2-syllable Flowers that contain I

List of 2-syllable Flowers that contain I

1

Cowslip

Primula veris

A nodding yellow spring wildflower of European meadows, prized for its honey-apricot scent and once gathered for cowslip wine.

2

Daisy

Bellis perennis

A small white-and-yellow lawn perennial whose simple flower is the popular archetype for what a flower looks like.

3

Iris

Iris germanica

A worldwide genus of rhizomatous and bulbous perennials whose elegant three-part flowers gave their name to a goddess and a heraldic emblem of France.

4

Jasmine

Jasminum officinale

A genus of intensely fragrant climbing and shrubby plants whose small white flowers perfume warm-climate gardens and underpin classic perfumery.

5

Lilac

Syringa vulgaris

A deciduous shrub of the Balkans whose pyramidal trusses of small fragrant purple flowers define the scent of late spring in temperate gardens.

6

Lupin

Lupinus polyphyllus

A spire of pea-shaped flowers in vivid bands of colour, born from a tough nitrogen-fixing perennial that thrives on poor soils.

7

Orchid

Orchidaceae

The largest family of flowering plants on Earth, comprising over twenty-five thousand species whose intricate co-evolved blooms occupy nearly every habitat.

8

Primrose

Primula vulgaris

One of the first flowers of European spring, a pale yellow rosette that brightens woodland edges and shady banks from March onwards.

9

Tulip

Tulipa gesneriana

A spring-flowering bulb of the central Asian steppes whose introduction to seventeenth-century Holland triggered the first speculative bubble in modern finance.

10

Wild Rose

Rosa canina

A simple five-petaled hedgerow rose of the Northern Hemisphere, parent to many garden hybrids and producer of vitamin-rich autumn hips.