County flowers of the United Kingdom
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The following are the flowers selected for the historic counties (and major cities) of the [[United Kingdom]] in [[Plantlife]]'s 2002 "County Flowers" campaign. The results of this campaign have been repeatedly contested since 2002 although no amendments have yet been made to its selections.
====England====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! style="width:150px" | County !! style="width:150px" | Image !! style="width:200px" | Common name !! style="width:200px" | [[Binomial nomenclature|Scientific name]] !! style="width:100px" | County status
|-
| [[Bedfordshire]]|| <center>[[Image:Ophrys apifera flower2.jpg|125px|Bee Orchid]] || [[Bee Orchid]] || ''[[Ophrys apifera]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Berkshire]]|| <center>[[Image:Leucojum aestivum02.jpg|125px|Summer Snowflake]] || [[Summer Snowflake]] || ''[[Leucojum aestivum]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Birmingham]]|| <center>[[Image:Digitalis-stora hultrum.sweden-15.jpg|125px|Foxglove]] || [[Digitalis purpurea|Foxglove]] || ''[[Digitalis purpurea]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Bristol]]|| <center>[[Image:Silene chalcedonica.jpg|125px|Maltese-cross]] || [[Maltese cross (flower)|Maltese-cross]] || ''[[Silene chalcedonica]]'' || Casual
|-
| [[Buckinghamshire]]|| <center>[[Image:Enz 5Z.jpg|125px|Chiltern gentian]] || [[Chiltern Gentian]] || ''[[Gentianella germanica]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Cambridgeshire]]|| <center>[[Image:Pulsatilla vulgaris-700px.jpg|125px|Pasqueflower]] || [[Pulsatilla vulgaris|Pasqueflower]] || ''[[Pulsatilla vulgaris]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Cheshire]]|| <center>[[Image:Pinksterbloem.jpg|125px|Cuckooflower]] || [[Cuckooflower]] || ''[[Cardamine pratensis]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Cornwall]]|| <center>[[Image:Erica vagans.JPG|125px|Cornish Heath]] || [[Cornish Heath]] || ''[[Erica vagans]]'' || Native
|-
| [[County Durham]]|| <center>[[Image:Gentiana verna.jpg|125px|Spring Gentian]] || [[Spring Gentian]] || ''[[Gentiana verna]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Cumberland]]|| <center>[[Image:DwNorthernGrassofParnassus.jpg|125px|Grass-of-Parnassus]] || [[Parnassia palustris|Grass-of-Parnassus]] || ''[[Parnassia palustris]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Derbyshire]]|| <center>[[Image:Polemonium coeruleum1.jpg|125px]] || [[Polemonium caeruleum|Jacob's-ladder]] || ''[[Polemonium caeruleum]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Devon]]|| <center>[[Image:Primula vulgaris.jpg|125px|Primrose]] || [[Primula vulgaris|Primrose]] || ''[[Primula vulgaris]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Dorset]]|| || [[Dorset Heath]] || ''[[Erica ciliaris]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Essex]]|| <center>[[Image:CornPoppies.JPG|125px|Common Poppy]] || [[Common Poppy]] || ''[[Papaver rhoeas]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Gloucestershire]]|| <center>[[Image:Narcissus pseudonarcissus0.jpg|125px|Wild Daffodil]] || [[Wild Daffodil]] || ''[[Narcissus pseudonarcissus]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Hampshire]]|| <center>[[Image:Wild rose flower.jpg|125px|Dog-rose]] || [[Dog-rose]] || ''[[Rosa canina]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Herefordshire]]|| <center>[[Image:MistletoeInSilverBirch.jpg|125px|Mistletoe]] || [[Viscum album|Mistletoe]] || ''[[Viscum album]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Hertfordshire]]|| <center>[[Image:Pulsatilla vulgaris-700px.jpg|125px|Pasqueflower]] || [[Pulsatilla vulgaris|Pasqueflower]] || ''[[Pulsatilla vulgaris]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Huntingdonshire]]|| <center>[[Image:HottoniaPalustrisInflorescence.jpg|125px|Water-violet]] || [[Water-violet]] || ''[[Hottonia palustris]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Isle of Wight]] || <center>[[Image:AnacamptisPyramidalis.jpg|125px|Pyramidal Orchid]] || [[Pyramidal Orchid]] || ''[[Anacamptis pyramidalis]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Isles of Scilly]] || <center>[[Image:Zawciag nadmorski Ameria maritima maritima.jpg|125px|Thrift]] || [[Armeria maritima|Thrift]] || ''[[Armeria maritima]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Kent]] || <center>[[Image:Humulus.jpg|125px|Hop]] || [[Common Hop|Hop]] || ''[[Humulus lupulus]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Lancashire]] || <center>[[Image:DSC00090.JPG|125px|Red rose]] || [[Red rose of Lancashire|Red rose]] || ''[[Rosa gallica officinalis]]'' || Absent
|-
| [[Leeds]] || <center>[[Image:Vaccinum myrtillus 020503.jpg|125px|Bilberry]] || [[Bilberry]] || ''[[Vaccinium myrtillus]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Leicestershire]] || <center>[[Image:Digitalis-stora hultrum.sweden-15.jpg|125px|Foxglove]] || [[Digitalis purpurea|Foxglove]] || ''[[Digitalis purpurea]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Lincolnshire]] || <center>[[Image:Ulrika - Skogsviol, Viola riviniana (by).jpg|125px|Viola riviniana]] || [[Common Dog-violet]] || ''[[Viola riviniana]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Liverpool]] || <center>[[Image:Eryngium maritimum 2.jpg|125px|Sea-holly]] || [[Sea-holly]] || ''[[Eryngium maritimum]]'' || Native
|-
| [[London]] || <center>[[Image:Epilobe feuilles etroites 01.jpg|125px|Rosebay Willowherb]] || [[Rosebay Willowherb]] || ''[[Epilobium angustifolium]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Manchester]] || <center>[[Image:Eriophorum angustifolium close.jpg|125px|Common Cotton-grass]] || [[Common Cotton-grass]] || ''[[Eriophorum angustifolium]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Middlesex]] || <center>[[Image:Windflower aka.jpg|125px|Wood Anemone]] || [[Wood Anemone]] || ''[[Anemone nemorosa]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]] || <center>[[Image:Mimulus guttatus02.JPG|125px|Monkeyflower]] || [[Mimulus guttatus|Monkeyflower]] || ''[[Mimulus guttatus]]'' || Archaeophyte
|-
| [[Norfolk]] || <center>[[Image:CornPoppies.JPG|125px|Common Poppy]] || [[Common Poppy]] {{ref|N1}} || ''[[Papaver rhoeas]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Northamptonshire]] || <center>[[Image:CowSlipSelsley.jpg|125px|Cowslip]] || [[Primula veris|Cowslip]] || ''[[Primula veris]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Northumberland]] || <center>[[Image:Geranium sanguineum0.jpg|125px|Bloody Crane's-bill]] || [[Bloody Crane's-bill]] || ''[[Geranium sanguineum]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Nottingham]] || <center>[[Image:Silene nutans 220505.jpg|125px|Nottingham Catchfly]] || [[Nottingham Catchfly]] || ''[[Silene nutans]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Nottinghamshire]] || <center>[[Image:Crocus nudiflorus4.jpg|125px|Autumn Crocus]] || [[Crocus nudiflorus|Autumn Crocus]] || ''[[Crocus nudiflorus]]'' || Archaeophyte
|-
| [[Oxfordshire]] || <center>[[Image:Snake's head fritillaria.jpg|125px|Snake's-head Fritillary]] || [[Fritillaria meleagris|Snake's-head Fritillary]] || ''[[Fritillaria meleagris]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Rutland]] || <center>[[Image:Dzwonek skupiony Campanula glomerata.jpg|125px|Clustered Bellflower]] || [[Clustered Bellflower]] || ''[[Campanula glomerata]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Sheffield]] || <center>[[Image:Geranium sylvaticum closeup.JPG|125px|Wood Crane's-bill]] || [[Wood Crane's-bill]] || ''[[Geranium sylvaticum]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Shropshire]] || <center>[[Image:Drosera-rotundifolia.jpg|125px|Round-leaved Sundew]] || [[Round-leaved Sundew]] || ''[[Drosera rotundifolia]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Somerset]] || || [[Cheddar Pink]] || ''[[Dianthus gratianopolitanus]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Staffordshire]] || <center>[[Image:Calluna vulgaris 1.jpg|125px|Heather]] || [[Calluna|Heather]] || ''[[Calluna vulgaris]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Suffolk]] || <center>[[Image:Primula elatior 170405a.jpg|125px|Oxlip]] || [[Oxlip]] || ''[[Primula elatior]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Surrey]] || <center>[[Image:CowSlipSelsley.jpg|125px|Cowslip]] || [[Primula veris|Cowslip]] || ''[[Primula veris]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Sussex]] || <center>[[Image:5685 - Schynige Platte - Flower.JPG|125px|Round-headed Rampion]] || [[Round-headed Rampion]] || ''[[Phyteuma orbiculare]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Warwickshire]] || <center>[[Image:European honeysuckle 800.jpg|125px|Honeysuckle]] || [[European honeysuckle|Honeysuckle]] || ''[[Lonicera periclymenum]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Westmorland]] || <center>[[Image:Alpine Forget-Me-Not in Grand Teton NP-NPS.jpg|125px|Alpine Forget-me-not]] || [[Alpine Forget-me-not]] || ''[[Myosotis alpestris]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Wiltshire]] || <center>[[Image:Orchis ustulata wiki mg-k02.jpg|125px|Burnt orchid]] || [[Burnt Orchid]] || ''[[Neotinea ustulata]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Worcestershire]] || <center>[[Image:CowSlipSelsley.jpg|125px|Cowslip]] || [[Primula veris|Cowslip]] || ''[[Primula veris]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Yorkshire]] || <center>[[Image:Harebells.jpg|125px|Harebell]] || [[Harebell]] || ''[[Campanula rotundifolia]]'' || Native
|-
|}
====Isle of Man====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! style="width:150px" | County !! style="width:150px" | Image !! style="width:200px" | Common name !! style="width:200px" | [[Binomial nomenclature|Scientific name]] !! style="width:100px" | County status
|-
| [[Isle of Man]]|| || [[Fuchsia]] || ''[[Fuchsia magellanica]]'' || Archaeophyte
|-
|}
====Northern Ireland====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! style="width:150px" | County !! style="width:150px" | Image !! style="width:200px" | Common name !! style="width:200px" | [[Binomial nomenclature|Scientific name]] !! style="width:100px" | County status
|-
| [[County Antrim|Antrim]]|| <center>[[Image:Harebells.jpg|125px|Harebell]] || [[Harebell]] || ''[[Campanula rotundifolia]]'' || Native
|-
| [[County Armagh|Armagh]]|| || [[Cowbane]] || ''[[Cicuta virosa]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Belfast]]|| <center>[[Image:Ulex europaeus.jpg|125px|Gorse]] || [[Common Gorse|Gorse]] || ''[[Ulex europaeus]]'' || Native
|-
| [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]]|| <center>[[Image:Purpsaxifrage2.jpg|125px|Purple Saxifrage]] || [[Purple Saxifrage]] || ''[[Saxifraga oppositifolia]]'' || Native
|-
| [[County Down|Down]]|| <center>[[Image:Scilla verna Cornwall.jpg|125px|Spring Squill]] || [[Spring Squill]] || ''[[Scilla verna]]'' || Native
|-
| [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]]|| <center>[[Image:Trollius europaeus 020503.jpg|125px|Globeflower]] || [[Globeflower]] || ''[[Trollius europaeus]]'' || Native
|-
| [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]]|| <center>[[Image:Andromeda polifolia bloom.jpg|125px|Bog-rosemary]] || [[Bog-rosemary]] || ''[[Andromeda polifolia]]'' || Native
|-
|}
====Scotland====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! style="width:150px" | County !! style="width:150px" | Image !! style="width:200px" | Common name !! style="width:200px" | [[Binomial nomenclature|Scientific name]] !! style="width:100px" | County status
|-
| [[Aberdeenshire]] || <center>[[Image:Arctostaphylos-uva-ursi.JPG|125px|Bearberry]] || [[Bearberry]] || ''[[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Angus]] || || [[Alpine Catchfly]] || ''[[Lychnis alpina]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Argyll]] || <center>[[Image:Digitalis-stora hultrum.sweden-15.jpg|125px|Foxglove]] || [[Digitalis purpurea|Foxglove]] || ''[[Digitalis purpurea]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Ayrshire]] || <center>[[Image:Orchis morio plants.jpg|125px|Green-winged Orchid]] || [[Green-winged Orchid]] || ''[[Anacamptis morio]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Banffshire]] || <center>[[Image:Epipactis_atrorubens.jpg|125px|Dark Red Helleborine]] || [[Dark-red Helleborine]] || ''[[Epipactis atrorubens]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Berwickshire]] || || [[Common Rock-rose|Rock-rose]] || ''[[Helianthemum nummularium]]'' || Native
|-
| [[County of Bute|Bute]] || <center>[[Image:Zawciag nadmorski Ameria maritima maritima.jpg|125px|Thrift]] || [[Armeria maritima|Thrift]] || ''[[Armeria maritima]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Caithness]] || || [[Scots Primrose]] || ''[[Primula scotica]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Clackmannanshire]] || <center>[[Image:Chrysosplenium oppositifolium 240405b.jpg|125px|Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage]] || [[Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage]] || ''[[Chrysosplenium oppositifolium]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Cromartyshire|Cromarty]] || || [[Spring Cinquefoil]] || ''[[Potentilla neumanniana]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Dumfriesshire]] || <center>[[Image:Harebells.jpg|125px|Harebell]] || [[Harebell]] || ''[[Campanula rotundifolia]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Dunbartonshire]] || || [[Lesser Water-plantain]] || ''[[Baldellia ranunculoides]]'' || Native
|-
| [[East Lothian]] || <center>[[Image:Viper's bugloss.JPG|125px|Viper's-bugloss]] || [[Viper's-bugloss]] || ''[[Echium vulgare]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Edinburgh]] || <center>[[Image:Lychnis viscaria1.jpg|125px|Sticky Catchfly]]</center> || [[Sticky Catchfly]] || ''[[Lychnis viscaria]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Fife]] || || [[Coralroot Orchid]] || ''[[Corallorrhiza trifida]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Glasgow]] || <center>[[Image:Cytisus scoparius2.jpg|125px|Broom]] || [[Common Broom|Broom]] || ''[[Cytisus scoparius]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Inverness-shire]] || <center>[[Image:Linnaea borealis.jpg|125px|Twinflower]] || [[Twinflower]] || ''[[Linnaea borealis]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Kinross-shire|Kinross]] || || [[Holy-grass]] || ''[[Hierochloe odorata]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Kirkcudbrightshire|Kirkcudbright]] || <center>[[Image:Andromeda polifolia bloom.jpg|125px|Bog-rosemary]] || [[Bog-rosemary]] || ''[[Andromeda polifolia]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Lanarkshire]] || || [[Dune Helleborine]] || ''[[Epipactis leptochila]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Midlothian]] || || [[Sticky Catchfly]] || ''[[Lychnis viscaria]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Morayshire|Moray]] || || [[One-flowered Wintergreen]] || ''[[Moneses uniflora]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Nairnshire|Nairn]] || <center>[[Image:Trientalis-europaea.JPG|125px|Chickweed Wintergreen]] || [[Chickweed Wintergreen]] || ''[[Trientalis europaea]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Orkney]] || <center>[[Image:Alpine bearberry in Varrio Nature Reserve, Finland.jpg|125px|Alpine Bearberry]] || [[Alpine Bearberry]] || ''[[Arctostaphylos alpina]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Peeblesshire]] || <center>[[Image:Hjortron.jpg|125px|Cloudberry]] || [[Cloudberry]] || ''[[Rubus chamaemorus]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Perthshire]] || <center>[[Image:Gentiana nivalis 230705.jpg|125px|Alpine Gentian]] || [[Alpine Gentian]] || ''[[Gentiana nivalis]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Renfrewshire]] || <center>[[Image:Menyanthes-trifoliata-flower.JPG|125px|Bogbean]] || [[Bogbean]] || ''[[Menyanthes trifoliata]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Ross-shire|Ross]] || <center>[[Image:Narthecium ossifragum verblueht.jpg|125px|Bog Asphodel]] || [[Bog Asphodel]] || ''[[Narthecium ossifragum]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Roxburghshire]] || <center>[[Image:Dianthus deltoides Brilliant.JPG|125px|Maiden Pink]] || [[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]] || <center>[[Image:DwNorthernGrassofParnassus.jpg|125px|Grass-of-Parnassus]] || [[Parnassia palustris|Grass-of-Parnassus]] || ''[[Parnassia palustris]]'' || Native
|-
| [[West Lothian]] || <center>[[Image:DactylorhizaFuchsii.jpg|125px|Common Spotted-orchid]] || [[Common Spotted-orchid]] || ''[[Dactylorhiza fuchsii]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Western Isles]] || || [[Hebridean Spotted-orchid]] || ''[[Dactylorhiza fuchsii hebridensis]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Wigtownshire]] || <center>[[Image:Iris pseudacorus 01.jpg|125px|Yellow Iris]] || [[Yellow Iris]] || ''[[Iris pseudacorus]]'' || Native
|-
|}
====Wales====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! style="width:150px" | County !! style="width:150px" | Image !! style="width:200px" | Common name !! style="width:200px" | [[Binomial nomenclature|Scientific name]] !! style="width:100px" | County status
|-
| [[Anglesey]] || <center>[[Image:Tuberaria guttata01.jpg|125px|Spotted Rock-rose]] || [[Spotted Rock-rose]] || ''[[Tuberaria guttata]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Brecknockshire]]|| <center>[[Image:Pinksterbloem.jpg|125px|Cuckooflower]] || [[Cuckooflower]] || ''[[Cardamine pratensis]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Caernarvonshire]] || <center>[[Image:Lloydia serotina.jpg|125px|Snowdon Lily]] || [[Snowdon Lily]] || ''[[Lloydia serotina]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Cardiff]] || || [[Wild Leek]] || ''[[Allium ampeloprasum]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Cardiganshire]] || <center>[[Image:Andromeda polifolia bloom.jpg|125px|Bog-rosemary]] || [[Bog-rosemary]] || ''[[Andromeda polifolia]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Carmarthenshire]] || || [[Whorled Caraway]] || ''[[Carum verticillatum]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Denbighshire]] || || [[Limestone Woundwort]] || ''[[Stachys alpina]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Flintshire]] || <center>[[Image:Erica cinerea.jpg|125px|Bell Heather]] || [[Bell Heather]] || ''[[Erica cinerea]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Glamorgan]] || || [[Yellow Whitlowgrass]] || ''[[Draba aizoides]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Merioneth]] || <center>[[Image:Welsh poppy Meconopsis cambrica.JPG|125px|Welsh Poppy]] || [[Welsh Poppy]] || ''[[Meconopsis cambrica]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Monmouthshire]] || <center>[[Image:Digitalis-stora hultrum.sweden-15.jpg|125px|Foxglove]] || [[Digitalis purpurea|Foxglove]] || ''[[Digitalis purpurea]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Montgomeryshire]] || <center>[[Image:Veronica spicata Glory 2.jpg|125px|Spiked Speedwell]] || [[Spiked Speedwell]] || ''[[Veronica spicata]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Pembrokeshire]] || <center>[[Image:Zawciag nadmorski Ameria maritima maritima.jpg|125px|Thrift]] || [[Armeria maritima|Thrift]] || ''[[Armeria maritima]]'' || Native
|-
| [[Radnorshire]] || || [[Radnor Lily]] || ''[[Gagea bohemica]]'' || Native
|-
|}
==Notes==
*# {{note|N1}} Initially [[Alexanders]] was selected for Norfolk,with Poppy selected for Essex alone. Public pressure led to change [http://new.edp24.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&itemid=NOED04%20May%202004%2023:14:59:520&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=search], [http://new.edp24.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&itemid=NOED25%20May%202004%2008:53:13:317&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=search]
==Sources==
* The list of county flowers above is taken from the county flowers page at Plantlife's website [http://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/plantlife-discovering-plants-county-flowers.html].
* 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
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