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Patersonia sericea, commonly known as purple flag [2] or silky purple-flag [3] is a species of plant in the iris family Iridaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a densely-tufted perennial herb with linear, sword-shaped leaves, broadly egg-shaped, bluish-violet tepals and an oval capsule .
In South America, during the Pre-Columbian era, the Wiphala, a flag used by the subdivisions of the Inca Empire, contained the color purple. [4] In the modern era, synthetic purple dyes became easier to obtain, and flags with the color purple began being used more commonly.
Purple is considered "the color of the Iroquois", as it is the color derived from the mollusk shells used in making the wampum. [2] The four squares and one tree each represent one of the original five nations of the Haudenosaunee. From left to right they are: Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga (the tree), Oneida, and Mohawk. [4] Their placement on the ...
Patersonia occidentalis, commonly known as purple flag, [2] or long purple-flag, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is a tufted, rhizome -forming perennial with narrow, sharply-pointed, strap-like leaves, egg-shaped, bluish violet sepals and a cylindrical capsule .
This is a list of countries that have officially designated one or more trees as their national trees. Most species in the list are officially designated. Some species hold only an "unofficial" status.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive.
This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory trees, ... Scientific name Image Year Alabama: Longleaf pine: Pinus palustris: 1949 clarified 1997 [1]
The Flag of the Tokyo Metropolis (東京都旗, Tōkyō-to-ki) was adopted on October 1, 1964, under the Metropolitan Announcement No. 1042 (告示第1042号). It features a white Metropolitan Crest on center. The background color is Edo purple (江戸紫, Edo murasaki), which was popular in Edo, the name of Tokyo during the Edo period.