County flowers of the United Kingdom

In 2002 Plantlife conducted a "County Flowers" public survey to assign flowers to each of the counties of the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. The results of this campaign designated a single plant species to a "county or metropolitan area" in the UK and Isle of Man. Some English counties already had flowers traditionally associated with them before 2002, and which were different from those assigned to them by Plantlife, including the white rose for Yorkshire (assigned the harebell), the poppy for Norfolk (assigned the Alexanders), and the cowslip for Essex (assigned the poppy). Some flowers were assigned to multiple counties.

England

County	Image	Common name	Scientific name	County status	Shared
Bedfordshire		bee orchid	Ophrys apifera	native
Berkshire		summer snowflake	Leucojum aestivum	native
Bristol		Maltese-cross	Silene chalcedonica	casual
Buckinghamshire		Chiltern gentian	Gentianella germanica	native
Cambridgeshire		pasqueflower	Pulsatilla vulgaris	native	Hertfordshire
Cheshire		cuckooflower	Cardamine pratensis	native	Brecknockshire
Cornwall		Cornish heath	Erica vagans	native
County Durham		spring gentian	Gentiana verna	native
Cumberland		grass-of-Parnassus	Parnassia palustris	native	Sutherland
Derbyshire		Jacob's-ladder	Polemonium caeruleum	native
Devon		primrose	Primula vulgaris	native
Dorset		Dorset heath	Erica ciliaris	native
Essex		common poppy	Papaver rhoeas	native	Norfolk
Gloucestershire		wild daffodil	Narcissus pseudonarcissus	native
Greater Manchester		common cotton-grass	Eriophorum angustifolium	native
Hampshire		dog-rose	Rosa canina	native
Herefordshire		mistletoe	Viscum album	native
Hertfordshire		pasqueflower	Pulsatilla vulgaris	native	Cambridgeshire
Huntingdonshire		water-violet	Hottonia palustris	native
Isle of Wight		pyramidal orchid	Anacamptis pyramidalis	native
Isles of Scilly		thrift	Armeria maritima	native	Bute & Pembrokeshire
Kent		hop	Humulus lupulus	native
Lancashire		red rose	Rosa gallica officinalis	absent
Leeds		bilberry	Vaccinium myrtillus	native
Leicestershire		foxglove	Digitalis purpurea	native	Argyll, Monmouthshire & West Midlands
Lincolnshire		common dog-violet	Viola riviniana	native
London		rosebay willowherb	Epilobium angustifolium	native
Merseyside		sea-holly	Eryngium maritimum	native
Middlesex		wood anemone	Anemone nemorosa	native
Norfolk		common poppy	Papaver rhoeas	native	Essex
Northamptonshire		cowslip	Primula veris	native	Surrey & Worcestershire
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	Northamptonshire & Worcestershire
Sussex		round-headed rampion	Phyteuma orbiculare	native
Tyne and Wear		monkeyflower	Mimulus guttatus	neophyte
Warwickshire		honeysuckle	Lonicera periclymenum	native
West Midlands		foxglove	Digitalis purpurea	native	Argyll, Leicestershire & Monmouthshire
Westmorland		alpine forget-me-not	Myosotis alpestris	native
Wiltshire		burnt-tip orchid	Neotinea ustulata	native
Worcestershire		cowslip	Primula veris	native	Northamptonshire & Surrey
Yorkshire		harebell	Campanula rotundifolia	native	Antrim & Dumfriesshire

Isle of Man

County	Image	Common name	Scientific name	County status	Shared
Isle of Man		fuchsia	Fuchsia magellanica	neophyte

Northern Ireland

County	Image	Common name	Scientific name	County status	Shared
Antrim		harebell	Campanula rotundifolia	native	Dumfriesshire & Yorkshire
Armagh		cowbane	Cicuta virosa	native
Belfast		gorse	Ulex europaeus	native
Derry		purple saxifrage	Saxifraga oppositifolia	native
Down		spring squill	Scilla verna	native
Fermanagh		globeflower	Trollius europaeus	native
Tyrone		bog-rosemary	Andromeda polifolia	native	Ceredigion & Kirkcudbright

Scotland

County	Image	Common name	Scientific name	County status	Shared
Aberdeenshire		bearberry	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	native
Angus		Alpine catchfly	Silene suecica	native
Argyll		foxglove	Digitalis purpurea	native	Leicestershire, Monmouthshire & West Midlands
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	Isles of Scilly & Pembrokeshire
Caithness		Scottish primrose	Primula scotica	native
Clackmannanshire		opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage	Chrysosplenium oppositifolium	native
Cromarty		spring cinquefoil	Potentilla neumanniana	native
Dumfriesshire		harebell	Campanula rotundifolia	native	Antrim & Yorkshire
Dunbartonshire		lesser water-plantain	Baldellia ranunculoides	native
East Lothian		viper's-bugloss	Echium vulgare	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	Ceredigion & Tyrone
Lanarkshire		dune helleborine	Epipactis leptochila	native
Midlothian		sticky catchfly	Silene 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	Cumbria
West Lothian		common spotted-orchid	Dactylorhiza fuchsii	native
Western Isles		Hebridean spotted-orchid	Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. hebridensis	native
Wigtownshire		yellow iris	Iris pseudacorus	native

Wales

County	Image	Common name	Scientific name	County status	Shared
Anglesey		spotted rock-rose	Tuberaria guttata	native
Brecknockshire		cuckooflower	Cardamine pratensis	native	Cheshire
Caernarfonshire		Snowdon lily	Gagea serotina, syn. Lloydia serotina	native
Cardiff		wild leek	Allium ampeloprasum	native
Carmarthenshire		whorled caraway	Carum verticillatum	native
Ceredigion		bog-rosemary	Andromeda polifolia	native	Kirkcudbright & Tyrone
Denbighshire		limestone woundwort	Stachys alpina	native
Flintshire		bell heather	Erica cinerea	native
Glamorgan		yellow whitlow-grass	Draba aizoides	native
Merioneth		Welsh poppy	Papaver cambricum	native
Monmouthshire		foxglove	Digitalis purpurea	native	Argyll, Leicestershire & West Midlands
Montgomeryshire		spiked speedwell	Veronica spicata	native
Pembrokeshire		thrift	Armeria maritima	native	Bute & Isles of Scilly
Radnorshire		Radnor lily	Gagea bohemica	native

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