Wednesday, 15 February 2012

The County Flowers of Great Britain

In 2002 the conservation charity 'Plantlife International' launched a nationwide vote to find the UK's county flowers. These are the results.

England

Bedfordshire
Bee orchid

Berkshire
Summer snowflake (Loddon lily)

Birmingham
Foxglove

Bristol
Maltese-Cross (Flower of Bristol)

Buckinghamshire
Chiltern gentian

Cambridgeshire
Pasqueflower

Cheshire
Cuckooflower (lady's smock)

Cornwall/ Kernow
Cornish heath

Cumberland
Grass-of-Parnassus

Derbyshire
Jacob's-ladder

Devon
Primrose

Dorset
Dorset heath

Durham
Spring gentian

Essex
Poppy

Gloucestershire
Daffodil (wild)

Hampshire
Dog-rose

Herefordshire
Mistletoe

Hertfordshire
Pasqueflower

Huntingdonshire
Water-violet

Isle of Wight
Pyramidal orchid

Isles of Scilly
Thrift

Kent
Hop

Lancashire
Red rose

Leeds
Bilberry

Leicestershire
Foxglove

Lincolnshire
Common dog-violet

Liverpool
Sea-holly

London
Rosebay willowherb

Manchester
Common cotton-grass

Middlesex
Wood anemone

Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Monkeyflower

Norfolk
Poppy

Northamptonshire
Cowslip

Northumberland
Bloody crane's-bill

Nottingham
Nottingham catchfly

Nottinghamshire
Autumn crocus

Oxfordshire
Fritillary

Rutland
Clustered bellflower

Sheffield
Wood crane's-bill

Shropshire
Round-leaved sundew

Somerset
Cheddar pink

Staffordshire
Heather

Suffolk
Oxlip

Surrey
Cowslip

Sussex
Round-headed rampion

Warwickshire
Honeysuckle

Westmorland
Alpine forget-me-not

Wiltshire
Burnt orchid

Worcestershire
Cowslip

Yorkshire
Harebell

Isle of Man

Isle of Man
Fuchsia

Northern Ireland

Antrim
Harebell

Armagh
Cowbane

Belfast
Gorse

Derry
Purple saxifrage

Down
Spring squill

Fermanagh
Globeflower

Tyrone
Bog-rosemary

Scotland

Aberdeenshire
Bearberry

Angus/Forfarshire
Alpine catchfly

Argyll
Foxglove

Ayrshire
Green-winged orchid

Banffshire
Dark-red helleborine

Berwickshire
Rock-rose

Bute
Thrift

Caithness
Scots primrose

Clackmannanshire
Opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage

Cromarty
Spring cinquefoil

Dumfriesshire
Harebell

Dunbartonshire/Dumbartonshire
Lesser water-plantain

East Lothian/Haddingtonshire
Viper's-bugloss

Edinburgh
Sticky catchfly

Fife
Coralroot orchid

Glasgow
Broom

Inverness-shire
Twinflower

Kinross
Holy-grass

Kirkcudbright
Bog-rosemary

Lanarkshire
Dune helleborine

Midlothian/Edinburghshire
Sticky catchfly

Moray
One-flowered wintergreen (St.Olaf's candle-stick)

Nairn
Chickweed wintergreen

Orkney
Alpine bearberry

Peeblesshire
Cloudberry

Perthshire
Alpine gentian

Renfrewshire
Bogbean

Ross
Bog asphodel

Roxburghshire
Maiden pink

Selkirkshire
Mountain pansy

Shetland
Shetland mouse-ear

Stirlingshire
Scottish dock

Sutherland
Grass-of-Parnassus

West Lothian/Linlithgowshire
Common spotted-orchid

Western Isles
Hebridean spotted-orchid

Wigtownshire
Yellow iris

Wales

Anglesey/Sir Fon
Spotted rock-rose

Brecknockshire/Sir Frycheiniog
Cuckooflower (lady's smock)

Caernarvonshire/Sir Gaernarfon
Snowdon lily

Cardiff/Caerdydd
Wild leek

Cardiganshire/Ceredigion
Bog-rosemary

Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin
Whorled caraway

Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych
Limestone woundwort

Flintshire/Sir Fflint
Bell heather

Glamorgan/Morgannwg
Yellow whitlowgrass

Merioneth/Meirionnydd
Welsh poppy

Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy
Foxglove

Montgomeryshire/Sir Drefaldwyn
Spiked speedwell

Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro
Thrift

Radnorshire/Sir Faesyfed
Radnor lily