History Main / FlowerInHerHair

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->'''Thor:''' It's not my fault! She never told me she was a '''fertility''' goddess!\\
'''Loki:''' She has flowers in her hair and bluebirds singing around her head. Who did you think she was, the bringer of pestilence?
-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

Flowers have long been a symbol of femininity, and therefore young women (and those who are young at heart) sometimes wear them in their hair.

These can take the form of a daisy chain headband or a single flower (or bunch) placed in the hair. The flowers can be real or artificial.

This can lead to QueerFlowers, depending on the type of flower and romance.

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!!Examples:

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia''
** Hungary and Taiwan. Hungary's is a geranium and represents Lake Balaton, and Taiwan actually wears the plum flower, the national flower of her country.
** Vietnam is sometimes drawn with lotuses in her ponytail, which also happens to be the country's national flower. Let's not forget the [[GenderFlip Nyotalia]] versions of Japan (who wears a chrysanthemum), China (who wears peonies on her hat), Spain, Sweden, and Hong Kong. [[FanNickname Mangary]] also wears one in his ponytail.
** Fem!Japan is an especially notable example as the sketches for her have depicted her with no less than ''three'' different flowers in her hair: a yellow chrysanthemum in the earliest colored sketch of her, a pink sakura in a more recent colored sketch of her (complete with CherryBlossoms cascading down on her), and a red spider lily in a colored sketch of her "dark" self. And ''all'' of these flowers [[FlowerMotifs have a]] special symbolic significance [[FlowerMotifs in Japanese culture]].
** Wy as well.
* Lua Klein from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' wears a white flower in her hair.
* Yeon Ehwa from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' wears her family's crest, a flower, on her alice band.
* Though only a one-time event, Casca from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' wore a bough of flowers in her hair during Griffith's celebratory ball. It added to [[SheCleansUpNicely her feminine appeal]] that [[NeverLiveItDown fans remember all too well]] [[BeautifulAllAlong that drew Guts to her]].
* In the final episode of ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', the hairclip that Renton puts on Eureka has a flower on it.
* In ''Anime/FutureWar198X'', the soldier Michael's [[TheIngenue ingenue]] girlfriend Marina wears a white flower in her hair. [[spoiler: After she dies, he is seen looking at the flower in his hand while singing "Eidelwess", blasting the nuclear warhead without care of the consequences.]]
* [[TheDitz Milfeulle]]'s standard hairdo in ''Anime/GalaxyAngel''.
* Alicia in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', whose most prominent scene in the series is her playing innocently in an open field with her mother while wearing a daisy chain in her hair.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Akatsuki member Konan always wears a paper flower in her hair.
** In the {{canon}} movie ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'' and the light novel ''LightNovel/KonohaHidenThePerfectDayForAWedding'', for [[spoiler:Naruto and Hinata's]] wedding, Hinata wears a white flower in her hair during the ceremony, and then two red flowers in her hair during the reception.
* Portgas D. Rouge, Ishilly and an unnamed mermaid from ''Manga/OnePiece''.
* The boys of ''Music/{{Tsukiuta}}'' have these fairly often, going with the series' tendency to disregard gender boundaries in fashion.
* Rose from ''Manga/PlusAnima''.
* ''Anime/ProjectAKo'': As mentioned in the parent trope, C-ko Kotobuki wears daisy barrettes in her hair.
* Gertrud of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', in that she's female and that she has flowers in her hair. She's also a giant butterfly monster with a mass of what appears to be moss in place of hair, which has roses growing on it. [[OurMonstersAreWeird Yeah]].
** [[CoolBigSis Mami Tomoe]] always wears floral hairpins; when she transforms into her magical girl form, her Soul Gem takes the shape of a flower and is pinned to her hat.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Akane sports a pair of flowers in her hair as part as her skating outfit for the [[MartialArtsAndCrafts Martial Arts Figure Skating]] arc. As well as female Ranma in the same story after an InstantCosplaySurprise.
* Just about every ''Anime/RozenMaiden'', Kirakishou in particular, who not only has roses in her hair but actually has a rose in place of ''her eye''.
* Rea from ''Manga/{{Sankarea}}'' sports one of these. [[CuteMonsterGirl Cutest zombie ever!]]
* Lycoris from ''Manga/SorcererStabberOrphen'' has a hairband with a flower ornament. [[spoiler:Given to her by her sister Esperanza. Whom she can't remember due to a mind-wiping spell. [[BatmanGambit It's... complicated]].]]
* Cordelia Glauca from ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes''. It's not exactly symbol of femininity, though; if anything, it's probably part of her insanity projected into the real world. The other characters {{lampshade| hanging}} how impossible it's that her hair is always adored with flowers ''from nowhere''.
* When we first meet Nia in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' she has a flower ornament in her hair. Contrast this with resident ActionGirl Yoko, who has a hair clip that looks like a skull.
* Uiharu from ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' has a crown of flowers on her head, while Saten has just one. Uiharu hasn't given any sort of definite answer on what her flowers are or how they got there. During the SchoolFestival, when someone points them out, her only response is "What are you talking about?" [[spoiler:It turns out they're just a rather elaborate headband. Perhaps she's taken to wearing it so often she forgets about it?]]
* The Sonoda sisters of ''Manga/SakuraTrick'' each have a pair of flowers they're always seen wearing.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}}'': Melody wears a crown of flowers as part of her festival maiden costume.
* ''Anime/BloodPlus'': After their dance at the ball in Vietnam, Solomon pins a blue rose in Saya's hair before taking his leave.
* ''Manga/SailorMoon'':
** Rei from [[http://www.algonet.se/~khelatar/pix/smr_54.gif wears a yellow one]] when singing her ImageSong "Eien no Melody" in the "R" season of the anime.
** Also a common motif in ''Creator/NaokoTakeuchi'''s artwork. [[http://mangastyle.net/wp-content/uploads/sailormoon-artbook-vol-1-01.jpg A brunette Usagi]] or [[http://mangastyle.net/wp-content/uploads/sailormoon-artbook-vol-1-17.jpg a beach drawing]] from the first artbook for examples.
* In ''Anime/SengokuOtome'', Kenshin attempts to bribe Hideyoshi into giving her a bigger part in a play. Part of her pitch is picking a flower and putting it in Hideyoshi's hair, then hitting on her.
* GirlyGirl [[{{transgender}} trans girl]] Nitori from ''Manga/WanderingSon'' usually doesn't wear flowers - though she does sometimes wear hair accessories when out as female - however, once she tried out a flower in her hair. Her BigSisterBully Maho caught her, made fun of her for it, and mocked her about how she couldn't stay androgynous forever.
* ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'''s Lucy wears a flower in her hair.
* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': Yui wears a blue flower in her hair while in her [[FunSize pixie form]].
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* For Creator/AndreFranquin's Franchise/{{Marsupilami}}, the female's main {{Tertiary Sexual Characteristic|s}} is putting a flower on her head.
* In the {{Belgian comic|s}} ''ComicBook/OlivierRameau'', LoveInterest Colombe Tiredaile sports a flower in her hair almost at all time. Of note is the fact that similar flowers serve as HandOrObjectUnderwear (over her nipples and crotch) if she appears naked.
* Maps in ''Comicbook/GothamAcademy'' always has a bright yellow flower in her hair.
* Like in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the corresponding animated show]], this occurs a number of times in the ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' comics.
** For example, at the Fall Formal near the end of the "neigh anything" story arc, Princess Cadance dons a flower which has adorned Shining Armor's suit jacket just a second earlier. He should probably place it there himself, but at that point in the story, [[GibberishOfLove he couldn't even speak properly to Cadance]].
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman''
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The eight-foot tall Marya keeps two flowers in her hair, to help express her femininity and beauty in addition to her love of the outdoors.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'': The KidHero Peony [=McGill=]/Star Blossom keeps her double buns ringed in delicate pink flowers that are kept fresh by her GreenThumb powers.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAndTheStarRiders'': Star Lily's ponytail is ringed in flowers. This reflects her more delicate way of portraying herself compared to the other Star Riders and her GreenThumb power.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'': From the climax of Act III onwards, Ruby wears a black rose in her hair, said rose having been given to her by her LoveInterest Razico Kalashin.
* From ''Webcomic/KillLaKillAU'', Ragyou is generally seen with a flower in her hair, as can be seen here [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/Kill-la-Kill-AU-I-Nui-s-Hitting-Ryuko-again-464517698?q=gallery%3AAkaiChounokoe%2F50118585&qo=0]] and here [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/Kill-la-Kill-AU-XXXV-Appendicitis-486959910]]. Likewise, we also get Ryuuko, who is seen wearing that same flower that Ragyou was wearing at the beginning of the comics [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/Kill-la-Kill-AU-XXVI-That-One-time-474473498?q=gallery%3AAkaiChounokoe%2F50118585&qo=27]].
* In ''FanFic/PacificWorldWarIIUsNavyShipgirls'', San Francisco and Missouri each have their own take on this, with the former content with just one while the latter prefers wearing a bouquet on her head.
* ''FanFic/PowerRangersOceania'': Naomi is first introduced wearing a yellow hibiscus in her hair, and on their first date, Cameron pins another one in her hair.
* In the latter third of ''[[Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge All This Sh*t is Twice as Weird]]'', Victoria is presented with the [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Ardent Blossom]], a helmet crafted to look like a flower crown. She jokes that the blacksmiths gave it to her rather than to the Lord Inquisitor because he wouldn't wear it as well.
* In ''Fanfic/WalkingInCircles'', [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Evelyn]] at one point tucks the flower Solas gave her into her hair and keeping it for the whole chapter. It’s actually less about demonstrating her femininity and more about symbolizing her strength underneath her unassuming appearance as that small flower she wears is actually poisonous.
* In ''Fanfic/BloodRustyAU'', the medicine cat Spottedleaf wears a sprig of lavender behind one ear. It both fits her [[FlowerMotif calm nature]] and shows that she's a herbalist.
* ''Fanfic/FreshBlood'': Stormer wears her signature flower as a way of reminding herself she's still Mary Phillips, no matter what "tough girl" facade she puts on.
* In the [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1676620 A3 Madoka series]] all Puer Magi wear their signature flower in their hair, as a RareMaleExample. It's the form their Soul Gem takes and functions just like a normal Soul Gem would.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* Ariel from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', moments before and during "Under the Sea". Except, since she lives underwater, it's an ''anemone'' (which is more of an [[ArtisticLicenseBiology invertebrate animal]] than a plant).
* Michelle from ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAForest'' wears one. We get a close-up of it [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic drifting to the ground and wilting]] after Michelle has her accident with the gas leak that renders her comatose.
* Pictured above: Rapunzel from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' gets a very complex version of this during the story, where Flynn has several girls braid her RapunzelHair into a huge plait laced with flowers.
* In ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', Nani and Lilo occasionally wear hibiscus flowers in their hair. Lilo wears flowers and leaf crowns when she dances, and both sisters wore flowers in their hair [[spoiler: the night before Lilo was supposed to be taken away by the social worker]]. [[spoiler: Their separation was signified by Nani singing "Aloha Oe" while releasing the flowers in the wind.]] Nani also wore a hibiscus flower as part of her uniform at the fake luau restaurant.
* The mammoth girls in ''WesternAnimation/IceAge4ContinentalDrift'' all have a flower in their fur.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' , the titular character wears a flower in her hair in her younger years, especially when she's fulfilling her role as the daughter of the chief of Motonui.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Love Takes Wing'', Belinda wears a lovely headband of flowers for her wedding.
* Mila Kunis's character in ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'' is sporting one when she first appears. Of course, she is a hotel clerk at a Hawaiian resort.
* In ''Film/{{Paulie}}'', Misha confides in Paulie that he once loved and lost a girl with flowers in her hair. At the end of the movie, after Misha has helped Paulie reunite with [[spoiler:the now grown-up Marie]], he is prepared to leave. Paulie convinces him to stay by [[spoiler:mentioning that Marie has flowers in her hair.]]
* ''Film/{{Adrift 2018}}'': Richard gives Tami a flower to put in her hair, telling her which side she puts it on is important; right means she's on the market, but left means she's taken. She puts it on the left side.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In Creator/SandyMitchell's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/CiaphasCain'' novel ''The Traitor's Hand'', Cain is astounded to see Amberley Vail as he had last seen her -- wearing a flower he had put behind her ear. It takes him a few minutes to realize that it's a sorcerous illusion.
* In the children's book ''Literature/TheStoryOfFerdinand'', the ladies at the bull ring are described as wearing flowers in their hair.
* In Meredith Ann Pierce's ''Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood'', the {{Nature Hero}}ine [[FriendToAllLivingThings Hannah]] actually ''grows'' useful plants appropriate to the season in her hair. [[spoiler:This is a reader's first clue as to her true nature.]]
* In Creator/WenSpencer's ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', in which standards of masculinity and femininity are largely inverted, Jerin Whistler has tiny flowers braided into his long hair when he's presented at court.
* Mary Renault's ''Literature/ThePersianBoy'' shows that young Persian men wore a flower or two in their hair. This wasn't confined to eunuchs; young warriors also used them to decorate their outfits and even their weapons for parades.
* In ''Literature/WyrdSisters'' Magrat plaits violets and cowslips into her hair. Like most of her attempts to look like a romantic heroine, it doesn't work, and is described as making her look like a window-box had fallen on her head.
* In Creator/GeneWolfe's ''Literature/BookOfTheNewSun'', Dorcas' hair is often decorated with a flower. In one case where she places one on her head, Severian asks whether it is possible that a water hyacinth was brought into existence only in response to her reaching out to pluck it, as there are no other flowers in sight. A flower's purpose is to attract pollinators, and Severian and Dorcas seem to be an attractive young couple -- but people should not be as oblivious as plants to trope subversions [[spoiler: Dorcas has been dead a long time, and Severian is her grandson]].
* In ''Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha'', Mameha furiously justifies her cynicism to Sayuri:
-->"Dreams are like flowers in your hair! Girls wear many of them. Adults look foolish even with ''one''."
* Mowgli in ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' often wears flowers in his hair, but that's less about decoration and more about masking his scent.
* Rue from ''Literature/TheHungerGames''. [[spoiler:After her death, Katniss places a wreath of flowers on her head.]]
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' Lyanna Stark appears almost always wearing a [[TragicKeepsake crown of blue winter roses]] in both dreams and flashbacks.
* Princess Ozma from ''Literature/LandOfOz'' wears one poppy on each side of her head. It was an addition by ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'''s illustrator John R. Neill. Ozma is the most attractive girl in all of Oz and is a paragon of femininity.
* Hanami from ''Literature/{{Tasakeru}}'' always wears a strange red flower behind her left ear, which is of a species which none of the other characters can identify. [[spoiler:It's far more than a mere decoration, as revealed in the end of the first book: it allows Hanami to tap into her powers as a mage, and grow [[GreenThumb practically anything, anywhere, almost instantly.]]]]
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Niecy Nash of ''Series/CleanHouse'' ''always'' wears a flower in her hair. Every. Single. Episode.
* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}: The Peacekeeper Wars'' this is Aeryn's only concession to the fact she's getting married.
* The same actress (Claudia Black, as Vala) wears a big white flower in her hair for her "non-date" with Daniel Jackson in ''Series/StargateSG1''.
* Guinevere from ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' is often depicted with flowers in her hair, possibly to contrast with the higher-born Morgana, who wears jewels. Even when Guinevere gets an upgrade in social status, her jewellery is ''still'' in the shape of flowers.
* In the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' episode "Idol", Jayna (of the ComicBook/WonderTwins) wears a flower in her hair.
* In ''Series/WivesAndDaughters'', Molly and Cynthia wore flowers in their hair for a Charity Ball. Cynthia destroyed a bouquet she had just received, but they looked really cute.
* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'': Morticia Addams' sister [[TheOphelia Ophelia]] has flowers in her hair -- which might just be growing out of her scalp.
** They have very deep roots too, all the ways down to her foot.
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[[folder:Music]]
* ''If you're goiiiing to Saaaan Fraaaanciscoooo / Be sure to weeear some flowers in your haiiir...''
* Rachael Yamagata's song "1963."
-->''I feel like I'm loving you in 1963\\
Flowers in my hair\\
Little bitty hearts upon my cheeks...''
* One of the traits of the flower girl in The Cowsills' hit "The Rain The Park And Other Things".
* "Lucky" by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat features this set of lines:
-->''You'll hear the music fill the air\\
I'll put a flower in your hair''
* Sandi Thom wishes she was a punk rocker with flowers in her hair...
* Blues singer Music/BillieHoliday made this her signature look.
* In [[Music/LedZeppelinIV "Going to California"]] by Music/LedZeppelin,
-->''Someone told me there's a girl out there\\
With love in her eyes, and flowers in her hair''
* Music/PixieLott's [[http://www.glamour.com/beauty/blogs/girls-in-the-beauty-department/2012/11/oddly-appealing-pixie-lotts-gi.html choice of headband]] at the 2012 Global Fashion Awards.
* Likewise, Music/DeltaGoodrem's ... ''interesting'' [[http://www.bellasugar.com.au/Pictures-Delta-Goodrem-2012-Melbourne-Cup-25769006 headwear]] at the 2012 Melbourne Cup.
* Probably the only line in the Music/AcidBath song "Scream Of The Butterfly" that isn't totally disturbing.
-->''She smiles like a child with flowers in her hair\\
With blood on her hands\\
Into the sun she stares\\
She feels it die\\
I heard her cry\\
Like the scream of the butterfly''
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[[folder:Music Videos]]
* Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku wears one in the original clip for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv2_2nN2B5U "PoPiPo" (a.k.a. "The Vegetable Song")]], fittingly.
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[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
* The Catrina, a female version of Death in Mexican folklore is portrayed as woman wearing skull paint (instead of being an actual living skeleton) and flowers in her hair.
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[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* Wrestling/LeilaniKai often had one, as well as a lei around her neck.
* Tracy Taylor keeps varies flowers in her hair during her entrances and has sometimes wrestled matches with them in.
* Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}'s first academy graduate Rayna Von Tosh wrestled with a red flower in her red hair.
* {{T|agteam}}he Kimber Bombs have opposite flowers for their entrance.
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[[folder:Sports]]
* Canadian gymnast Christine "Peng Peng" Lee always wore a white flower in her hair when she competed, and she was a lock for the 2012 Canadian Olympic team. Then she injured her knee just a few months before the Games and was forced to withdraw from selection. She was picked to be the team captain anyway, travelling with them to London, and all five members of the competitive team wore a white flower in their hair in honor of her. Canada placed fifth in the team competition, a best-ever finish and the first time they had ever made the team finals in the Olympic Games.
* American Olympic runner Alysia Montaño is famous for wearing flowers in her hair during every race, which she started doing to assert her femininity while training with her male peers.
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[[folder:Theater]]
* ''Theatre/TheSorcerer'', where Lady Sangazure is under the spell of the LovePotion, and has cast her eyes on Mr. Wells:
-->'''Lady Sangazure:''' Love me! I'll stick sunflowers in my hair!\\
'''Mr. Wells:''' Hate me! They'll suit you not!
* In the Verdi-Boïto opera ''Falstaff'', Alice places a flower in her hair during her mock seduction of Falstaff.
* [[TheOphelia Ophelia]] is often represented this way in her mad scenes in older productions (and illustrations) of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}.''
* In ''Theatre/DamnYankees'', Lola uses flowers in her hair as accessories in her striptease/seduction outfit.
* In ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', Galinda puts a flower in Elphaba's hair as part of TheMakeover.
* In ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo'', Serafina wears a [[RuleOfSymbolism rose]] in her hair for her husband, and agrees to do the same for Alvaro. Giuseppina, one of the neighborhood women, also mentions this when Serafina fails to deliver the graduation dresses: "Now what she wear, my daughter, to graduate in? A couple of towels and a rose in her hair?"
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[[folder:Toys]]
* In one of the ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' animations, Hahli and Macku are seen with hibiscus flowers on their masks and wearing floral leis. Hahli puts her flower on Jaller and then runs away, prompting him to follow her. {{RoboShip}}ping ensues.
* From ''Toys/{{Shopkins}}'', both Apple Blossom and Strawberry Kiss wear flowers on their heads...but, being an apple and strawberry respectively, they're actually ''grown on''. Strawberry Kiss even has multiple grown to look like a flower crown!
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Marin from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' wears a hibiscus flower in her hair.
* Marta in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'', via twin accessories that she inherited from her mother.
* Milfeulle Sakuraba of ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel''. Also her sister, [[Anime/GalaxyAngelRune Apricot]].
* Rydia from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', especially when she was younger.
* Starting with ''Wild World'', players in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' can wear most flowers as a headgear.
* Gurdy in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''.
* In ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', female characters who use leaves for hair can also choose to have a flower in it.
* Naomi of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' put a blue rose in Sunny's hair to show how pretty she can be.
* Coco Bandicoot in the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series until ''VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans''.
* The player character of ''[[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Tokimeki Memorial 2]]'' puts one on the hair of [[{{Pride}} prideful]] {{Tsundere}} Mei Ijuin in one of her special Events. [[LuminescentBlush The shy and embarassed look]] she has then is one big {{Squee}} moment.
* ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny'' introduces Kyrie Florian, the younger Florian sister who wears a flower in her hair and has a very pink motif. However, in contrast to her appearance, she has a cynical personality, a constant smirk on her face, and a fighting style that utilizes [[MorphWeapon transforming]] [[GunsAkimbo guns]], [[DualWielding swords]], and [[{{BFS}} really big swords]].
* Mandrake in ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' has a red flower growing in her green hair.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** It's not really in your ''hair'', since you're forced to wear a hat at all times, but one of the numerous accessories available for the [[VirtualPaperDoll player character]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' is an artificial flower pin.
** Phoebe from ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' wears two flowers in her hair as a part of her Hawaiian inspired look.
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', the Alolan Lasses wear red flowers in their hair.
* When a male PC marries in ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'' (Warband), the bride wears a crown of flowers.
* In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature'' all of the bachelorettes wear pink dresses and flowers in their hair during the Harvest Goddess Festival. If you're playing ''[[DistaffCounterpart Back To Nature: For Girl]]'' you wear the costume during the festival.
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' Mozu has two white roses in her hair. One of the hair clip options for the Female Avatar is a white rose. It's also possible to give anyone in the army a flower band.
* Alani the FishPerson from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' wears flowers in her hair, one in each side.
* ''VideoGame/StarOceanIntegrityAndFaithlessness'': Miki Sauvester wears a white flower in her hair.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'': Viridi wears a purple flower in her hair, fitting her role as [[MotherNature the goddess of nature]].
* A variant is found in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' in the form of the Ardent Blossom, which is the best non-crafted helmet in the entire game. It's only acquired through a series of somewhat bizarre and utterly un-intuitive actions, but it's a crown of flowers fused with lyrium. It can be worn by any character, male or female, except Qunari.
* Some female haircuts in ''VideoGame/TheSims'' series feature one of more flowers.
* In the ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles'' series, Matilda Fitzgerald in ''Prime Suspects'' and Emma Ravenhearst in ''Escape from Ravenherast'' have flowers in their hair: a giant red lotus for Matilda, a bunch of yellowish flowers for Emma.
* The Fab Fairies in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' each have a flower as part of their haircut.
* Amiga from ''VideoGame/SambaDeAmigo'' wears a flower as her lucky charm. Her older brother Amigo gave it to her. It also helps [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics distinguish her from him]].
* ''VideoGame/{{BestFiends}}'':
** Rose, being an Orchid Mantis, wears a variety of flowers on her head to help disguise herself. Each evolution gives her a different flower color, and sometimes amount.
** Whisper's "Whisper of Roses" costume gives her a bouquet of roses to hold onto, along with a red rose tucked behind where her ear should be.
** Brittle's "Blooming Brittle" costume gives her a flower crown made up a variety of warm-colored flowers, along with a basket of the same flowers to hold.
* ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'': Rei's hair is decorated with multiple white flowers.
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' has Ibuki, a girly ninja who while her default outfits tend to be more on the professional side. Her more feminine alternate outfits usually include this trope (https://sta.sh/01f4n117j75y)
* ''VideoGame/TheWayOfCinnamon'': Cinnamon's sister has a flower on the right side of her hair.
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* Beatrice of ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has a large red flower in her hair, but she's not "good" [[spoiler: (at first; it's complicated)]].
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'' short "Shake Your Tail!", flowers in the hair are part of the hula dancer costumes suggested by Pinkie Pie for all her friends.
* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Kayla gets a pink one as part of her ClothingSwitch in 'Store Story'.
** Autmn wears a sunflower in her hair as of her ClothingSwitch in episode 7.
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* Eutropia from ''Webcomic/{{Amazoness}}''. This trope is also played with, since [[spoiler:Eutropia is actually physically male, but he was reared as a girl]].
* The page quote is from [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0501.html strip #501]] of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. Incidentally, Kazumi Kato is also wearing a flower in her hair for her marriage on the same page.
* Tanna of ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'' doesn't like wearing the wreaths of herublossoms at the Taurëcuiva Festival like the other women and girls, but Rolan [[http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/476 thinks the flowers suit her]].
* ''Webcomic/LovelyLovecraft'': Iranon is a RareMaleExample, wearing two red flowers (probably appropriately symbolic poppies).
* Raeka's Combo Corsage in ''Webcomic/SamuraiPrincess'' subverts this trope a little, it gives Raeka better ability with her sword instead of making her more of a princess.
* Faye from ''Webcomic/GirlsInSpace'' wears a flower in her hair in [[http://www.girlsinspace.co.uk/comic/the-pickled-past-page-11/ The Pickled Past]] storyline.
* Monica of ''Webcomic/PhuzzyComics'' has a rose on either side of her hair, though they're drawn as pink spirals. (The actual Monica will go to conventions wearing roses that actually look like roses.)
* Persephone of ''Webcomic/DestroyerOfLight'' wears flowers in her hair for special occasions.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Blindsprings}}'', Tamaura wears roses in her hair at the beginning. They wither and vanish when she leaves the forest.
* Samphati from ''Webcomic/{{Kubera}}'' wears flowers in her hair, though the 'feminine' and 'youthful' connotations of the trope are subverted due to cultural differences: in Korea, wearing flowers in one's hair is often visual shorthand for [[AxeCrazy mental instability]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Deities}}'' has Mother Nature wear flowers in her hair.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* Sasha from ''Website/GaiaOnline''.
* One of the standard characters in Unicode is a flower -- ✿ -- ("Black Florette") which, among other things, lends itself to Unicode faces with flowers in their hair -- (◡‿◡✿) -- which someone turned into a comic to this effect:
-->(◡‿◡✿)\\
(ʘ‿ʘ✿) what you say 'bout me\\
(ʘ‿ʘ )ノ✿ hold my flower
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* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick tries her best to invoke "flower in hair = innocent girliness" during her gender battle song with the Critic.
* ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'': Lizzie likes to re-enact the events of her life by costume theatre. Most characters get their IconicOutfit (iconic only in-universe) that represents them whenever someone is standing in for someone else. Lizzie's older sister Jane is portrayed by a pink flower worn in someone's hair. Later in the story, Gigi Darcy is represented by Darcy's newsie cap combined with Jane's pink flower.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Lo from ''WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}}''.
* Lacienega from ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily''
* Shrinking Violet in ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperheroes''.
* Dot from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.
* [[RebelliousPrincess Princess Amalia]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}''. The big flower closes at night and even wilts when Amalia is dying in season 1 episode 7, so it is clearly a real one, kept alive by the Sadida's GreenThumb powers. It's not part of her hair, though, as she can still take it off. As if not enough, she sometimes adds another flower on the opposite side.
* Wendy from ''WesternAnimation/PeterPanAndThePirates'' wears a wreath of daisies on her head.
* Cindy Bear, girlfriend of WesternAnimation/YogiBear, wears a large daisy behind her ear.
* Helga from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' gets this in "Helga and the Nanny" when her nanny Inga wants her to look more like a girl.
-->'''Arnold:''' Wow, Helga... you got flowers in your hair.\\
'''Helga:''' YEAH? Wanna MAKE something of it, Football Head!?\\
'''Arnold:''' No! I was just thinking they look kinda nice.
* Ami from ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'', along with OdangoHair.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
** Jenny wears a flower in her hair to fit with her GranolaGirl personality.
** In "Split Personality", Loving Candace has one. Busting Candace makes do with a perpetual expression of rage.
* Zoey from ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama Revenge of the Island]]''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'':
** Jem and the Holograms actually have a song about this, called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin (what else)]] "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL-wGsS_DWw Flowers in My Hair]]."
** Stormer perpetually has a flower in her hair. It signifies her as the [[TokenGoodTeammate nicest member]] of the Misfits and goes against her delinquent image.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'': Gadget's idea of dressing up. Yes, she wears it with the usual coveralls. Her EvilTwin [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Lahwhinie]] always wears one.
%%* A ring of flower around a bulge atop the head is the main {{Tertiary Sexual Characteristic|s}} of female Barbapapas.%% which are from what?
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** Mabel seems to prefer headbands, but has worn a flower instead on a couple of occasions.
** Flashbacks have shown that Grunkle Stan's ex-girlfriend Carla wore a flower in her hair through her teenage and young adult years.
* In season one of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' Sara wore a flower in her hair as a way [[IdenticalTwinIDTag to tell her apart]] from her sister Kara; their fashion senses were also remarkably different. In season 2 both were [[YouDontLookLikeYou redesigned]] to be fraternal.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Part of Fluttershy's Grand Galloping Gala outfit in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]" is lots of small flowers in her mane and tail.
** The Cutie Mark Crusaders sometimes wear wreaths of flowers for occasions such as the Royal Wedding. You must admit that this plus the dress take some getting used to on Scootaloo.
** Speaking of the Royal Wedding, Cadance. And therefore also Chrysalis.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear The Perfect Pear]]", which shows the Apple siblings's parents' courting, Bright Mac puts a flower (a buttercup, appropriately) in Pear Butter's mane during the picnic where they admit their love to each other. We see that she keeps wearing it, up to the day of their wedding.
** A number of background ponies can be seen occasionally or always wearing a flower behind an ear, usually [[https://www.derpibooru.org/16641 when they're dressed up]] (then again, some ponies are always dressed up). The Flower Trio Daisy, Lily and Rose always wear the eponymous flowers.
* Princess WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor has apricot mallows (indigenous to southern United States and Mexico, usually in desert areas) in her hair. She only wears them for casual use and not for formal occasions, though.
* Velma at the end of the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "A Tiki Scare Is No Fair," where she's in a Hawaiian grass skirt doing the hula.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* [[http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED182775&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED182775 A 1980 study found that waitresses who wore flowers in their hair earned slightly bigger tips.]]
* Quite normal in the 1960s. Both men and women might wear flower decorations back then, but the iconic image of the 60s hippie is the "flower child", a serene woman wearing either a single daisy or a whole crown of 'em.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niecy_Nash Niecy Nash]] seems to do this quite often.
* A flower in the hair is an integral part of the imagery for the Tahitian "Vahiné" -- notably in Paul Gauguin's paintings.
* Common at May Day celebrations, especially if there are garland dancers present.
* Flower crowns are coming back into fashion for teenage girls.
* Norwegian poet Creator/HenrikWergeland was the "flower poet" above all others in Norwegian literature. He earned himself a yearly "flower parade" where the women wore either flower crowns or paper crowns that were ''shaped'' like flowers. A "flower fairy", derived from one of his works, traditionally leads the parade.
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** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'': The feminine KidHero Peony [=McGill=]/Star Blossom keeps her double buns ringed in delicate pink flowers that are kept fresh by her GreenThumb powers.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'': The feminine ChildHero Peony [=McGill=]/Star Blossom keeps her double buns ringed in delicate pink flowers that are kept fresh by her GreenThumb powers.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The eight-foot tall Marya keeps two flowers in her hair, to help express her femininity and beauty.

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* Hanami from ''Literature/{{Tasakeru}}''.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAndTheStarRiders'': Star Lily's ponytail is ringed in flowers.

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* ''Manga/InuYasha'': [[EmotionlessGirl Kanna]] wears two white lilies in her hair.

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** Vietnam is sometimes drawn with lotuses in her ponytail, which also happen to be the country's national flower. Let's not forget the [[GenderFlip Nyotalia]] versions of Japan (who wears a chrysanthemum), China (who wears peonies on her hat), Spain, Sweden, and Hong Kong. [[FanNickname Mangary]] also wears one in his ponytail.

* Though only a one time event, Casca from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' wore a bough of flowers in her hair during Griffith's celebratory ball. It added to [[SheCleansUpNicely her feminine appeal]] that [[NeverLiveItDown fans remember all too well]] [[BeautifulAllAlong that drew Guts to her]].

* GirlyGirl [[{{transgender}} trans girl]] Nitori from ''Manga/WanderingSon'' usually doesn't wear flowers - though she does sometimes wear hair accessories when out as female - however once she tried out a flower in her hair. Her BigSisterBully Maho caught her, made fun of her for it, and mocked her about how she couldn't stay androgynous forever.

** For example, at the Fall Formal near the end of the "neigh anything" story arc, Princess Cadance dons a flower which has adorned Shining Armor's suit jacket just a second earlier. He should probably placed it there himself, but at that point of the story, [[GibberishOfLove he couldn't even speak properly to Cadance]].

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The eight foot tall Marya keeps two flowers in her hair, to help express her femininity and beauty.

Flowers have long been a symbol of femininity, and therefore young women (and those who are young at heart) sometimes [[HairDecorations wear them in their hair]].

Flowers have long been a symbol of femininity, and therefore young women (and those who are young at heart) sometimes wear them in their hair.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAndTheStarRiders'': Star Lily's ponytail is ringed in flowers.

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* Ariel from ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', moments before and during "Under the Sea". Except, since she lives underwater, it's an ''anemone'' (which is more of an [[ArtisticLicenseBiology invertebrate animal]] than a plant).

* Pictured above: Rapunzel from ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' gets a very complex version of this during the story, where Flynn has several girls braid her RapunzelHair into a huge plait laced with flowers.
* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'', Nani and Lilo occasionally wear hibiscus flowers in their hair. Lilo wears flowers and leaf crowns when she dances, and both sisters wore flowers in their hair [[spoiler: the night before Lilo was supposed to be taken away by the social worker]]. [[spoiler: Their separation was signified by Nani singing "Aloha Oe" while releasing the flowers in the wind.]] Nani also wore a hibiscus flower as part of her uniform at the fake luau restaurant.

* In ''Disney/{{Moana}}'' , the titular character wears a flower in her hair in her younger years, especially when she's fulfilling her role as the daughter of the chief of Motonui.

* Yeon Yihwa from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' wears her family's crest, a flower, on her alice band.

A SubTrope of HairDecorations.

* In ''Discworld/WyrdSisters'' Magrat plaits violets and cowslips into her hair. Like most of her attempts to look like a romantic heroine, it doesn't work, and is described as making her look like a window-box had fallen on her head.

* Norwegian poet Creator/HenrikWergeland was the "flower poet" above all others in Norwegian literature. He earned himself a yearly "flower parade" where the women wore flower crowns, if not paper crowns that were ''shaped'' like flowers. A "flower fairy", derived from one of his works, traditionally leads the parade.

* In ''Fanfic/BloodRustyAU'', the medicinecat Spottedleaf wears a sprig of lavender behind one ear. It both fits her [[FlowerMotif calm nature]] and shows that she's a herbalist.