County flowers
From Wikishire
The following are the flowers selected for the counties of the United Kingdom in Plantlife's 2002 "County Flowers" campaign.
County | Common name | Scientific name | County status |
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Aberdeenshire | Bearberry | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Native |
Anglesey | Spotted Rock-rose | Tuberaria guttata | Native |
Angus | Alpine Catchfly | Lychnis alpina | Native |
County Antrim | Harebell | Campanula rotundifolia | Native |
Argyllshire | Foxglove | Digitalis purpurea | Native |
County Armagh | Cowbane | Cicuta virosa | Native |
Ayrshire | Green-winged Orchid | Anacamptis morio | Native |
Banffshire | Dark-red Helleborine | Epipactis atrorubens | Native |
Bedfordshire | Bee Orchid | Ophrys apifera | Native |
Berkshire | Summer Snowflake | Leucojum aestivum | Native |
Berwickshire | Rock-rose | Helianthemum nummularium | Native |
Brecknockshire | Cuckooflower | Cardamine pratensis | Native |
Buckinghamshire | Chiltern Gentian | Gentianella germanica | Native |
Buteshire | Thrift | Armeria maritima | Native |
Caernarfonshire | Snowdon Lily | Lloydia serotina | Native |
Caithness | Scots Primrose | Primula scotica | Native |
Cambridgeshire | Pasqueflower | Pulsatilla vulgaris | Native |
Cardiganshire | Bog-rosemary | Andromeda polifolia | Native |
Carmarthenshire | Whorled Caraway | Carum verticillatum | Native |
Cheshire | Cuckooflower | Cardamine pratensis | Native |
Clackmannanshire | Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage | Chrysosplenium oppositifolium | Native |
Cornwall | Cornish Heath | Erica vagans | Native |
County Durham | Spring Gentian | Gentiana verna | Native |
Cromartyshire | Spring Cinquefoil | Potentilla neumanniana | Native |
Cumberland | Grass-of-Parnassus | Parnassia palustris | Native |
Denbighshire | Limestone Woundwort | Stachys alpina | Native |
Derbyshire | Jacob's-ladder | Polemonium caeruleum | Native |
Devon | Primrose | Primula vulgaris | Native |
Dorset | Dorset Heath | Erica ciliaris | Native |
County Down | Spring Squill | Scilla verna | Native |
Dumfriesshire | Harebell | Campanula rotundifolia | Native |
Dunbartonshire | Lesser Water-plantain | Baldellia ranunculoides | Native |
East Lothian | Viper's-bugloss | Echium vulgare | Native |
Essex | Common Poppy | Papaver rhoeas | Native |
Fermanagh | Globeflower | Trollius europaeus | Native |
Fife | Coralroot Orchid | Corallorrhiza trifida | Native |
Flintshire | Bell Heather | Erica cinerea | Native |
Glamorgan | Yellow Whitlowgrass | Draba aizoides | Native |
Gloucestershire | Wild Daffodil | Narcissus pseudonarcissus | Native |
Hampshire | Dog-rose | Rosa canina | Native |
Herefordshire | Mistletoe | Viscum album | Native |
Hertfordshire | Pasqueflower | Pulsatilla vulgaris | Native |
Huntingdonshire | Water-violet | Hottonia palustris | Native |
Inverness-shire | Twinflower | Linnaea borealis | Native |
Isle of Man | Fuchsia | Fuchsia magellanica | Archaeophyte |
Kent | Hop | Humulus lupulus | Native |
Kinross-shire | Holy-grass | Hierochloe odorata | Native |
Kirkcudbrightshire | Bog-rosemary | Andromeda polifolia | Native |
Lanarkshire | Dune Helleborine | Epipactis leptochila | Native |
Lancashire | Red rose | Rosa gallica officinalis | Absent |
Leicestershire | Foxglove | Digitalis purpurea | Native |
Lincolnshire | Common Dog-violet | Viola riviniana | Native |
County Londonderry | Purple Saxifrage | Saxifraga oppositifolia | Native |
Merionethshire | Welsh Poppy | Meconopsis cambrica | Native |
Middlesex | Wood Anemone | Anemone nemorosa | Native |
Midlothian | Sticky Catchfly | Lychnis viscaria | Native |
Monmouthshire | Foxglove | Digitalis purpurea | Native |
Montgomeryshire | Spiked Speedwell | Veronica spicata | Native |
Morayshire | One-flowered Wintergreen | Moneses uniflora | Native |
Nairnshire | Chickweed Wintergreen | Trientalis europaea | Native |
Norfolk | Common Poppy | Papaver rhoeas | Native |
Northamptonshire | Cowslip | Primula veris | Native |
Northumberland | Bloody Crane's-bill | Geranium sanguineum | Native |
Nottinghamshire | Autumn Crocus | Crocus nudiflorus | Archaeophyte |
Orkney | Alpine Bearberry | Arctostaphylos alpina | Native |
Oxfordshire | Snake's-head Fritillary | Fritillaria meleagris | Native |
Peeblesshire | Cloudberry | Rubus chamaemorus | Native |
Pembrokeshire | Thrift | Armeria maritima | Native |
Perthshire | Alpine Gentian | Gentiana nivalis | Native |
Radnorshire | Radnor Lily | Gagea bohemica | Native |
Renfrewshire | Bogbean | Menyanthes trifoliata | Native |
Ross-shire | Bog Asphodel | Narthecium ossifragum | Native |
Roxburghshire | Maiden Pink | Dianthus deltoides | Native |
Rutland | Clustered Bellflower | Campanula glomerata | Native |
Selkirkshire | Mountain Pansy | Viola lutea | Native |
Shetland | Shetland Mouse-ear | Cerastium nigrescens | Native |
Shropshire | Round-leaved Sundew | Drosera rotundifolia | Native |
Somerset | Cheddar Pink | Dianthus gratianopolitanus | Native |
Staffordshire | Heather | Calluna vulgaris | Native |
Stirlingshire | Scottish Dock | Rumex aquaticus | Native |
Suffolk | Oxlip | Primula elatior | Native |
Surrey | Cowslip | Primula veris | Native |
Sussex | Round-headed Rampion | Phyteuma orbiculare | Native |
Sutherland | Grass-of-Parnassus | Parnassia palustris | Native |
Tyrone | Bog-rosemary | Andromeda polifolia | Native |
Warwickshire | Honeysuckle | Lonicera periclymenum | Native |
West Lothian | Common Spotted-orchid | Dactylorhiza fuchsii | Native |
Westmorland | Alpine Forget-me-not | Myosotis alpestris | Native |
Wigtownshire | Yellow Iris | Iris pseudacorus | Native |
Wiltshire | Burnt Orchid | Neotinea ustulata | Native |
Worcestershire | Cowslip | Primula veris | Native |
Yorkshire | White Rose | Rosa... | ? |