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The origin of province flowers came from the American idea of state flowers, and was brought to Sweden by August Wickström and Paul Petter Waldenström in 1908. Waldenström published the proposal to introduce province flowers in the May 288, 1908 edition of the newspaper Stockholms Dagblad , and requested suggestions of species from the ...
The conspicuous daisy-like flowers are up to 20 millimetres (3 ⁄ 4 in) across, borne in lax corymbs. The outer, ray florets have white ligules and the inner, disc florets are yellow and tubular. It spreads rapidly by seed, and will cover a wide area after a few years. [3] [4] The plant produces achene fruit, and grows in stony slopes and ...
Viola reichenbachiana grows to 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in) in height and 10–50 cm (3.9–19.7 in) in spread. [3] The leaf orientation is simple and grows alternately. [1] [4] The plant has wide, heart-shaped blades with rounded, tooth-like ridges. [1] [3] [7] The leaves may be hairless or very slightly textured, and their tips may be pointed or ...
Galanthus nivalis: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885. Galanthus (from Ancient Greek γάλα, (gála, "milk") + ἄνθος (ánthos, "flower")), or snowdrop, is a small genus of approximately 20 species of bulbous perennial herbaceous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae.
In 1753, Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus established the genus Trillium by recognizing three species, Trillium cernuum, Trillium erectum, and Trillium sessile. [9] The type specimen Trillium cernuum described by Linnaeus was actually Trillium catesbaei, [10] an oversight that subsequently led to much confusion regarding the type species of this genus.
Aquilegia (common names: granny's bonnet, [2] columbine) is a genus of about 130 species [1] of perennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher elevations throughout the Northern Hemisphere, known for the spurred petals [3] of their flowers.
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The hermaphroditic flowers have five stamens, [7] which are borne in large, flat corymbs 10–25 cm in diameter in late spring to mid-summer. The individual flowers are ivory white, 5–6 millimetres ( 3 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 4 in) in diameter, with five petals, and are pollinated by flies.