County flowers of the United Kingdom

The following are the county flowers selected for the counties of the United Kingdom in Plantlife's 2002 County Flowers campaign.

England

|| Bee Orchid || Ophrys apifera || Native || Summer Snowflake || Leucojum aestivum || Native || Foxglove || Digitalis purpurea || Native || Maltese-cross || Silene chalcedonica || Casual || Pasqueflower || Pulsatilla vulgaris || Native || Cuckooflower || Cardamine pratensis || Native || Cornish Heath || Erica vagans || Native || Spring Gentian || Gentiana verna || Native || Grass-of-Parnassus || Parnassia palustris || Native || Primrose || Primula vulgaris || Native || Common Poppy || Papaver rhoeas || Native || Wild Daffodil || Narcissus pseudonarcissus || Native || Dog-rose || Rosa canina || Native || Mistletoe || Viscum album || Native || Pasqueflower || Pulsatilla vulgaris || Native || Pyramidal Orchid || Anacamptis pyramidalis || Native || Thrift || Armeria maritima || Native || Hop || Humulus lupulus || Native || Red rose || Rosa gallica officinalis || Absent || Bilberry || Vaccinium myrtillus || Native || Foxglove || Digitalis purpurea || Native || Sea-holly || Eryngium maritimum || Native || Rosebay Willowherb || Epilobium angustifolium || Native || Common Cotton-grass || Eriophorum angustifolium || Native || Wood Anemone || Anemone nemorosa || Native || Monkeyflower || Mimulus guttatus || Archaeophyte || Common Poppy || Papaver rhoeas || Native || Cowslip || Primula veris || Native || Bloody Crane's-bill || Geranium sanguineum || Native || Snake's-head Fritillary || Fritillaria meleagris || Native || Wood Crane's-bill || Geranium sylvaticum || Native || Round-leaved Sundew || Drosera rotundifolia || Native || Heather || Calluna vulgaris || Native || Oxlip || Primula elatior || Native || Cowslip || Primula veris || Native || Honeysuckle || Lonicera periclymenum || Native || Burnt Orchid || Neotinea ustulata || Native || Cowslip || Primula veris || Native || Harebell || Campanula rotundifolia || Native

County	Common name	Scientific name	County status
Buckinghamshire	Chiltern Gentian	Gentianella germanica	Native
Derbyshire	Jacob's-ladder	Polemonium caeruleum	Native
Dorset	Dorset Heath	Erica ciliaris	Native
Huntingdonshire	Water-violet	Hottonia palustris	Native
Lincolnshire	Common Dog-violet	Viola riviniana	Native
Nottingham	Nottingham Catchfly	Silene nutans	Native
Nottinghamshire	Autumn Crocus	Crocus nudiflorus	Archaeophyte
Rutland	Clustered Bellflower	Campanula glomerata	Native
Somerset	Cheddar Pink	Dianthus gratianopolitanus	Native
Sussex	Round-headed Rampion	Phyteuma orbiculare	Native
Westmorland	Alpine Forget-me-not	Myosotis alpestris	Native

Isle of Man

County	Image	Common name	Scientific name	County status
Isle of Man		Fuchsia	Fuchsia magellanica	Archaeophyte

Northern Ireland

|| Harebell || Campanula rotundifolia || Gorse || Ulex europaeus || Purple Saxifrage || Saxifraga oppositifolia || Globeflower || Trollius europaeus || Bog-rosemary || Andromeda polifolia

County	Image	Common name	Scientific name	County status
Armagh		Cowbane	Cicuta virosa
Down		Spring Squill	Scilla verna

Scotland

|| Bearberry || Arctostaphylos uva-ursi || Foxglove || Digitalis purpurea || Green-winged Orchid || Anacamptis morio || Dark-red Helleborine || Epipactis atrorubens || Thrift || Armeria maritima || Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage || Chrysosplenium oppositifolium || Harebell || Campanula rotundifolia || Viper's-bugloss || Echium vulgare || Broom || Cytisus scoparius || Twinflower || Linnaea borealis || Bog-rosemary || Andromeda polifolia || Chickweed Wintergreen || Trientalis europaea || Alpine Bearberry || Arctostaphylos alpina || Cloudberry || Rubus chamaemorus || Alpine Gentian || Gentiana nivalis || Bogbean || Menyanthes trifoliata || Bog Asphodel || Narthecium ossifragum || Maiden Pink || Dianthus deltoides || Grass-of-Parnassus || Parnassia palustris || Common Spotted-orchid || Dactylorhiza fuchsii || Yellow Iris || Iris pseudacorus

County	Common name	Scientific name
Angus	Alpine Catchfly	Lychnis alpina
Berwickshire	Rock-rose	Helianthemum nummularium
Caithness	Scots Primrose	Primula scotica
Cromarty	Spring Cinquefoil	Potentilla neumanniana
Dunbartonshire	Lesser Water-plantain	Baldellia ranunculoides
Edinburgh	Sticky Catchfly	Lychnis viscaria
Fife	Coralroot Orchid	Corallorrhiza trifida
Kinross	Holy-grass	Hierochloe odorata
Lanarkshire	Dune Helleborine	Epipactis leptochila
Midlothian	Sticky Catchfly	Lychnis viscaria
Moray	One-flowered Wintergreen	Moneses uniflora
Selkirkshire	Mountain Pansy	Viola lutea
Shetland	Shetland Mouse-ear	Cerastium nigrescens
Stirlingshire	Scottish Dock	Rumex aquaticus
Western Isles	Hebridean Spotted-orchid	Dactylorhiza fuchsii hebridensis

Wales

|| Spotted Rock-rose || Tuberaria guttata || Cuckooflower || Cardamine pratensis || Snowdon Lily || Lloydia serotina || Bog-rosemary || Andromeda polifolia || Bell Heather || Erica cinerea || Welsh Poppy || Meconopsis cambrica || Foxglove || Digitalis purpurea || Spiked Speedwell || Veronica spicata || Thrift || Armeria maritima

County	Common name	Scientific name
Cardiff	Wild Leek	Allium ampeloprasum
Carmarthenshire	Whorled Caraway	Carum verticillatum
Denbighshire	Limestone Woundwort	Stachys alpina
Glamorgan	Yellow Whitlowgrass	Draba aizoides
Radnorshire	Radnor Lily	Gagea bohemica

Notes

- Initially Alexanders was selected with Poppy selected alone for Essex. Public pressure led to change [http://new.edp24.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&itemid=NOED25%20May%202004%2008:53:13:317&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=search

Sources

The list of county flowers above is taken from the county flowers page at Plantlife's website ^*.
County statuses are taken from:
- Stace, C. A., R. G. Ellis, D. H. Kent and D. J. McCosh (2003) Vice-county Census Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Great Britain Botanical Society of the British Isles (for British counties)
- Source to be determined for Northern Ireland

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