County flowers of the United Kingdom

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The following are the county flowers selected for the counties of the United Kingdom in Plantlife's 2002 County Flowers campaign. The results of this campaign have been repeatedly contested since 2002 although no amendments have yet been made to the it's selections.

1 England
2 Isle of Man
3 Northern Ireland
4 Scotland
5 Wales
6 Notes
7 Sources

[edit] England

County	Common name	Scientific name	County status
Bedfordshire	Bee Orchid	Ophrys apifera	Native
Berkshire	Summer Snowflake	Leucojum aestivum	Native
Birmingham	Foxglove	Digitalis purpurea	Native
Bristol	Maltese-cross	Silene chalcedonica	Casual
Buckinghamshire	Chiltern Gentian	Gentianella germanica	Native
Cambridgeshire	Pasqueflower	Pulsatilla vulgaris	Native
Cheshire	Cuckooflower	Cardamine pratensis	Native
Cornwall	Cornish Heath	Erica vagans	Native
County Durham	Spring Gentian	Gentiana verna	Native
Cumberland	Grass-of-Parnassus	Parnassia palustris	Native
Derbyshire	Jacob's-ladder	Polemonium caeruleum	Native
Devon	Primrose	Primula vulgaris	Native
Dorset	Dorset Heath	Erica ciliaris	Native
Essex	Common Poppy	Papaver rhoeas	Native
Gloucestershire	Wild Daffodil	Narcissus pseudonarcissus	Native
Hampshire	Dog-rose	Rosa canina	Native
Herefordshire	Mistletoe	Viscum album	Native
Hertfordshire	Pasqueflower	Pulsatilla vulgaris	Native
Huntingdonshire	Water-violet	Hottonia palustris	Native
Isle of Wight	Pyramidal Orchid	Anacamptis pyramidalis	Native
Isles of Scilly	Thrift	Armeria maritima	Native
Kent	Hop	Humulus lupulus	Native
Lancashire	Red rose	Rosa gallica officinalis	Absent
Leeds	Bilberry	Vaccinium myrtillus	Native
Leicestershire	Foxglove	Digitalis purpurea	Native
Lincolnshire	Common Dog-violet	Viola riviniana	Native
Liverpool	Sea-holly	Eryngium maritimum	Native
London	Rosebay Willowherb	Epilobium angustifolium	Native
Manchester	Common Cotton-grass	Eriophorum angustifolium	Native
Middlesex	Wood Anemone	Anemone nemorosa	Native
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Monkeyflower	Mimulus guttatus	Archaeophyte
Norfolk	Common Poppy ^[1]	Papaver rhoeas	Native
Northamptonshire	Cowslip	Primula veris	Native
Northumberland	Bloody Crane's-bill	Geranium sanguineum	Native
Nottingham	Nottingham Catchfly	Silene nutans	Native
Nottinghamshire	Autumn Crocus	Crocus nudiflorus	Archaeophyte
Oxfordshire	Snake's-head Fritillary	Fritillaria meleagris	Native
Rutland	Clustered Bellflower	Campanula glomerata	Native
Sheffield	Wood Crane's-bill	Geranium sylvaticum	Native
Shropshire	Round-leaved Sundew	Drosera rotundifolia	Native
Somerset	Cheddar Pink	Dianthus gratianopolitanus	Native
Staffordshire	Heather	Calluna vulgaris	Native
Suffolk	Oxlip	Primula elatior	Native
Surrey	Cowslip	Primula veris	Native
Sussex	Round-headed Rampion	Phyteuma orbiculare	Native
Warwickshire	Honeysuckle	Lonicera periclymenum	Native
Westmorland	Alpine Forget-me-not	Myosotis alpestris	Native
Wiltshire	Burnt Orchid	Neotinea ustulata	Native
Worcestershire	Cowslip	Primula veris	Native
Yorkshire	Harebell	Campanula rotundifolia	Native

[edit] Isle of Man

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

[edit] Northern Ireland

County	Common name	Scientific name	County status
Antrim	Harebell	Campanula rotundifolia	Native
Armagh	Cowbane	Cicuta virosa	Native
Belfast	Gorse	Ulex europaeus	Native
Londonderry	Purple Saxifrage	Saxifraga oppositifolia	Native
Down	Spring Squill	Scilla verna	Native
Fermanagh	Globeflower	Trollius europaeus	Native
Tyrone	Bog-rosemary	Andromeda polifolia	Native

[edit] Scotland

County	Common name	Scientific name	County status
Aberdeenshire	Bearberry	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Native
Angus	Alpine Catchfly	Lychnis alpina	Native
Argyll	Foxglove	Digitalis purpurea	Native
Ayrshire	Green-winged Orchid	Anacamptis morio	Native
Banffshire	Dark-red Helleborine	Epipactis atrorubens	Native
Berwickshire	Rock-rose	Helianthemum nummularium	Native
Bute	Thrift	Armeria maritima	Native
Caithness	Scots Primrose	Primula scotica	Native
Clackmannanshire	Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage	Chrysosplenium oppositifolium	Native
Cromarty	Spring Cinquefoil	Potentilla neumanniana	Native
Dumfriesshire	Harebell	Campanula rotundifolia	Native
Dunbartonshire	Lesser Water-plantain	Baldellia ranunculoides	Native
East Lothian	Viper's-bugloss	Echium vulgare	Native
Edinburgh	Sticky Catchfly	Lychnis viscaria	Native
Fife	Coralroot Orchid	Corallorrhiza trifida	Native
Glasgow	Broom	Cytisus scoparius	Native
Inverness-shire	Twinflower	Linnaea borealis	Native
Kinross	Holy-grass	Hierochloe odorata	Native
Kirkcudbright	Bog-rosemary	Andromeda polifolia	Native
Lanarkshire	Dune Helleborine	Epipactis leptochila	Native
Midlothian	Sticky Catchfly	Lychnis viscaria	Native
Moray	One-flowered Wintergreen	Moneses uniflora	Native
Nairn	Chickweed Wintergreen	Trientalis europaea	Native
Orkney	Alpine Bearberry	Arctostaphylos alpina	Native
Peeblesshire	Cloudberry	Rubus chamaemorus	Native
Perthshire	Alpine Gentian	Gentiana nivalis	Native
Renfrewshire	Bogbean	Menyanthes trifoliata	Native
Ross	Bog Asphodel	Narthecium ossifragum	Native
Roxburghshire	Maiden Pink	Dianthus deltoides	Native
Selkirkshire	Mountain Pansy	Viola lutea	Native
Shetland	Shetland Mouse-ear	Cerastium nigrescens	Native
Stirlingshire	Scottish Dock	Rumex aquaticus	Native
Sutherland	Grass-of-Parnassus	Parnassia palustris	Native
West Lothian	Common Spotted-orchid	Dactylorhiza fuchsii	Native
Western Isles	Hebridean Spotted-orchid	Dactylorhiza fuchsii hebridensis	Native
Wigtownshire	Yellow Iris	Iris pseudacorus	Native

[edit] Wales

County	Common name	Scientific name	County status
Anglesey	Spotted Rock-rose	Tuberaria guttata	Native
Brecknockshire	Cuckooflower	Cardamine pratensis	Native
Caernarvonshire	Snowdon Lily	Lloydia serotina	Native
Cardiff	Wild Leek	Allium ampeloprasum	Native
Cardiganshire	Bog-rosemary	Andromeda polifolia	Native
Carmarthenshire	Whorled Caraway	Carum verticillatum	Native
Denbighshire	Limestone Woundwort	Stachys alpina	Native
Flintshire	Bell Heather	Erica cinerea	Native
Glamorgan	Yellow Whitlowgrass	Draba aizoides	Native
Merioneth	Welsh Poppy	Meconopsis cambrica	Native
Monmouthshire	Foxglove	Digitalis purpurea	Native
Montgomeryshire	Spiked Speedwell	Veronica spicata	Native
Pembrokeshire	Thrift	Armeria maritima	Native
Radnorshire	Radnor Lily	Gagea bohemica	Native

[edit] Notes

1. ↑ Initially Alexanders was selected with Poppy selected alone for Essex. Public pressure led to change [2], [3]

[edit] Sources

The list of county flowers above is taken from the county flowers page at Plantlife's website [4].
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