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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.
If you've been searching for flowers that start with C, you'll find 13 detailed flowers below. We're not interested in giving you only a list of names — every entry on this page links to a full profile with the kind of detail you'd actually want to know.
For flowers, that means scientific name, family, native range, color, season, plant type, and uses.
List of Flowers That Start With C
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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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Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
A robust North American prairie perennial with raised central cones and drooping petals, popularised globally as both a garden plant and an immune-system herbal remedy.
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Cornflower
Centaurea cyanus
A vivid azure-blue annual once so common in European wheat fields that its decline has become a symbol of vanishing arable wildlife.
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Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
A graceful Mexican annual with airy ferny foliage and single saucer-shaped flowers that bloom non-stop on tall, slender stems.
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Cowslip
Primula veris
A nodding yellow spring wildflower of European meadows, prized for its honey-apricot scent and once gathered for cowslip wine.
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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.
About flowers starting with C
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