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  2. County flowers of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Common name Scientific name County status Shared Bedfordshire: bee orchid: Ophrys apifera: native: Berkshire: summer snowflake: Leucojum aestivum: native: Bristol: Maltese-cross: Silene chalcedonica: casual: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern gentian: Gentianella germanica: native: Cambridgeshire: pasqueflower: Pulsatilla vulgaris: native: Hertfordshire ...

  3. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The lists (spread across multiple pages due to size) give an English name and a scientific name for each species, and two symbols are used to indicate status (e for extinct species, and * for introduced species). List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland (ferns and allies) covers ferns and allies (Lycopodiopsida, Equisetopsida and ...

  4. List of plants by common name - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names, in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.

  5. List of psychoactive plants - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of plant species that, when consumed by humans, are known or suspected to produce psychoactive effects: changes in nervous system function that alter perception, mood, consciousness, cognition or behavior.

  6. List of plants with symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Narcissus in culture - uses of narcissus flowers by humans; Lime tree in culture - uses of the lime (linden) tree by humans; Rose symbolism - a more expansive list of symbolic meanings of the rose; Apple (symbolism) - a more expansive list of symbolic means for apples; References

  7. Flora of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The flora of Scotland is an assemblage of native plant species including over 1,600 vascular plants, more than 1,500 lichens and nearly 1,000 bryophytes. The total number of vascular species is low by world standards but lichens and bryophytes are abundant and the latter form a population of global importance.

  8. Morning glory - Wikipedia

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    Morning glory flower ( Ipomoea purpurea) Morning glory (also written as morning-glory [1]) is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae, whose current taxonomy and systematics are in flux. Morning glory species belong to many genera, some of which are: Argyreia. Astripomoea.

  9. List of national symbols of the United Kingdom, the Channel ...

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    Name and flag Patron Saint National Flower(s) National Animal(s) Coat of Arms Motto Anthem England Saint George's Cross: St. George: Tudor Rose "Lion" Royal arms of England: Dieu et mon droit "God and my right" "Jerusalem" (Unofficial but widely regarded) See also Proposed national anthems of England. Scotland Cross of Saint Andrew

  10. Poppy - Wikipedia

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    Poppies are herbaceous annual, biennial or short-lived perennial plants. Some species are monocarpic, dying after flowering. Poppies can be over a metre tall with flowers up to 15 centimetres across. Flowers of species (not cultivars) have 4 or 6 petals, many stamens forming a conspicuous whorl in the center of the flower and an ovary of from 2 ...

  11. Lilium - Wikipedia

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    Opiz, nom. illeg. Nomocharis Franch. Lilium ( / ˈlɪliəm / LIL-ee-əm) [3] is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large and often prominent flowers. They are the true lilies. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world.