County flowers of the United Kingdom

The following are the flowers selected for the counties of the United Kingdom in Plantlife's 2002 "County Flowers" campaign. The results of this campaign designated a single plant species to a "county or metropolitan area" in the UK.

England

County	Image	Common name	Scientific name	County status
Bedfordshire		Bee orchid	Ophrys apifera	Native
Berkshire	Summer snowflake	Summer snowflake	Leucojum aestivum	Native
Birmingham	Foxglove	Foxglove	Digitalis purpurea	Native
Bristol	Maltese-cross	Maltese-cross	Silene chalcedonica	Casual
Buckinghamshire	Chiltern gentian	Chiltern gentian	Gentianella germanica	Native
Cambridgeshire		Pasqueflower	Pulsatilla vulgaris	Native
Cheshire		Cuckooflower	Cardamine pratensis	Native
Cornwall	Cornish heath	Cornish heath	Erica vagans	Native
County Durham	Spring gentian	Spring gentian	Gentiana verna	Native
Cumbria		Grass-of-Parnassus	Parnassia palustris	Native
Derbyshire	125px	Jacob's-ladder	Polemonium caeruleum	Native
Devon	Primrose	Primrose	Primula vulgaris	Native
Dorset		Dorset heath	Erica ciliaris	Native
Essex	Common poppy	Common poppy	Papaver rhoeas	Native
Gloucestershire	Wild daffodil	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
Huntingdonshire	Water-violet	Water-violet	Hottonia palustris	Native
Isle of Wight	Pyramidal orchid	Pyramidal orchid	Anacamptis pyramidalis	Native
Isles of Scilly	Thrift	Thrift	Armeria maritima	Native
Kent		Hop	Humulus lupulus	Native
Lancashire		Red rose	Rosa gallica officinalis	Absent
Leeds	Bilberry	Bilberry	Vaccinium myrtillus	Native
Leicestershire	Foxglove	Foxglove	Digitalis purpurea	Native
Lincolnshire	Viola riviniana	Common dog-violet	Viola riviniana	Native
London		Rosebay willowherb	Epilobium angustifolium	Native
Merseyside	Sea-holly	Sea-holly	Eryngium maritimum	Native
Middlesex	Wood anemone	Wood anemone	Anemone nemorosa	Native
Norfolk	Common poppy	Common poppy	Papaver rhoeas	Native
Northamptonshire		Cowslip	Primula veris	Native
Northumberland		Bloody crane's-bill	Geranium sanguineum	Native
Nottingham	Nottingham catchfly	Nottingham catchfly	Silene nutans	Native
Nottinghamshire	Autumn crocus	Autumn crocus	Crocus nudiflorus	Archaeophyte
Oxfordshire	Snake's-head fritillary	Snake's-head fritillary	Fritillaria meleagris	Native
Rutland	Clustered bellflower	Clustered bellflower	Campanula glomerata	Native
Sheffield	Wood crane's-bill	Wood crane's-bill	Geranium sylvaticum	Native
Shropshire	Round-leaved sundew	Round-leaved sundew	Drosera rotundifolia	Native
Somerset	Cheddar pink	Cheddar pink	Dianthus gratianopolitanus	Native
Staffordshire	Heather	Heather	Calluna vulgaris	Native
Suffolk	Oxlip	Oxlip	Primula elatior	Native
Surrey		Cowslip	Primula veris	Native
Sussex	Round-headed rampion	Round-headed rampion	Phyteuma orbiculare	Native
Tyne and Wear	Monkeyflower	Monkeyflower	Mimulus guttatus	Neophyte
Warwickshire		Honeysuckle	Lonicera periclymenum	Native
Wiltshire		Burnt orchid	Neotinea ustulata	Native
Worcestershire		Cowslip	Primula veris	Native
Yorkshire	Harebell	Harebell	Campanula rotundifolia	Native

Isle of Man

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

Northern Ireland

County	Image	Common name	Scientific name	County status
Antrim	Harebell	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	Globeflower	Trollius europaeus	Native
Tyrone		Bog-rosemary	Andromeda polifolia	Native

Scotland

County	Image	Common name	Scientific name	County status
Aberdeenshire		Bearberry	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Native
Angus		Alpine catchfly	Lychnis alpina	Native
Argyll	Foxglove	Foxglove	Digitalis purpurea	Native
Ayrshire	Green-winged orchid	Green-winged orchid	Anacamptis morio	Native
Banffshire	Dark red helleborine	Dark-red helleborine	Epipactis atrorubens	Native
Berwickshire		Rock-rose	Helianthemum nummularium	Native
Bute	Thrift	Thrift	Armeria maritima	Native
Caithness		Scottish primrose	Primula scotica	Native
Clackmannanshire	Opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage	Opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage	Chrysosplenium oppositifolium	Native
Cromarty		Spring cinquefoil	Potentilla neumanniana	Native
Dumfriesshire	Harebell	Harebell	Campanula rotundifolia	Native
Dunbartonshire		Lesser water-plantain	Baldellia ranunculoides	Native
East Lothian	Viper's-bugloss	Viper's-bugloss	Echium vulgare	Native
Edinburgh	Sticky catchfly	Sticky catchfly	Lychnis viscaria	Native
Fife	Coralroot orchid	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	Chickweed wintergreen	Trientalis europaea	Native
Orkney		Alpine bearberry	Arctostaphylos alpina	Native
Peeblesshire		Cloudberry	Rubus chamaemorus	Native
Perthshire	Alpine gentian	Alpine gentian	Gentiana nivalis	Native
Renfrewshire	Bogbean	Bogbean	Menyanthes trifoliata	Native
Ross	Bog asphodel	Bog asphodel	Narthecium ossifragum	Native
Roxburghshire	Maiden pink	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	Common spotted-orchid	Dactylorhiza fuchsii	Native
Western Isles	Hebridean spotted-orchid	Hebridean spotted-orchid	Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. hebridensis	Native
Wigtownshire		Yellow iris	Iris pseudacorus	Native

Wales

County	Image	Common name	Scientific name	County status
Anglesey	Spotted rock-rose	Spotted rock-rose	Tuberaria guttata	Native
Brecknockshire		Cuckooflower	Cardamine pratensis	Native
Caernarfonshire	Snowdon lily	Snowdon lily	Gagea serotina, syn. 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	Foxglove	Digitalis purpurea	Native
Montgomeryshire	Spiked speedwell	Spiked speedwell	Veronica spicata	Native
Pembrokeshire	Thrift	Thrift	Armeria maritima	Native
Radnorshire	Radnor lily	Radnor lily	Gagea bohemica	Native

Notes

• 1. ^ Initially, alexanders was selected for Norfolk, with poppy selected for Essex alone. Public pressure led to change [2], [3]

References

Bibliography

• 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

• http://www.plantlife.org.uk//wild_plants/plant_species/grass-of-parnassus/
• http://www.plantlife.org.uk/things_to_do/regions/north_west
• http://www.plantlife.org.uk/wild_plants/plant_species/monkeyflower
• The Isle of Man has a traditional national flower (it is not a county), the ragwort or cushag