did.

And that the so-called "War of the Roses" was actually fought under the banners of Saint George and of the Welsh Dragon.

I'm inclined to see that as rather unlikely. I have read that the rival Houses weren't quite so firmly linked to the rose symbols as was taught later, and that nobody would have known at the time that they were living during the 'Wars of the Roses', but I can remember nothing of any detail.