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  2. Papaver rhoeas - Wikipedia

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    Papaver rhoeas, with common names including common poppy, [ 3] corn poppy, corn rose, field poppy, [ 4] Flanders poppy, red poppy, and Odai, is an annual herbaceous species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It is native to north Africa and temperate Eurasia and is introduced into temperate areas on all other continents except ...

  3. Fleur-de-lis - Wikipedia

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    The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys ), [ pron 1] is a common heraldic charge in the shape of a lily (in French, fleur and lis mean 'flower' and 'lily' respectively). Most notably, the fleur-de-lis is depicted on the traditional coat of arms of France that was used from the High Middle Ages until ...

  4. Papaver somniferum - Wikipedia

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    Papaver somniferum, commonly known as the opium poppy[ 2] or breadseed poppy, [ 3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae. It is the species of plant from which both opium and poppy seeds are derived and is also a valuable ornamental plant grown in gardens. Its native range was east of the Mediterranean Sea, but has since ...

  5. Trifolium pratense - Wikipedia

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    Trifolium pratense var. pratense. Trifolium ukrainicum Opperman. Trifolium pratense (from Latin prātum, meaning meadow), red clover, [ 2][ 3] is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, native to Europe, Western Asia, and northwest Africa, but planted and naturalized in many other regions.

  6. Cercis - Wikipedia

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    The Judas tree ( Cercis siliquastrum) is 10–15 m tall tree native to the south of Europe and southwest Asia. It is found in Iberia, southern France, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, and Asia Minor, and forms a low tree with a flat spreading head. In early spring it is covered with a profusion of magenta flowers which appear before the leaves.

  7. List of national flowers - Wikipedia

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    While France does not have an official national flower, the fleur-de-lis, which was a symbol of the royal family, as well as the cornflower (blue), marguerite (white), and red poppy, which together represent the tri-colored national flag, are also generally treated as French national flowers.

  8. Lily of the valley - Wikipedia

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    Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis ; / ˌ k ɒ n v ə ˈ l eɪ r i ə m ə ˈ dʒ eɪ l ɪ s /), [2] sometimes written lily-of-the-valley, [3] is a woodland flowering plant with sweetly scented, pendent, bell-shaped white flowers borne in sprays in spring. It is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe.

  9. Iris (plant) - Wikipedia

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    Iris (plant) Iris. (plant) Iris is a flowering plant genus of 310 accepted species [ 1] with showy flowers. As well as being the scientific name, iris is also widely used as a common name for all Iris species, as well as some belonging to other closely related genera. A common name for some species is flags, while the plants of the subgenus ...