In 2002 Plantlife conducted a "County Flowers" public survey to assign flowers to each of the counties of the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.[1] The results of this campaign designated a single plant species to a "county or metropolitan area" in the UK and Isle of Man.[2] Some English counties already had flowers traditionally associated with them before 2002,[3] and which were different from those assigned to them by Plantlife, including the white rose for Yorkshire (assigned the harebell), the poppy for Norfolk (assigned the Alexanders), and the cowslip for Essex (assigned the poppy). Some flowers were assigned to multiple counties.
England
[edit]Isle of Man
[edit]County | Image | Common name | Scientific name | County status | Shared |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Isle of Man[b] | ![]() |
fuchsia[53] | Fuchsia magellanica | neophyte |
Northern Ireland
[edit]County | Image | Common name | Scientific name | County status | Shared |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antrim | ![]() |
harebell[51] | Campanula rotundifolia | native | Dumfriesshire & Yorkshire |
Armagh | ![]() |
cowbane[54] | Cicuta virosa | native | |
Belfast | ![]() |
gorse[55] | Ulex europaeus | native | |
Londonderry | ![]() |
purple saxifrage[56] | Saxifraga oppositifolia | native | |
Down | ![]() |
spring squill[57] | Scilla verna | native | |
Fermanagh | ![]() |
globeflower[58] | Trollius europaeus | native | |
Tyrone | ![]() |
bog-rosemary[59] | Andromeda polifolia | native | Ceredigion & Kirkcudbright |
Scotland
[edit]Wales
[edit]County | Image | Common name | Scientific name | County status | Shared |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anglesey | ![]() |
spotted rock-rose[90] | Tuberaria guttata | native | |
Brecknockshire | ![]() |
cuckooflower[10] | Cardamine pratensis | native | Cheshire |
Caernarfonshire | ![]() |
Snowdon lily[91] | Gagea serotina, syn. Lloydia serotina | native | |
Cardiff | ![]() |
wild leek[92] | Allium ampeloprasum | native | |
Carmarthenshire | ![]() |
whorled caraway[93] | Carum verticillatum | native | |
Ceredigion | ![]() |
bog-rosemary[59] | Andromeda polifolia | native | Kirkcudbright & Tyrone |
Denbighshire | limestone woundwort[94] | Stachys alpina | native | ||
Flintshire | ![]() |
bell heather[95] | Erica cinerea | native | |
Glamorgan | ![]() |
yellow whitlow-grass[96] | Draba aizoides | native | |
Merioneth | Welsh poppy[97] | Papaver cambricum | native | ||
Monmouthshire | ![]() |
foxglove[28] | Digitalis purpurea | native | Argyll, Leicestershire & West Midlands |
Montgomeryshire | ![]() |
spiked speedwell[98] | Veronica spicata | native | |
Pembrokeshire | ![]() |
thrift[24] | Armeria maritima | native | Bute & Isles of Scilly |
Radnorshire | ![]() |
Radnor lily[99] | Gagea bohemica | native |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fans pick the flowers that have grown on them". The Guardian. 5 May 2004. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ Greer, Germaine (5 October 2002). "Country notebook: vote for the poppy". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
- ^ "The floral emblem of your county". The Daily Telegraph. 5 May 2004. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ "Bee orchid". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Summer snowflake". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Maltese-cross". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Chiltern gentian". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ a b "East of England". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ a b "Pasqueflower". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ a b "Cuckooflower". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Cornish heath". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Spring gentian". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ a b "Grass-of-Parnassus". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ "Jacob's-ladder". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Primrose". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Dorset heath". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ a b "Poppy (Common)". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Daffodil (wild)". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Cotton-grass (Common)". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Dog-rose". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Mistletoe". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Water-violet". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Pyramidal orchid". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ a b c "Thrift". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Hop". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Red rose". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Bilberry". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ a b c d "Foxglove". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Dog-violet (Common)". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Rosebay willowherb". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Sea-holly". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Wood anemone". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Norfolk's 'flower emblem' is a weed". Eastern Daily Press. 5 May 2004. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
- ^ "On-line Search". Eastern Daily Press. 25 May 2004.[dead link]
- ^ a b c "Cowslip". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Bloody crane's-bill". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Nottingham catchfly". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Autumn crocus". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Fritillary". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Clustered bellflower". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Wood crane's-bill". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Round-leaved sundew". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Cheddar pink". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Heather". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Oxlip". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Round-headed rampion". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Monkeyflower". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Honeysuckle". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Alpine Forget-me-not". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Burnt-tip Orchid". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ a b c "Harebell". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "National Flower". Island Facts. Isle of Man Government. Archived from the original on 2007-05-10.
- ^ "Fuchsia". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ "Cowbane". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Gorse". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Purple saxifrage". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Spring squill". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Globeflower". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ a b c "Bog-rosemary". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Bearberry". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Alpine catchfly". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Green-winged orchid". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Dark-red helleborine". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Rock-rose". Plantlife. Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Scottish primrose". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Spring cinquefoil". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Lesser water-plantain". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Viper's-bugloss". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Coralroot orchid". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Broom". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Twinflower". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Holy-grass". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Dune helleborine". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Sticky catchfly". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "One-flowered wintergreen". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Chickweed wintergreen". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Alpine bearberry". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Cloudberry". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Alpine gentian". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Bogbean". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Bog asphodel". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Maiden pink". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Viola lutea". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Shetland mouse-ear". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Scottish dock". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Common spotted-orchid". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Hebridean spotted-orchid". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Yellow iris". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Spotted rock-rose". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "Snowdon lily". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Wild leek". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Whorled caraway". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Limestone woundwort". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Bell heather". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Yellow whitlow grass". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Welsh poppy". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Spiked speedwell". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Radnor lily". Plantlife. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
Bibliography
[edit]- The list of county flowers above is taken from the county flowers pages at Plantlife's website.
- County statuses are taken from:
- Stace, C. A., R. G. Ellis, D. H. Kent and D. J. McCosh (2003) Vice-county Census Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Great Britain Botanical Society of the British Isles (for British counties)
- Source to be determined for Northern Ireland