National Flower of all the Countries

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•    Antigua & Barbuda - Dagger’s Log, Agave Karatto Miller  Agave karatto
•    Argentina - Ceibo Erythrina crista-galli adopted on December 2, 1942
•    Austria - Edelweiss  Leontopodium alpinum
•    Australia - Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha
•    Bahamas - Yellow Elder, or Yellow Cedar  Tecoma stans
•    Balearic Islands - Carnation
•    Bangla Desh - Water Lily ‘Shapla’ Nymehaea nouchali adopted in 1971
•    Barbados -Pride of Barbados also known as Dwarf Poinciana & Flower Fence Poinciana pulcherrima
•    Belarus - Flax
•    Belgium - Red Poppy
•    Belize - Black Orchid
•    Bermuda - Blue-eyed Grass
•    Bhutan—blue poppy?
•    Bohemia - Thyme
•    Bolivia - Kantuta
•    Brazil - Cattleya Orchid
•    British Columbia - Dogwood Tree Flower Cornus Nuttalli
•    Bulgaria - Rose Rosa
•    Canada - Maple Leaf
•    Cayman Islands—Wild Banana Orchid  Schomburgkia thomsoniana
•    Chile - Copihue/Chilean Bellflower Lapageria rosea
•    China - Plum Blossom Prunus Mei
•    Columbia - Christmas orchid  (Cattleya trianae
•    Costa Rica - Guaria Morada (purple orchid) cattleya skinneri adopted on June 15, 1939
•    Cuba - Butterfly Jasmine Mariposa
•    Cyprus - Rose Rosa
•    Czechoslovakia - Rose Rosa
•    Denmark - Marguerite Daisy
•    District of Columbia - American Beauty Rose Rosa
•    Dominica—The bwa kwaib, or Carib tree Sabinea carinalis adopted as the national tree in 1978
•    Egypt - Lotus Nymphaea lotus
•    England - Rose Rosa
•    Equador - White Nun Orchid
•    Estonia - Corn-flower or Bachelor’s Button Centaurea cyanus adopted on June 23, 1988
•    Ethiopia - Calla Lily
•    France - Iris
•    French Polynesia -The Tiare  Gardenia taitensis
•    Finland - Lily-of-the-valley Convallaria majalis
•    Germany - Centaurea/Knapweed
•    Greece - Bear’s breech
•    Greenland - Willow Herb
•    Guam?Puti Tai Nobiu Bougainvillea spectabilis
•    Guatemala - White Nun Orchid Lycaste skinneri alba
•    Guyana - Water Lily  Victoria regia
•    Holland - Tulip
•    Honduras - Orchid Brassavola digbiana adopted on January 12, 1946. The rose was the national flower from 1946-1969
•    Hong Kong - Orchid Bauhinia blakeana
•    Hungary - Tulip
•    India - Lotus Nelumbo nucifera
•    Indonesia - adopted 3 national flowers on June 5, 1990 to mark the World Environment Day:

1)     Melati (Jasmine) (Jasminum sambac
2)    Moon Orchid Phalaenopsis amabilis also known as the anggrek bulan
3)    Rafflesia Rafflesia arnoldi

•    Iran - Red Rose
•    Iraq - Rose Rosa
•    Ireland - Shamrock
•    Jamaica - Tree of Life, Brazil wood or lignum vitae Guaiacum sanctum
•    Japan - Chrysanthemum (imperial) , Cherry Blossom Sakura
•    Jordan - Black Iris  Iris nigricans
•    Korea - Rose of Sharon
•    Laos - Rice
•    Latvia - Oxeye Daisy or pipene,  Leucanthemum vulgare, earlier known as Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
•    Liberia - Pepper
•    Libya - Pomegranate blossom
•    Lithuania - Rue (Ruta graveolens)
•    Luxembourg - Rose
•    Madagascar - Poinciana or Flamboyant Delonix regia
•    Maldives - Pink Rose
•    Malta - The Maltese Centaury  Paleocyanus crasifoleus) adopted in the early 1970s
•    Malaysia - Hibiscus  Hibiscus rosa sinensis, locally known asBunga Raya
•    Marianas—Plumeria Plumeria acuminata, locally known asflores mayo, adopted on March 13, 1979
•    Mexico - Dahlia
•    Monaco - Carnation
•    Nepal - Rhododendron Rhododendron arboreum , locally known as Lali Guras
•    Netherlands - Tulip Tulipa
•    New Zealand - Kowhai Sophora microphylla
•    Nicaragua - Sacuanjoche Plumería rubra acutifolia
•    N.Korea - Azalea (Jindallae)
•    Northern - Ireland Flax
•    Norway - Purple Heather Calluna vulgaris
•    Pakistan - Jasmine
•    Panama - Dove Orchid Peristeria elata
•    Paraguay - Jasmine-of-the-Paraguay
•    Peru - Kantuta, Inca magic flower
•    Philippines - Sampaguita Jasminum sambac, adopted on February 1, 1934
•    Poland - Corn Poppy
•    Portugal - Lavender
•    Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican Hibiscus Flor de maga
•    Republic of Molossia - Common Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata
•    Romania - Dog rose
•    Russia - Camomille
•    San Marino - Cyclamen
•    Scotland - Thistle
•    Seychelles - Tropicbird Orchid
•    Sicily - Carnation
•    Singapore - Vanda Miss Joaquim Orchid a hybrid orchid between Vanda teres & Vanda hookeriana,adopted onApril 15, 1981
•    Slovakia - Rose Rosa
•    Slovenia - Carnation
•    Sri Lanka - Nil Mahanel (Water Lily) Nympheae Stellata,adopted on Feb. 26, 1986
•    S. Africa - Protea  Protea cynaroides
•    S. Korea - Moogoonghwa (Rose of Sharon) Hibiscus syriacus
•    Soviet Union - Carnation (hvozdyka)
•    Sweden - Linnea  Linnea Borealis
•    Switzerland - Edelweiss  Leontopodium alpinum
•    Tahiti - Gardenia Taitensis
•    Taiwan (Republic of China) - Plum blossom Prunus mei, adopted on July 21, 1964
•    The Cayman Islands - Wild Banana Orchid
•    Trinidad and Tobago - Chaconia also known as Pride of Trinidad & Tobago/Wild Poinsettia Warszewiczia coccinea
•    Tonga - Heilala
•    Turkey - Tulip Tulipa
•    Ukraine - Sunflower
•    United States of America - Rose Rosa
•    United Kingdom, England -Tudor rose
•    United Kingdom, Scotland - Thistle
•    United Kingdom, Wales - Leek
•    Uruguay - Ceibo Erythrina crista-galli
•    Venezuela - Orchid
•    Virgin Islands - Yellow Elder or Yellow Trumpet Tecoma stans adopted in 1934
•    Wales - Daffodil (National Symbol - Leek)
•    Yemen - Arabian coffee
•    Yugoslavia - Lily of the Valley

Many European countries do not have a national flower, for instance modern France, Spain and Italy.

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