List of national flowers

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A '''floral emblem''' is a [[flower]] or [[plant]] that is chosen by a country as a [[symbol]] or [[emblem]] for that country.

==Examples==
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!Country
!Common name
![[Binomial nomenclaturee|Scientific name]]
!Picture
![[Reference|Ref.]]
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|{{flag|Australia}} || Golden Wattle || ''[[Acacia pycnantha]]'' || [[File:Acacia pycnantha Golden Wattle.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/emblems/ |title="Floral Emblems of Australia"| publisher=Australian National Botanic Gardens| accessdate=2016-09-28}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Cook Islands}} || Tiaré Flower || ''[[Gardenia taitensis]]'' || [[File:Tiaré_tahiti.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://govisitcookislands.com/| title="Cook Islands Wildlife"| publisher="Go Visit Cook Islands" a subsidiary of "Delfina Travel Group Inc"| accessdate=2016-09-28| archive-date=2016-07-23| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723050418/http://www.govisitcookislands.com/| url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|England}} || [[Tudor rose]] || ''N/A'' || [[File:Tudor Rose.svg|90px]] ||<ref>[http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page828.asp National Flowers of the UK] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109195630/http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page828.asp |date=2009-01-09 }}, 10 Downing Street. Retrieved 12 May 2009.</ref>
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|{{flag|Finland}} || [[Lily of the Valley]] || ''Convallalia majalis'' || [[File:Convallaria majalis l.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Estonia}} || [[Cornflower]] || ''Centaurea cyanus'' || [[File:Cornflowers Centaurea cyanus.jpg|frameless|142x142px]] ||
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|{{flag|Nepal}} || [[Rhododendron]] || ''Rhododendron arboreum'' || [[File:Rhododendron arboreum subsp. nilagiricum (1).jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nepal_Interim_Constitution2007.pdf |title=Final Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2063 |work=worldstatesmen.org |date=2007 |page=2 |format=pdf |accessdate=14 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nepalvista.com/features/plants-animals.php |title=Plants, Animals and Birds of Nepal |publisher=Nepal Vista |work= |accessdate=14 June 2013 }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Palestine}} || [[Palestinian poppy]] || ''Anemone coronaria'' || [[File:Anemone coronaria - Popy anemones 01.jpg|90px]] ||
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|[[Image:Flag of the Caucasian Emirate.svg|22px]] [[Caucasus Emirate]] || [[Rhododendron ponticum|Rhododendron]] || ''Rhododendron ponticum'' || [[Image:Rhododendron ponticum.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Pakistan}} || [[Jasminum officinale|Poet's Jasmine]] || ''Jasminum officinale'' || [[File:Jasminum officinale.JPG|90px]] ||<ref name="nationalsymbol">{{cite web| url=http://www.nationalheritage.gov.pk/nationalsymbols.html| title=National Symbols of Pakistan| publisher=Government of Pakistan| accessdate=2013-08-23| archive-date=2013-08-27| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827084404/http://nationalheritage.gov.pk/nationalsymbols.html| url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[File:Flag_of_Sikkim_(1967-1975).svg|22px]] [[Sikkim]] || [[Noble orchid]] || ''Cymbidium goeringii'' || [[File:Cattleya maxima.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Sri Lanka}} || [[Water lily]] || ''Nymphaea stellata'' || [[File:Nymphaea nouchallii0.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|South Korea}} || [[Rose of Sharon]] || ''[[Hibiscus syriacus]]'' || [[File:Hibiscus Syriacus.JPG|90px]] ||<ref>[http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/southkorea/krsymbols.htm]</ref>
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|{{flag|Afghanistan}} || [[Didier's tulip|Tulip]] || ''Tulipa gesneriana'' || [[File:Tulip - floriade canberra.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Bangladesh}} || [[Water lily|Shapla]] || ''Nymphaea pubescens'' || [[File:Nymphaea pubescens1MTFL.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Bhutan}} || [[Poppy|Blue poppy]] || ''[[Meconopsis gakyidiana]]'' || [[File:Blue Poppy Meconopsis sp Pair 1000px.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Cambodia}} || [[Rumduol]] || ''Sphaerocoryne affinis'' || [[File:Rumdoul.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|China}} || [[Peony]] || ''Paeonia'' || [[File:Peonies.jpeg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Chile}} || [[Copihue]] || ''Lapageria rosea'' || [[File:Lapageria_rosea_00013a.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=186604&idVersion=1977-02-24 |title=Decreto 62 de 1977 del Ministerio del Interior |accessdate=31 January 2015 |author=Ministerio del Interior de Chile |date=24 February 1977 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
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|[[File:Kokbayraq_flag.svg|22px]] [[East Turkestan]] || [[Persian Poppy]] || ''[[Papaver bracteatum]]'' || [[file:Papaver bracteatum-bluete01.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Iceland}}|| [[Mountain avens]] || ''[[Dryas octopetala]]'' || [[File:Holtasoley-Dryas-octopetala-01.jpg|90x90px]] ||
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|{{flag|India}} || [[Lotus]] || ''[[Nelumbo]]'' || [[File:Sacred lotus Nelumbo nucifera.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Israel}} || [[Persian cyclamen]] || ''[[Cyclamen persicum]]'' ||[[File:Rakefet001.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Iran}} || [[Persian pearl]] || ''Tulipa pulchella'' || [[File:Tulipa humilis 'Persian Pearl' 4.JPG|90px]] ||
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|[[File:Kashmir independent.svg|22px]] [[Kashmiristan]] || [[Rhododendron ponticum|Rhododendron]] || ''Rhododendron ponticum'' || [[File:Rhododendron pontica-1.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Maldives}} || [[Pink rose]] || ''Rosa multiflora'' || [[File:Rosa sp.18.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Malaysia}} || [[Chinese hibiscus]] || ''Hibiscus rosa-sinensis'' || [[File:Hibiscus Brilliant.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Samoa}} || Red ginger || ''[[Alpinia purpurata]]'' || [[File:Red_Ginger.jpg|90px]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/meaning-of-flowers-changing-in-pacific-communities/1186027 |title="Meaning of flowers changing in Pacific communities"| publisher=Radio Australia| accessdate=2016-09-28}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Scotland}} || [[Thistle]] || '''' || ||
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|{{flag|Singapore}} || [[Orchid]] || Orchidaceae || [[File:Wanda blau.JPG|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|South Africa}} || [[Protea cynaroide|Protea]] || ''Protea cynaroides'' || [[File:Protea cynaroides MS 9113.jpg|90px]] ||
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|{{flag|Sweden}} || Small bluebell || [[Campanula rotundifolia]] || [[File:Blåklocka.jpg|90px]] || <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://svenskbotanik.se/nationalblomma/ |title=Sveriges nationalblomma| publisher=Svenska botaniska föreningen| accessdate=2021-03-13}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Tonga}} || Heilala || ''[[Garcinia sessilis]]'' || [[File:Garcinia sessilis, flower.jpg|90px]] || <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://virtualoceania.net/tonga/photos/flora/flowers/ |title="Tongan Flowers - photos"| publisher=Visual Tonga| accessdate=2016-09-28}}</ref>
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