County flowers of the United Kingdom

The following are the flowers selected for the counties of the United Kingdom in Plantlife's 2002 "County Flowers" campaign. The results of this campaign designated a single plant species to a "county or metropolitan area" in the UK.[1]

England

County Image Common name Scientific name County status
Bedfordshire Bee orchid Ophrys apifera Native
Berkshire Summer snowflake Leucojum aestivum Native
Birmingham Foxglove Digitalis purpurea Native
Bristol Maltese-cross Silene chalcedonica Casual
Buckinghamshire Chiltern gentian Gentianella germanica Native
Cambridgeshire Pasqueflower Pulsatilla vulgaris Native
Cheshire Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis Native
Cornwall Cornish heath Erica vagans Native
County Durham Spring gentian Gentiana verna Native
Cumbria[2] Grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia palustris Native
Derbyshire Jacob's-ladder Polemonium caeruleum Native
Devon Primrose Primula vulgaris Native
Dorset Dorset heath Erica ciliaris Native
Essex Common poppy Papaver rhoeas Native
Gloucestershire Wild daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus Native
Greater Manchester[3] Common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium Native
Hampshire Dog-rose Rosa canina Native
Herefordshire Mistletoe Viscum album Native
Hertfordshire Pasqueflower Pulsatilla vulgaris Native
Huntingdonshire Water-violet Hottonia palustris Native
Isle of Wight Pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis Native
Isles of Scilly Thrift Armeria maritima Native
Kent Hop Humulus lupulus Native
Lancashire Red rose Rosa gallica officinalis Absent
Leeds Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus Native
Leicestershire Foxglove Digitalis purpurea Native
Lincolnshire Common dog-violet Viola riviniana Native
London Rosebay willowherb Epilobium angustifolium Native
Merseyside[3] Sea-holly Eryngium maritimum Native
Middlesex Wood anemone Anemone nemorosa Native
Norfolk Common poppy Papaver rhoeas Native
Northamptonshire Cowslip Primula veris Native
Northumberland Bloody crane's-bill Geranium sanguineum Native
Nottingham Nottingham catchfly Silene nutans Native
Nottinghamshire Autumn crocus Crocus nudiflorus Archaeophyte
Oxfordshire Snake's-head fritillary Fritillaria meleagris Native
Rutland Clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata Native
Sheffield Wood crane's-bill Geranium sylvaticum Native
Shropshire Round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia Native
Somerset Cheddar pink Dianthus gratianopolitanus Native
Staffordshire Heather Calluna vulgaris Native
Suffolk Oxlip Primula elatior Native
Surrey Cowslip Primula veris Native
Sussex Round-headed rampion Phyteuma orbiculare Native
Tyne and Wear[4] Monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus Neophyte
Warwickshire Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum Native
Wiltshire Burnt orchid Neotinea ustulata Native
Worcestershire Cowslip Primula veris Native
Yorkshire White Rose Rosa × alba Native

Isle of Man

County Image Common name Scientific name County status
Isle of Man [5] Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica Neophyte

Northern Ireland

County Image Common name Scientific name County status
Antrim Harebell Campanula rotundifolia Native
Armagh Cowbane Cicuta virosa Native
Belfast Gorse Ulex europaeus Native
Londonderry Purple saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia Native
Down Spring squill Scilla verna Native
Fermanagh Globeflower Trollius europaeus Native
Tyrone Bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia Native

Scotland

County Image Common name Scientific name County status
Aberdeenshire Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Native
Angus Alpine catchfly Lychnis alpina Native
Argyll Foxglove Digitalis purpurea Native
Ayrshire Green-winged orchid Anacamptis morio Native
Banffshire Dark-red helleborine Epipactis atrorubens Native
Berwickshire Rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium Native
Bute Thrift Armeria maritima Native
Caithness Scottish primrose Primula scotica Native
Clackmannanshire Opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium Native
Cromarty Spring cinquefoil Potentilla neumanniana Native
Dumfriesshire Harebell Campanula rotundifolia Native
Dunbartonshire Lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides Native
East Lothian Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare Native
Edinburgh Sticky catchfly Lychnis viscaria Native
Fife Coralroot orchid Corallorrhiza trifida Native
Glasgow Broom Cytisus scoparius Native
Inverness-shire Twinflower Linnaea borealis Native
Kinross Holy-grass Hierochloe odorata Native
Kirkcudbright Bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia Native
Lanarkshire Dune helleborine Epipactis leptochila Native
Midlothian Sticky catchfly Lychnis viscaria Native
Moray One-flowered wintergreen Moneses uniflora Native
Nairn Chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea Native
Orkney Alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpina Native
Peeblesshire Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus Native
Perthshire Alpine gentian Gentiana nivalis Native
Renfrewshire Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata Native
Ross Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum Native
Roxburghshire Maiden pink Dianthus deltoides Native
Selkirkshire Mountain pansy Viola lutea Native
Shetland Shetland mouse-ear Cerastium nigrescens Native
Stirlingshire Scottish dock Rumex aquaticus Native
Sutherland Grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia palustris Native
West Lothian Common spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii Native
Western Isles Hebridean spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. hebridensis Native
Wigtownshire Yellow iris Iris pseudacorus Native

Wales

County Image Common name Scientific name County status
Anglesey Spotted rock-rose Tuberaria guttata Native
Brecknockshire Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis Native
Caernarfonshire Snowdon lily Gagea serotina, syn. Lloydia serotina Native
Cardiff Wild leek Allium ampeloprasum Native
Cardiganshire Bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia Native
Carmarthenshire Whorled caraway Carum verticillatum Native
Denbighshire Limestone woundwort Stachys alpina Native
Flintshire Bell heather Erica cinerea Native
Glamorgan Yellow whitlowgrass Draba aizoides Native
Merioneth Welsh poppy Meconopsis cambrica Native
Monmouthshire Foxglove Digitalis purpurea Native
Montgomeryshire Spiked speedwell Veronica spicata Native
Pembrokeshire Thrift Armeria maritima Native
Radnorshire Radnor lily Gagea bohemica Native

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Greer, Germaine (5 October 2002). "Country notebook: vote for the poppy". The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  2. ↑ http://www.plantlife.org.uk//wild_plants/plant_species/grass-of-parnassus/
  3. 1 2 http://www.plantlife.org.uk/things_to_do/regions/north_west
  4. ↑ http://www.plantlife.org.uk/wild_plants/plant_species/monkeyflower
  5. ↑ The Isle of Man has a traditional national flower (it is not a county), the ragwort or cushag

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