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Amaryllis
Hippeastrum hybridum
A large South American bulb whose dramatic trumpet flowers on a leafless stem make it the standard winter houseplant of the Northern Hemisphere.
Below are flowers that contain the letter A anywhere in the name. Each of the 44 flowers below opens to a full profile.
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List of Flowers That Contain A
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Anemone
Anemone coronaria
A diverse genus of spring and autumn perennials whose silken-petaled flowers from the windflower to the Japanese anemone bridge multiple garden seasons.
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Anthurium
Anthurium andraeanum
A glossy tropical aroid whose lacquered heart-shaped spathe and protruding spadix have made it a staple of modernist floral design.
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Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
A late-season daisy of meadows and gardens whose violet starbursts feed migrating butterflies long after most flowers have faded.
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Azalea
Rhododendron simsii
A spring-flowering subgroup of the rhododendron genus whose layered swarms of trumpet flowers blanket Japanese hillsides and southern American gardens.
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Bird-of-Paradise
Strelitzia reginae
A southern African evergreen whose orange-and-blue crested flower famously resembles the head of a tropical bird in mid-flight.
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Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
A golden-rayed prairie daisy with a dark chocolate centre, a symbol of late North American summer and the state flower of Maryland.
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Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea glabra
A vigorous thorny South American climber whose papery, vividly coloured bracts cover walls and pergolas in every warm city of the world.
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Calendula
Calendula officinalis
A hardy Mediterranean annual with edible bright orange petals long used as poor man's saffron and as a healing salve for the skin.
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California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
The state flower of California, a bright orange annual that carpets hillsides every spring with cup-shaped silken petals that close at night.
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Camellia
Camellia japonica
A glossy-leaved evergreen shrub of East Asia whose formal winter blooms rival the rose and whose leaves, in one species, produce all the world's tea.
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Carnation
Dianthus caryophyllus
A clove-scented Mediterranean perennial whose ruffled, long-stemmed flowers have served as a buttonhole, a political badge, and one of the world's top three cut flowers.
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Champaca
Magnolia champaca
A tall South Asian tree of the magnolia family whose cream and orange flowers carry one of the most prized perfumes in Indian temple and bridal tradition.
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Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum × morifolium
An East Asian autumn flower of immense cultural weight in China and Japan and one of the world's top three cut-flower crops.
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Clematis
Clematis hybrida
A versatile climbing genus whose large starry flowers in every shade scramble through trellises, trees, and old garden walls.
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Climbing Hydrangea
Hydrangea petiolaris
A self-clinging deciduous climber from East Asia whose flat lacy white flower heads cover north-facing walls without need for support.
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Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
A cheerful trumpet-flowered bulb that opens the European spring, naturalising in woodland drifts and reappearing every year with almost no care.
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Dahlia
Dahlia pinnata
A frost-tender Mexican tuber that produces some of the largest, most architecturally varied flowers in the late summer garden.
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Daisy
Bellis perennis
A small white-and-yellow lawn perennial whose simple flower is the popular archetype for what a flower looks like.
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Damask Rose
Rosa damascena
The ancient perfume rose of the Middle East, distilled into rose otto and rose water for over a thousand years and still the gold standard for fragrance.
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Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
A ubiquitous yellow lawn perennial whose every part is edible and whose seed clocks are the universal childhood symbol of wishes carried on the wind.
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Forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia
A vigorous deciduous shrub whose bare branches erupt into bright yellow bell-shaped flowers in early spring, signalling the start of the gardening year.
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Gerbera
Gerbera jamesonii
A South African daisy whose pure saturated colours and clean flower form make it one of the world's five most-traded cut flowers.
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Gladiolus
Gladiolus grandiflorus
A tall corm-grown summer flower with sword-shaped leaves and a one-sided spike of trumpet flowers in nearly every saturated colour.
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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.
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Heliconia
Heliconia rostrata
A clump-forming tropical perennial whose long pendant or upright bracts in lobster-claw shapes are the showpiece flowers of Central American rainforests.
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Hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis
A short, intensely fragrant spring bulb whose densely packed flower spikes scent any room they are brought into.
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Jasmine
Jasminum officinale
A genus of intensely fragrant climbing and shrubby plants whose small white flowers perfume warm-climate gardens and underpin classic perfumery.
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Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
An aromatic Mediterranean shrub with silver-grey foliage and dense purple flower spikes prized for scent, oil, and pollinators.
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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.
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Lily-of-the-Valley
Convallaria majalis
A shade-loving woodland perennial whose tiny bell-shaped flowers carry one of the most coveted perfumes in nature.
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Magnolia
Magnolia × soulangeana
An ancient genus of flowering trees whose huge waxy goblet flowers predate bees and were pollinated by the earliest beetles a hundred million years ago.
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Marigold
Tagetes erecta
A vivid orange or yellow Mexican annual whose pungent foliage and abundant blooms make it a fixture of summer borders, vegetable companion plantings, and Hindu festivals.
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Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
The tall white-and-yellow meadow daisy of European grasslands, a classic ingredient of wildflower seed mixes and the lookalike of garden Shasta daisies.
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Pansy
Viola × wittrockiana
A short-lived hybrid garden flower whose expressive "face" of five overlapping petals has made it the cool-season bedding plant of the modern world.
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Passion Flower
Passiflora caerulea
A spectacular tropical climber whose elaborate ten-part flower was read by Spanish missionaries as a botanical sermon on the crucifixion.
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Plumeria
Plumeria rubra
A small tropical tree with sculpted five-petaled flowers and an intoxicating evening fragrance, the signature lei flower of Hawaii.
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Snapdragon
Antirrhinum majus
A short-lived Mediterranean perennial whose hinged tubular flowers snap open when squeezed, beloved of bumblebees strong enough to force entry.
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Sweet Pea
Lathyrus odoratus
A graceful annual climber whose ruffled, intensely fragrant flowers in pastel colours are the classic English cottage-garden cut flower.
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Tea Rose
Rosa odorata
An elegant repeat-flowering Chinese rose whose introduction to Europe revolutionised garden roses and produced the modern hybrid teas.
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Water Lily
Nymphaea alba
A floating-leaved pond perennial whose star-shaped blooms close at night and inspired one of the most famous painting series in Western art.
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Wisteria
Wisteria sinensis
A vigorous East Asian climber whose drooping racemes of fragrant lilac or white pea-flowers turn pergolas and old walls into late-spring spectacle.
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Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
A tough, ferny-leaved Eurasian perennial whose flat-topped corymbs of small white flowers hold soldiers' wounds and pollinator gardens together.
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Zinnia
Zinnia elegans
A bold, heat-loving Mexican annual that flowers from seed in eight weeks and offers some of the most saturated colour in the summer garden.
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