What is the symbol flower of your country?

I'm curious about it. I know that many countries have a symbol animal and a symbol flower/plant. Here in Brazil, for example, the Yellow Trumpet Tree, or Yellow Ipe (Tabebuia chrysotricha - http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/28226/ ) was made our official flower, even though most people have no idea that this even exist. Don't even ask me what is the symbol flower of Rio de Janeiro, because I never heard we had one.

How about your country and/or state/province/city?

The American Beauty rose is the official flower of the United States.

The California poppy is the state flower of California. (Excellent choice, I think.)

The redwood is the state tree of California.

Bird of paradise is the official flower of the city of Los Angeles.

The Southern Magnolia is the Louisiana State Flower
http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/31314/

Cheri'

The coral tree (any species, apparently) is the official tree of the city of Los Angeles.

The Texas Bluebonnet is the State Flower of Texas.


http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/15405/

The Pecan is the Texas State Tree.

http://www.lsjunction.com/tree.htm

Mono, is this the same thing as your yellow trumpet tree?

Kelli, not exactly, though the plants are very similar. When blooming, T. chrysotricha looks just like that.

The National flower or Finland is Lily-Of-The-Valley (Convallaria majalis) - kielo in Finnish.
http://pharm1.pharmazie.uni-greifswald.de/systematik/7_bilder/yamasaki/yamas775.jpg

Also shown in the smallest coin of our former currency, the Finnish Markka (FIM). 10 penniä - http://koti.mbnet.fi/jm78/mv/10p1994c_x.jpg

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The state flower of my province (Uusimaa/Nyland) is Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa). Called valkovuokko in Finnish.
http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/3631/

The national flower of our province (Etelä-Karjala, South-Karelia in English) is Hepatica nobilis. It is beautiful, blue spring flower. http://www.co.jyu.fi/luonnonvalokuvaajat/verkkolehti/kuvassa/kettunen/isotkuvat/sinivuokko.jpg
The national bird of Finland is Whooper http://polku.net/TKKuvat/tau000101_laulujoutsen.jpg

Whooper? Is that really laulujoutsen in English? I always just called is Swan :) Cygnus cygnus.

In the U.S., "whooper" is a short name for whooping crane. I don't know if you have those in Europe.

The state flower of Ohio is the Scarlet Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus): http://www.statehousegirls.net/oh/symbols/flower/

The state tree is the Buckeye (aesculus glabra) -- also the name of Ohio State University's football team. http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/tree/oh_tree.htm

I had no idea we had a state beverage. Sheesh.
http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/oh_symb.htm

Whooper Swans are Cygnus cygnus, they are beautiful creatures (we get them in parts of the UK too)

Englands flower is the red rose, it's animal emblem the lion. In Wales the national flower is a bit confused, many now use the Daffodil although the Leek is also an emblem. It could be that Daffodils were called a type of leek at one time, it's welsh common name being Cenhinen pedr (literally Pedr's Leek). In Scotland the Thistle and Harebell are floral emblems.

Here is the Washington State Flower - The Coastal Rhododendrom.

In New York, the state flower is the wild rose, bird is the blue bird, tree is the sugar maple.

I just went to Kim's site and the official beverage of NYS is MILK!!!! Hey, they do know that there are farmers out here!

gw, official State Rock Song in Ohio is "Hang on Sloopy"!

I love it. How on earth did they come up with that. Sounds like that might have been a slow day in the Ohio Legislature.
Bill

That's one of OSU's big numbers, in addition to their "Script Ohio" (with the "I" dotted by a sousaphone). I love marching bands!

Arkansas-(aha'-kuhn-saw),the 25th.state,admitted to the United States in 1836.The name Arkansas is derived from the Quapaw Indian word meaning,Downstream people.
Capital,Little Rock
State Motto,"The Natural State"
State Flower,"Apple Blossom"
State Tree,"Pine"
State Bird,"Mocking Bird"
State Mammel,"Deer"
State Song,Arkansas,you run deep in me.
Highest elevation,Mt.Magazine,2,753 feet
Lowest elevation,Ouachita River,53 feet

How's that for a history lesson.lol.

Canada's Provincial Flowers -
Alberta: Prickly Wild Rose
British Columbia: Pacific Dogwood
Manitoba: Prairie Crocus
New Brunswick: Purple Violet
Newfoundland: Pitcher Plant
NorthWest Territory: Mountain Avens
Nova Scotia: Mayflower
Nunavut Territory: Purple saxifrage
Ontario: White Trillium
Prince Edward Island: Pink Lady's Slipper
Quebec: The Blue Flag (Iris Versicolour)
Saskatchewan: Western Red Lily
Yukon Territory: Purple Fireweed

(had a counted cross-stitch book with these in it)
edited to add the territories

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The Colorado State Flower is the Rocky Mountain Columbine (aquilegia caerules).
The Colorado State Tree is the Colorado Blue Spruce (picea pungens).

Idaho is nicknamed "The Gem State" it was the US 43rd state to enter the union on July 3, 1890.

State flower is the Philadelphus lewisii common name syringa

State Fossil is the Equus simplicidens known as the Hagerman horse fossil.

Tree is the Pinus Monticola pinaceae common name Western White Pine

Gem stone is the Idaho Star Garnet

Bird is the Sialia arctcia common name Mountain Bluebird

Insect is the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Fish is the cutthroat trout

Horse is the Appaloosa

Folk dance is the square dance

fruit is the huckleberry. YUM

State vegetable is the potato (who would have guessed that one?).

Idaho is 83,557 square miles the 13th in size for the US.

highest point is 12,662 feet above sea level at the summit of Mt. Borah and the lowest point is 770 feet above sea level at Lewiston

We have more than 2000 lakes and the total population of the state is 1,293,953 according to the 2000 census.

Temperature extremes are 118 F in Orofino year 1934 and -60F at Island Park Dam in 1943. Did I mention that is too hot and wayyyyy too cold?

This was fun and educational to look these up.

Ponditis, is this what you were talking about, for the Idaho Flower?

http://plantsdatabase.com/search.php?search_text=Philadelphus+lewisii&submit=Search

Karrie is sure is. This plant is native to our state. I love smelling it when it is blooming so I have two of them in Mom's yard that I will transplant to mine this year. Their fragrance is heavenly.

The flower symbol of the French monarchy is the 'Fleur de Lys'. This is a stylised iris, so perhaps the iris is the flower of France.
The fleur de lys is also the flower symbol for the city of New Orleans

I live in Spokane, Wa. When I lived down in Walla Walla, I saw similar to that pic. (3 hours down, but way warmer)

I love Philadelphus Pond :)
Here we use syringa for lilac these days (people used it for philadelphus in the past) and we use mock orange for philadelphus to acknowledge the beautiful perfume

philomel, do you have some pic of those?

In Massachusetts the state flower if Epigaea repens (trailing Arbutus) - unfortunately on the endangered list - http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1651/index.html
Animal: Right Whale
Insect: Lady Bug
Bird: Blacked-capped chickadee or titmouse
Cat: Tabby Cat
Tree: American Elm

Ireland's flower is the Shamrock, Greece the Violet and Japan the Chrysanthemum (I've seen some gorgeous Japanese art with Chrysanthemums)

Does anyone know the American national animal?

Evert. http://images.google.fi/images?q=Whooper&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=fi&btnG=Google-haku

http://www.tracetech.net:8081/?word=laulujoutsen

The Provincial flower for Ontario is the Trillium

Monochromatico, here is our Indian National Flower:
http://indiaimage.nic.in/nationalflower.htm
I think the link contains other information too that you may be interested.

The Georgia state flower is the Cherokee Rose (rosa laevigata), and our state tree is the Live oak (quercus virginiana)..

Larkie

New York State friut is the apple, state animal the beaver, state insect the ladybug and state fish is brook trout. I don't think we have a rock and roll song. It's probably a Broadway show song, LOL.

Maryland
State flower- black eyed susan
State sport-jousting
State bird-Baltimore oriole

Sorry, my old brain cant remember anything else at the moment

state bird is the Brown Thrasher

Iowa Information:

Bird Eastern Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) 1933
Flower Wild Prairie Rose (Rosa Pratincola) 1897
Rock Geode 1967
Song Song of Iowa by S.H.M. Byers 1911
Song ( unofficial ) Iowa Corn Song by George Hamilton 1912
Tree Oak

The Florida State Flower is the Orange Blossom (citrus sinensis);
Florida’s official wildflower, Coreopsis;
The Florida State Bird is the Mockingbird;
The Florida State Tree is the Sabal Palmetto (cabbage palmetto);
State Animal, the Florida Panther (Felis concolor coryi);
State Butterfly, Zebra longwing (Heliconius charitonius);
State Freshwater Fish, largemouth bass;
State saltwater fish, sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus);
State Marine Animal, Manatee/Sea Cow;
State Shell, horse conch (Pleuroploca gigantea).
State Reptile, American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
State soil, Myakka fine sand