National flowers of European countries - eviltoast
  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    England doesn’t really have a national flower. The Tudor Rose is a heraldic creation to symbolise the fusion of the House of York and House of Lancaster after the wars of the roses, and the formation of the House of Tudor.

    The two houses used white and red roses as symbols, and the Tudor rose was created as a mixed red and white rose which does not exist.

    A real rose for England is otherwise a loose thing, not an official symbol.

    • Deebster@programming.dev
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      2 months ago

      And they’ve highlighted the whole of the UK for “England”. Scotland has the thistle, Wales has the daffodil and Wikipedia says that flax is widely used as a symbol of Northern Ireland.

      I think of England’s rose as red, because of the rugby.

      • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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        The thisle and daffodil are shown further down on the infographic, where they break out wales and scotland from the giant england