2-syllable Flowers that contain R

List of 2-syllable Flowers that contain R

1

Aster

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii

A late-season daisy of meadows and gardens whose violet starbursts feed migrating butterflies long after most flowers have faded.

2

Crocus

Crocus vernus

A tiny goblet-shaped corm that pushes through frost in late winter and, in one species, supplies the world's most expensive spice.

3

Heather

Calluna vulgaris

A wiry low evergreen of the moor that paints northern uplands purple in late summer and feeds an entire ecosystem of bees, grouse, and sheep.

4

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.

5

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.

6

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.

7

Snowdrop

Galanthus nivalis

A small, nodding white bulb that flowers through frozen ground in late winter, the earliest sign of returning spring in much of Europe.

8

Tea Rose

Rosa odorata

An elegant repeat-flowering Chinese rose whose introduction to Europe revolutionised garden roses and produced the modern hybrid teas.

9

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.

10

Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

A tough, ferny-leaved Eurasian perennial whose flat-topped corymbs of small white flowers hold soldiers' wounds and pollinator gardens together.