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Nymphaea nouchali is the national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The national flower of Sri Lanka is Nil mānel (නිල් මානෙල්), the blue-star water-lily (Nymphaea stellata). [32] [33] Although nil means "blue" in Sinhala, the Sinhalese name of this plant is often rendered as "water-lily" in English.
The flag of The Republic of Ireland. Flag of Northern Ireland. St Patrick's Saltire. The flag of Ireland is a tricolour of green, white and orange, first flown in 1848. The colours stand for Irish Catholicism, Irish Protestantism, and peace between the two. Although it was originally intended as a symbol of peace and ecumenism, the tricolour is ...
Composition of the flora. Ireland has a small flora for a European country because of its small size, lack of geological and ecological variation and its Pleistocene history. [1] There are 3,815 species of plant listed for Ireland: [2] Phylum Anthocerotophyta – hornworts: 3 species. Phylum Bryophyta – mosses: 556 species.
This is a list of national birds, including official birds of overseas territories and other states described as nations. Most species in the list are officially designated. Some species hold only an "unofficial" status. The Official status column is marked as Yes only if the bird currently holds the position of the official national bird.
A shamrock. A shamrock is a type of clover, used as a symbol of Ireland. Saint Patrick, one of Ireland's patron saints, is said to have used it as a metaphor for the Christian Holy Trinity. [1] The name shamrock comes from Irish seamróg ( [ˈʃamˠɾˠoːɡ] ), which is the diminutive of the Irish word seamair and simply means "young clover".
Giant ibis ( national bird) Pseudibis gigantea. [12] [better source needed] Northern river terrapin ( national reptile) Batagur baska. [12] [better source needed] Giant barb ( national fish) Catlocarpio siamensis.
Symbols of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is a list of the national symbols of the United Kingdom, its constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), and the Crown Dependencies (the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man). Each separate entry has its own set of unique symbols .
The flora of Great Britain and Ireland is one of the best documented in the world. There are 1390 native species and over 1100 well-established non-natives documented on the islands. A bibliographic database of the species has been compiled by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. [1] The lists (spread across multiple pages due to size ...