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* Thanks to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160615111424/http://demisexualmerrill.tumblr.com/post/145668425096 a tumblr prompt]], there are a surprising number of fanfics on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn based on the premise of a character walking into a flower shop and asking how to use the language of flowers to give someone a passive-aggressive "Fuck you!" [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190101015914/https://koscheiis.tumblr.com/post/145738369188/flower-shop-au The solution]] tends to involve some combination of geraniums (for stupidity), foxglove (insincerity), meadowsweet (uselessness), yellow carnations (you have disappointed me), and orange lilies (hatred). One artist even drew what [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190101015914/https://koscheiis.tumblr.com/post/145738369188/flower-shop-au such a bouquet]] might look like.

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* Thanks to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160615111424/http://demisexualmerrill.tumblr.com/post/145668425096 a tumblr prompt]], there are a surprising number of fanfics on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn based on the premise of a character walking into a flower shop and asking how to use the language of flowers to give someone a passive-aggressive "Fuck you!" [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190101015914/https://koscheiis.tumblr.com/post/145738369188/flower-shop-au The solution]] tends to involve some combination of geraniums (for stupidity), foxglove (insincerity), meadowsweet (uselessness), yellow carnations (you have disappointed me), and orange lilies (hatred). One artist even drew what [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190101015914/https://koscheiis.[[https://www.tumblr.com/post/145738369188/flower-shop-au com/nixhil/145903185509/flower-shop-au?source=share such a bouquet]] might look like.
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** [[UsefulNotes/HongKong uses a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhinia_×_blakeana bauhinia]][[note]]Technically inaccurate as it refers to the genus -- its proper name is ''Bauhinia × blakeana'', though it's also known as the Hong Kong Orchid[[/note]] that was first discovered in the ruins of a house located in Western Hong Kong Island. Stylised versions feature on Hong Kong's Regional Emblem and flag.

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** [[UsefulNotes/HongKong UsefulNotes/HongKong uses a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhinia_×_blakeana bauhinia]][[note]]Technically inaccurate as it refers to the genus -- its proper name is ''Bauhinia × blakeana'', though it's also known as the Hong Kong Orchid[[/note]] that was first discovered in the ruins of a house located in Western Hong Kong Island. Stylised versions feature on Hong Kong's Regional Emblem and flag.

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* ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'': [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as one of the main characters is a plant mage. He even [[MeaningfulName named himself]] after a flower. Briar Moss is a prickly character who hides his affection for his "sisters" behind barbed words. His knowledge of plants is useful when flowers hint at more than his magic though: when talking to the Empress of Namorn, she explains that her favorite plants include orchids -- to which Briar admits he thinks of them as "parasites." The empress's liking for a plant that lives by killing others is a big clue to her character.

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* ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'': [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], {{Justified|Trope}}, as one of the main characters is a plant mage. He even [[MeaningfulName named himself]] after a flower. Briar Moss is a prickly character who hides his affection for his "sisters" behind barbed words. His knowledge of plants is useful when flowers hint at more than his magic though: when talking to the Empress of Namorn, she explains that her favorite plants include orchids -- to which Briar admits he thinks of them as "parasites." The empress's liking for a plant that lives by killing others is a big clue to her character.



* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': Flowers are seen everywhere in Creator/SuzanneCollin's trilogy, both as actual plants and symbolic indicators. While in most instances the symbolism is played straight, meanings are occasionally inverted to create a more dramatic dissonance between the plant and its associated character:

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* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': Flowers are seen everywhere in Creator/SuzanneCollin's Creator/SuzanneCollins' trilogy, both as actual plants and symbolic indicators. While in most instances the symbolism is played straight, meanings are occasionally inverted to create a more dramatic dissonance between the plant and its associated character:



* ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'': Each of the houses/themes of the [[TheOldestProfession Night Court]] are inspired by flowers.
** Additionally, Phedre's ''marque'', a full-length back tattoo, is of a briar rose, symbolizing her relationship with pain.

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* ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'': Each of the houses/themes of the [[TheOldestProfession Night Court]] are inspired by flowers.
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flowers. Additionally, Phedre's ''marque'', a full-length back tattoo, is of a briar rose, symbolizing her relationship with pain.
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** The leader of Paradeus, William, is said to like the flower very much. [[spoiler: Paradeus exists as a means for William to resurrect his sister Lunasia, whose untimely death still lingers heavily in his mind.]]
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* ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'' makes a very liberal use of Queen of the Night flowers (genus epiphyllum). These flowers bloom only at night and wilt at dawn, symbolizing the transience of life and lingering flashes of beauty. They are most commonly associated with the cult Paradeus.
** One strain of epiphyllum was genetically engineered to absorb Collapse Radiation, but it failed as the flowers release the particles back out when they bloom. A large field of epiphyllum outside Tallinn becomes the stage for the final fight in the Shattered Connexion event. By the time of ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline2Exilium'', patches of wild epiphyllum can be found across contaminated zones, being one of the few plants that can thrive in such environment.
** Isomers, also introduced in Shattered Connexion, are heavily associated with the flowers. They are rejected [[{{Cyborg}} Nytos]], young girls who were forcibly augmented and had their brains rewritten, sent to rot in Talinn because they didn't meet Paradeus expectations. Many instead choose to congregate near blooming epiphyllum to be "cleansed of their failed bodies, ascend to Heaven and find peace". In other words, [[spoiler: mass suicide through lethal amounts of radiation.]]
** Third-generation and retrofitted second-generation Tactical Dolls in ''Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium'' are able to use Remolding Pattern, channeling the incredible energy potential of Collapse Radiation for a temporary boost in combat power. This is done using a small capsule containing an epiphyllum flower, which glows when the Doll taps into it.
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* White lilies are a common motif in GirlsLove {{manga}}. "Lily" is the original Japanese meaning of "{{yuri}}". And white, the color of sorrow (paired with the flower's classical literature association with death), probably foreshadows the characters' [[BuryYourGays fate]].

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* White lilies are a common motif in GirlsLove {{manga}}.the YuriGenre (lesbian romance). "Lily" is the original Japanese meaning of "{{yuri}}". And white, the color of sorrow (paired with the flower's classical literature association with death), probably foreshadows the characters' [[BuryYourGays fate]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': It's all about [[SomethingAboutARose roses]].
** Raymond have rose motif.
** Radicles have rose background in "Rad Cries".
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* All over the place in ''VideoGame/FlowerKnightGirl'', in which a majority of its characters (called "Flower Knights") are based on a wide variety of flowers/plants, complete with a listed Language of Flowers for each of them on their profile[[note]]Close to MoeAnthropomorphism, [[PlayedWith but not quite]] due to the characters not being directly assigned a plant at birth[[/note]]. While impossible to list them all on this page, for just one example: Salvia, a HotBlooded girl who values family above all else (which also includes [[FamilyByChoice friends and comrades]]), reflecting her Floriography of "Familuy Love" and "Burning Desire".

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* All over the place in ''VideoGame/FlowerKnightGirl'', in which a majority of its characters (called "Flower Knights") are based on a wide variety of flowers/plants, complete with a listed Language of Flowers for each of them on their profile[[note]]Close to MoeAnthropomorphism, [[PlayedWith but not quite]] due to the characters not being directly assigned a plant at birth[[/note]]. While impossible to list them all on this page, for just one example: Salvia, a HotBlooded girl who values family above all else (which also includes [[FamilyByChoice [[FamilyOfChoice friends and comrades]]), reflecting her Floriography of "Familuy "Family Love" and "Burning Desire".
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* All over the place in ''VideoGame/FlowerKnightGirl'', in which a majority of its characters (called "Flower Knights") are based on a wide variety of flowers/plants, complete with a listed Language of Flowers for each of them on their profile[[note]]Close to MoeAnthropomorphism, [[PlayedWith but not quite]] due to the characters not being directly assigned a plant at birth[[/note]]. While impossible to list them all on this page, for just one example: Salvia, a HotBlooded girl who values family above all else (which also includes [[FamilyByChoice friends and comrades]]), reflecting her Floriography of "Familuy Love" and "Burning Desire".

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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Less of a motif and more of a plot point. The panda lily is a symbol of love, and Aang climbs a volcano to pick one for Katara. It's only when he gets to the summit that he realizes the volcano is much more active than initially thought, which echoes through the rest of the episode.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** ''[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheFortuneteller The Fortuneteller]]'':
Less of a motif and more of a plot point. The panda lily is a symbol of love, and Aang climbs a volcano to pick one for Katara. It's only when he gets to the summit that he realizes the volcano is much more active than initially thought, which echoes through the rest of the episode. episode.
** The Order of the White Lotus is a fraternal organization that transcends the divisions of the Four Nations. It takes it's name and symbol from a tile in the board game Pai Sho, which members use to identify each other and which appears on their banners and uniforms.
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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': Lily of the Valley is shown as an image on Kiritaka's diary and a shot has the flower covering Maria's face in her office. In the Japanese language of flowers (''Hanakotoba''), it symbolizes "purity", but outside of it, they are very poisonous, which fits Maria's façade as a school nurse and her true nature. In contrast, it is used in funerals to signify pain due to death. A notable other symbolism is the flower's alternative name: Mary's tears. This comes from the history of Virgin Mary who mourns her crucified son, like how Maria mourns her son.

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* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': Flowers are seen everywhere in Creator/SuzanneCollins’ trilogy, both as actual plants and symbolic indicators. While in most instances the symbolism is played straight, meanings are occasionally inverted to create a more dramatic dissonance between the plant and its associated character:

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* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': Flowers are seen everywhere in Creator/SuzanneCollins’ Creator/SuzanneCollin's trilogy, both as actual plants and symbolic indicators. While in most instances the symbolism is played straight, meanings are occasionally inverted to create a more dramatic dissonance between the plant and its associated character:



** Dandelion: Although the association starts off as largely coincidental, Katniss Everdeen strongly connects these flowers with Peeta Mellark. They crop up numerous times in reference to her fellow tribute, and by the end she views both the flower and Peeta himself as symbols of hope and healing after all the trauma she’s been through. This makes sense; as hardy weeds, dandelions can bloom even in harsh environments.

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** Dandelion: Although the association starts off as largely coincidental, Katniss Everdeen strongly connects these flowers with Peeta Mellark. They crop up numerous times in reference to her fellow tribute, and by the end she views both the flower and Peeta himself as symbols of hope and healing after all the trauma she’s she's been through. This makes sense; as hardy weeds, dandelions can bloom even in harsh environments.



** Katniss: The heroine’s name is taken from a plant with arrowhead-shaped leaves (alluding to her archery skills) and edible tubers. As a child, Katniss learned how to forage for food in the woods, including digging up these plants as a potato substitute.
** Posey: The namesake of Gale Hawthorne’s younger sister, though the word can refer to both a specific type of flower or a bunch/bouquet of assorted flowers.
** Primrose: The namesake of Katniss’ younger sister, who's described as fresh-faced and lovely as the flower itself. She’s also the inciting incident for the whole series, as Katniss volunteers for the Games to protect her sister from being (in all likelihood) killed.
** Rose: President Snow’s favorite and which he typically wears in his lapel. In Katniss’ eyes, the typical symbolic meanings of love and beauty become completely inverted, due to the flowers’ association with and frequent use by her enemy as a weapon against her.
*** In the prequel novel ''Literature/TheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'', it’s revealed that Snow’s grandmother grew roses on the roof of their apartment building, and that his mother perfumed herself with rose-scented powder, so clearly roses run in the family.
** Rue: Katniss’ ally in the arena of the 74th Hunger Games shares a name with a flower that grows near her home in District 12. Described as nearly identical to Primrose in height and stature, both girls are named after flowers, and Katniss comes to truly care for Rue, remembering her long after the 74th Hunger Games.

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** Katniss: The heroine’s heroine's name is taken from a plant with arrowhead-shaped leaves (alluding to her archery skills) and edible tubers. As a child, Katniss learned how to forage for food in the woods, including digging up these plants as a potato substitute.
** Posey: The namesake of Gale Hawthorne’s Hawthorne's younger sister, though the word can refer to both a specific type of flower or a bunch/bouquet of assorted flowers.
** Primrose: The namesake of Katniss’ Katniss' younger sister, who's described as fresh-faced and lovely as the flower itself. She’s She's also the inciting incident for the whole series, as Katniss volunteers for the Games to protect her sister from being (in all likelihood) killed.
** Rose: President Snow’s Snow's favorite and which he typically wears in his lapel. In Katniss’ Katniss' eyes, the typical symbolic meanings of love and beauty become completely inverted, due to the flowers’ flowers' association with and frequent use by her enemy as a weapon against her.
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her. In the prequel novel ''Literature/TheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'', it’s it's revealed that Snow’s Snow's grandmother grew roses on the roof of their apartment building, and that his mother perfumed herself with rose-scented powder, so clearly roses run in the family.
** Rue: Katniss’ Katniss' ally in the arena of the 74th Hunger Games shares a name with a flower that grows near her home in District 12. Described as nearly identical to Primrose in height and stature, both girls are named after flowers, and Katniss comes to truly care for Rue, remembering her long after the 74th Hunger Games.



* In the Korean novel Lady To Queen, the PeggySue protagonist Patrizia has to take part in a [[TownContestEpisode contest to be the future empress]] in her ill fated twin sister's place. During the embroidery contest she embroiders lavender flowers in a handkerchief for the emperor. Lavander means distrust, in the first timeline the emperor and his mistress executed Patrizia's entire family on trumped up charges.

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* In the Korean novel Lady ''Lady To Queen, Queen'', the PeggySue protagonist Patrizia has to take part in a [[TownContestEpisode contest to be the future empress]] in her ill fated ill-fated twin sister's place. During the embroidery contest contest, she embroiders lavender flowers in a handkerchief for the emperor. Lavander means distrust, distrust; in the first timeline timeline, the emperor and his mistress executed Patrizia's entire family on trumped up trumped-up charges.



* ''Literature/MadgieWhatDidYouDo'': The symbolism of flowers is usually there, often in the form of lilies, which are mostly associated with innocence and death (like most portrayals). In the 56th story, we get lycoris flowers, which are often associated with death (said flowers being planted in and around graveyards), at the same time, they are also associated with not seeing someone again or lost memories.
** Similarly, in an unrelated story, ''Broken Gate'', we also have lycoris flowers, the which are related to Nezumi and her rather bleak situation considering that she [[spoiler: dies in the end]], the which being foreshadowed by it being mentioned that she had them growing around her home, her minion bringing her siblings a lycoris flower and their grief, and, not too long before [[spoiler: her demise]], she gathers up a large group of them and replants them around the titular gate.
* ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'' has quite a few Flower Motifs, especially when it comes to roses.

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The symbolism of flowers is usually there, often in the form of lilies, which are mostly associated with innocence and death (like most portrayals). portrayals).
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In the 56th story, we get lycoris flowers, which are often associated with death (said flowers being planted in and around graveyards), at the same time, they are also associated with not seeing someone again or lost memories.
** Similarly, in an unrelated story, ''Broken Gate'', we also have lycoris flowers, the which are related to Nezumi and her rather bleak situation considering that she [[spoiler: dies [[spoiler:dies in the end]], the which being foreshadowed by it being mentioned that she had them growing around her home, her minion bringing her siblings a lycoris flower and their grief, and, not too long before [[spoiler: her [[spoiler:her demise]], she gathers up a large group of them and replants them around the titular gate.
* %%* ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'' has quite a few Flower Motifs, especially when it comes to roses.



* ''Literature/OctoberDaye'': In the novel ''Rosemary and Rue'', Luna had given Connor a basket filled with love-lies-bleeding and love-in-idleness; since he's her son-in-law, he's sure it's a message. [[spoiler: She is begging him to love her daughter. Who is insane due to both traumatic imprisonment in childhood and contradictory biology.]]

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* ''Literature/OctoberDaye'': In the novel ''Rosemary and Rue'', Luna had given Connor a basket filled with love-lies-bleeding and love-in-idleness; since he's her son-in-law, he's sure it's a message. [[spoiler: She [[spoiler:She is begging him to love her daughter. Who is insane due to both traumatic imprisonment in childhood and contradictory biology.]]

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* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', one of the few things that reveal PsychopathicManchild Russia's ([[{{Yandere}} almost nonexistent]]) softer side is [[SunnySunflowerDisposition his love of sunflowers]], which according to him make him feel happy and relaxed enough to "dream of living in a warm place surrounded by them".
** Also, Russia's subordinate Latvia shows his {{Yandere}} potential by attacking his best friend, Sealand, with a Lily of the Valley. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment It's never mentioned again.]]

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** One
of the few things that reveal PsychopathicManchild Russia's ([[{{Yandere}} almost nonexistent]]) softer side is [[SunnySunflowerDisposition his love of sunflowers]], which according to him make him feel happy and relaxed enough to "dream of living in a warm place surrounded by them".
** Also, Russia's subordinate Latvia shows his {{Yandere}} potential by attacking his best friend, Sealand, with a Lily of the Valley. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment It's never mentioned again.]]again]].



* ''Chrysanthemum'': Used negatively until the end. Chrysanthemum is indeed named after a flower but she does not like her name because her classmates make fun of her for it ("I'm named after my grandmother! You're named after a ''flower!''"). As it turns out, the music teacher, who her class deeply admires, is also named after a flower; this is what gets them to stop.

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* ''Chrysanthemum'': ''Literature/{{Chrysanthemum}}'': Used negatively until the end. Chrysanthemum is indeed named after a flower but she does not like her name because her classmates make fun of her for it ("I'm named after my grandmother! You're named after a ''flower!''"). As it turns out, the music teacher, who her class deeply admires, is also named after a flower; this is what gets them to stop.
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** France has long been associated with the [[FleurDeLis fleur-de-lis]] (a stylized lily or iris bloom) from the days of the French monarchy; an old symbol, it gradually collected Christian overtones that matched the particular theology of the French monarchy, particularly connected to the Virgin Mary (to whom the French monarchs traditionally offered especial devotion). This is unofficial--the Republic generally wants nothing to do with monarchist symbolism--but it persists in the popular imagination. During the revolution, France has replaced the fleur-de-lis for trees as a symbol of liberty. It prompted the plantation of many trees in French towns to celebrate the birth of the French Republic. That symbolism has persisted until nowadays, for instance french euro coins are stamped with a stylized tree.

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** France has long been associated with the [[FleurDeLis fleur-de-lis]] (a stylized lily or iris bloom) from the days of the French monarchy; an old symbol, it gradually collected Christian overtones that matched the particular theology of the French monarchy, particularly connected to the Virgin Mary (to whom the French monarchs traditionally offered especial devotion). This is unofficial--the unofficial -- the Republic generally wants nothing to do with monarchist symbolism--but symbolism -- but it persists in the popular imagination. During the revolution, France has replaced the fleur-de-lis for trees as a symbol of liberty. It prompted the plantation of many trees in French towns to celebrate the birth of the French Republic. That symbolism has persisted until nowadays, for instance french French euro coins are stamped with a stylized tree.



*** Using the four symbols--Rose, Thistle, Leek, and Flax--together (usually twisted in a wreath or improbably growing out of a single stem/root system) symbolises British unity in diversity. Historically, and sometimes still today, it was the Shamrock rather than Flax, as all of Ireland was part of the UK and not just the northern bit.

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*** Using the four symbols--Rose, symbols -- Rose, Thistle, Leek, and Flax--together Flax -- together (usually twisted in a wreath or improbably growing out of a single stem/root system) symbolises British unity in diversity. Historically, and sometimes still today, it was the Shamrock rather than Flax, as all of Ireland was part of the UK and not just the northern bit.



*** That said, the Canadians also borrow the British symbolism--except that instead of the Welsh leek, they use the French fleur-de-lis (to represent French Canadians); they also use the shamrock (to represent all Ireland). Instead of representing the union of the four nations, this represents the union of the four ''peoples'' who made up the bulk of the European settlers in early British-ruled Canada.[[note]]Hence the shamrock; the immigrants came from all over the island of Ireland. Indeed, the Irish immigration was often heavily Catholic, and Catholicism was so important to many of these Irish immigrants that they preferred to marry the French rather than the English-speaking Protestant Scots and English. This is why you see a lot of francophone Québecois with names like Johnson, Mulcair, and Scully.[[/note]] This symbolism gets most play in Montreal -- at the time the most fully multiethnic city in Canada--whose flag is a Cross of St. George (since 2017 charged with a white pine to symbolize the First Nations[[note]]A white pine is a symbol of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois peoples[[/note]]) with one of each of these four symbols in each quarter of the flag.

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*** That said, the Canadians also borrow the British symbolism--except symbolism -- except that instead of the Welsh leek, they use the French fleur-de-lis (to represent French Canadians); they also use the shamrock (to represent all Ireland). Instead of representing the union of the four nations, this represents the union of the four ''peoples'' who made up the bulk of the European settlers in early British-ruled Canada.[[note]]Hence the shamrock; the immigrants came from all over the island of Ireland. Indeed, the Irish immigration was often heavily Catholic, and Catholicism was so important to many of these Irish immigrants that they preferred to marry the French rather than the English-speaking Protestant Scots and English. This is why you see a lot of francophone Québecois with names like Johnson, Mulcair, and Scully.[[/note]] This symbolism gets most play in Montreal -- at the time the most fully multiethnic city in Canada--whose Canada -- whose flag is a Cross of St. George (since 2017 charged with a white pine to symbolize the First Nations[[note]]A Nations[[note]]a white pine is a symbol of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois peoples[[/note]]) with one of each of these four symbols in each quarter of the flag.



** UsefulNotes/{{Egypt}} has the Egyptian water lily, which grows in the ponds and marshes along the Nile and held special importance in Ancient Egypt. This is sometimes called the "lotus" but it isn't actually.
** UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} has all manner of traditional floral symbols, but in a nutshell, the chrysanthemum (''kiku'') is associated with the Emperor and the monarchy in general (and thus, metonymically, with the Japanese state--thus the chrysanthemum on the covers of Japanese passports, which are state-issued documents), the paluownia (''kiri'') is associated with the [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePoliticalSystem Prime Minister and the Government]], and the {{cherry blossom|s}} (''sakura'') is associated with the Japanese as a people or nation.
** UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} officially has the crown anemone, a flower that grows across the land and often has six blue petals (recalling the six-pointed Star of David). However, the ''sabra'' -- the prickly pear -- is a common symbol of the Israeli people, with [[BadassIsraeli similar symbolism to the Scottish thistle]]. And the Red Everlasting -- a plant in the daisy family, called ''dam hamaccabim'' in Hebrew -- is the memorial flower worn on Yom Hazikaron, the memorial day for Israel's fallen and for victims of terrorism. However, the ''dam hamaccabim'' is always worn as a sticker, or an artificial flower - the real flowers are protected by law, and it is illegal to pick them.

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** UsefulNotes/{{Egypt}} has the Egyptian water lily, which grows in the ponds and marshes along the Nile and held special importance in Ancient Egypt. This is sometimes called the "lotus" "lotus", but it isn't actually.
** UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} has all manner of traditional floral symbols, but in a nutshell, the chrysanthemum (''kiku'') is associated with the Emperor and the monarchy in general (and thus, metonymically, with the Japanese state--thus state -- thus the chrysanthemum on the covers of Japanese passports, which are state-issued documents), the paluownia (''kiri'') is associated with the [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePoliticalSystem Prime Minister and the Government]], and the {{cherry blossom|s}} (''sakura'') is associated with the Japanese as a people or nation.
** UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} officially has the crown anemone, a flower that grows across the land and often has six blue petals (recalling the six-pointed Star of David). However, the ''sabra'' -- the prickly pear -- is a common symbol of the Israeli people, with [[BadassIsraeli similar symbolism to the Scottish thistle]]. And the Red Everlasting -- a plant in the daisy family, called ''dam hamaccabim'' in Hebrew -- is the memorial flower worn on Yom Hazikaron, the memorial day for Israel's fallen and for victims of terrorism. However, the ''dam hamaccabim'' is always worn as a sticker, or an artificial flower - -- the real flowers are protected by law, and it is illegal to pick them.



** UsefulNotes/SouthKorea has the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_syriacus Mugunghwa]] or ''hibiscus syriacus'' (Rose of Sharon), representing eternity.

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** UsefulNotes/SouthKorea has the [[https://en.''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_syriacus Mugunghwa]] mugunghwa]]'' or ''hibiscus ''Hibiscus syriacus'' (Rose of Sharon), representing eternity.



** [[UsefulNotes/{{HongKong}} Hong Kong]] uses a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhinia_×_blakeana bauhinia]] [[note]]Technically inaccurate as it refers to the genus -- its proper name is blakeana × bauhinia, though it's also known as the Hong Kong Orchid[[/note]] that was first discovered in the ruins of a house located in Western Hong Kong Island. Stylised versions feature on Hong Kong's Regional Emblem and flag.

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** [[UsefulNotes/{{HongKong}} Hong Kong]] [[UsefulNotes/HongKong uses a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhinia_×_blakeana bauhinia]] [[note]]Technically bauhinia]][[note]]Technically inaccurate as it refers to the genus -- its proper name is blakeana ''Bauhinia × bauhinia, blakeana'', though it's also known as the Hong Kong Orchid[[/note]] that was first discovered in the ruins of a house located in Western Hong Kong Island. Stylised versions feature on Hong Kong's Regional Emblem and flag.



** UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}}: The country as a whole has the lotus, symbolizing beauty and purity rising from the mud of humble/troubled backgrounds. Lunar New Year celebrations are associated with pink peach flowers (hoa đào) in the North and yellow ''mai'' flowers in the South. Royal poincianas (hoa phượng) symbolize the start of summer, especially in relation to students.

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** UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}}: The country as a whole has the lotus, symbolizing beauty and purity rising from the mud of humble/troubled backgrounds. Lunar New Year celebrations are associated with pink peach flowers (hoa đào) (''hoa đào'') in the North and yellow ''mai'' flowers in the South. Royal poincianas (hoa phượng) (''hoa phượng'') symbolize the start of summer, especially in relation to students.
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-->-- "The Briar and the Rose", '''Music/TomWaits''' -- ''Music/TheBlackRider''.

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* The symbol of Allebahst in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' is the flower, a symbol of the country's natural beauty. [[spoiler: And a flower is also on the hilt of the knife used to murder Manny Coachen. Alba smuggles it into the Theatrum Neutralis by hiding it in a bouquet of flowers.]]

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* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' has the twin sisters Iris and Dahlia Hawthorne, whose English naming was partially a ''coincidence'' [[note]] Iris' name directly being translated from the Japanese ''Ayame'', coincidentally fitting with her sister Dahlia whose name wasn't [[/note]] but fit their respective flower's meanings. The iris is symbolic of good tidings and hope, and while the dahlia is symbolic of elegance, [[spoiler: ''red'' dahlias in specific signify dishonesty and betrayal instead, with the added bonus that cactus dahlias have the French nickname of 'Etoiles du Diable' i.e 'Stars of the Devil']].
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The symbol of Allebahst in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' is the flower, a symbol of the country's natural beauty. [[spoiler: And a flower is also on the hilt of the knife used to murder Manny Coachen. Alba smuggles it into the Theatrum Neutralis by hiding it in a bouquet of flowers.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Less of a motif and more of a plot point. The panda lily is a symbol of love, and Aang climbs a volcano to pick one for Katara. It's only when he gets to the summit that he realizes the volcano is much more active than initially thought, which echoes through the rest of the episode.



* A borderline example: The hero of ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'' is named Mark Lilly (a symbol of both innocence and death). He is an innocent who endangers his life daily by dealing with strange, often bloodthirsty creatures. He actually ''did'' die in the second episode, but obviously, he got better.

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* ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'': A borderline example: example. The hero of ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'' is named Mark Lilly (a symbol of both innocence and death). He is an innocent who endangers his life daily by dealing with strange, often bloodthirsty creatures. He actually ''did'' die in the second episode, but obviously, he got better.
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* The red spider lily has associations with loss, abandonment, and reincarnation, since they usually bloom near cemeteries around the autumnal equinox, they are described in Chinese and Japanese translations of the Lotus Sutra as ominous flowers that grow in Diyu, or Huángquán (Simplified Chinese: 黄泉; Traditional Chinese: 黃泉), and guide the dead into the next reincarnation. E.g. in ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}'' and ''Anime/{{Canaan}}'', an image of a red spider lily against a black background represents biological weapons.
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* Thanks to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160615111424/http://demisexualmerrill.tumblr.com/post/145668425096 a tumblr prompt]], there are a surprising number of fanfics on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn based on the premise of a character walking into a flower shop and asking how to use the language of flowers to give someone a passive-aggressive "Fuck you!" [[http://koscheiis.tumblr.com/post/145738369188/flower-shop-au The solution]] tends to involve some combination of geraniums (for stupidity), foxglove (insincerity), meadowsweet (uselessness), yellow carnations (you have disappointed me), and orange lilies (hatred). One artist even drew what [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190101015914/https://koscheiis.tumblr.com/post/145738369188/flower-shop-au such a bouquet]] might look like.

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* Thanks to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160615111424/http://demisexualmerrill.tumblr.com/post/145668425096 a tumblr prompt]], there are a surprising number of fanfics on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn based on the premise of a character walking into a flower shop and asking how to use the language of flowers to give someone a passive-aggressive "Fuck you!" [[http://koscheiis.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20190101015914/https://koscheiis.tumblr.com/post/145738369188/flower-shop-au The solution]] tends to involve some combination of geraniums (for stupidity), foxglove (insincerity), meadowsweet (uselessness), yellow carnations (you have disappointed me), and orange lilies (hatred). One artist even drew what [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190101015914/https://koscheiis.tumblr.com/post/145738369188/flower-shop-au such a bouquet]] might look like.
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*''Anime/LaSeineNoHoshi'': Marie Antoinette loves roses. All of the gowns she wears to the {{Masquerade Ball}}s have roses in some way or the other, and her ringlets post-timeskip also resemble them.
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* The [[UsefulNotes/TheVirginMary Virgin Mary]] is frequently associated with the white lily, emphasizing her purity.
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* ''VideoGame/Reverse1999'' has Druvis III, an arcanist who specializes in her GreenThumb magic by preserving plants, making them grow, and casting other spells through them. She has a particular fondness for Rowan trees, known in Celtic mythology as the "tree of life," and also carries a bouquet of mistletoe with her, which can mean "vitality" and alludes to her magic.

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* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': The winter rose is a symbol of doomed and forbidden love for the Starks.

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** House Tyrell has a golden rose as their sigil, symbolizing the beauty and bounty of their fertile lands, as well as the thorns they can brandish when threatened.

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** Dandelion: Although the association starts off as largely coincidental, Katniss Everdeen strongly connects these flowers with Peeta Mellark. They crop up numerous times in reference to her fellow tribute, and by the end she views both the flower and Peeta himself as symbols of hope and healing after all the trauma she’s been through.

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** Dandelion: Although the association starts off as largely coincidental, Katniss Everdeen strongly connects these flowers with Peeta Mellark. They crop up numerous times in reference to her fellow tribute, and by the end she views both the flower and Peeta himself as symbols of hope and healing after all the trauma she’s been through. This makes sense; as hardy weeds, dandelions can bloom even in harsh environments.
** Hawthorn: Gale's family bears the surname Hawthorne (possibly an allusion to [[Creator/NathanielHawthorne the author]]), which is associated with May (Katniss's birth month), fertility, and matches Gale's thorny personality.



** Primrose: The namesake of Katniss’ younger sister, who's described as fresh-faced and lovely. She’s also the inciting incident for the whole series, as Katniss volunteers for the Games to protect her sister from being (in all likelihood) killed.

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** Primrose: The namesake of Katniss’ younger sister, who's described as fresh-faced and lovely.lovely as the flower itself. She’s also the inciting incident for the whole series, as Katniss volunteers for the Games to protect her sister from being (in all likelihood) killed.



** Rue: Katniss’ ally in the arena of the 74th Hunger Games shares a name with a flower that grows near her home in District 12. Described as nearly identical to Primrose in height and stature.
** Hawthorn: Gale's family bears the surname Hawthorne (which may be an allusion to [[Creator/NathanielHawthorne the author]]), but which resembles katniss and is associated with May (Katniss's birth month), fertility, and matches Gale's thorny personality.

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** Rue: Katniss’ ally in the arena of the 74th Hunger Games shares a name with a flower that grows near her home in District 12. Described as nearly identical to Primrose in height and stature.
** Hawthorn: Gale's family bears
stature, both girls are named after flowers, and Katniss comes to truly care for Rue, remembering her long after the surname Hawthorne (which may be an allusion to [[Creator/NathanielHawthorne the author]]), but which resembles katniss and is associated with May (Katniss's birth month), fertility, and matches Gale's thorny personality.74th Hunger Games.
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** Note that the above is actually TruthInTelevision: the founder of the Hellfire Club, Sir Francis Dashwood, landscaped his garden in such a way that, from the church on the hill, it would look like a naked woman.
*** That'd be a ''literal'' obscene garden, whereas the one Nanny cites merely translated as obscene (or so the complaining party claimed) when interpreted via floriography.
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** France is always represented with [[SuckMyRose red roses]] in canon. Even to [[CensorBox cover his privates]].

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* ''VideoGame/FatalFrameVMaidenOfBlackWater'': Shiragiku has a flower motif associated with her. Her [[ApocalypticLog journals]] have cherry blossoms on them and her black kimono is adorned with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoris_radiata higanbana]] flowers.

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* ''VideoGame/FatalFrameVMaidenOfBlackWater'': ''VideoGame/FatalFrameMaidenOfBlackWater'': Shiragiku has a flower motif associated with her. Her [[ApocalypticLog journals]] have cherry blossoms on them and her black kimono is adorned with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoris_radiata higanbana]] flowers.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': Willow is associated with willow trees. It's for this reason that Molly carves a willow tree on her new story knife.
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** Violet is associated with, and named after, violets. Not only are violets [[QueerFlowers associated with lesbians and romance between women]], which fits with how Violet is the only ''Total Drama Legacy'' contestant to [[HasTwoMommies have two mothers]], but the violet is also the state flower of New Jersey, [[{{Joisey}} where Violet is from]].

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** Violet is associated with, and named after, violets. Not only are violets [[QueerFlowers associated with lesbians and romance between women]], which fits with how Violet is the only ''Total Drama Legacy'' contestant to [[HasTwoMommies have two mothers]], mothers, but the violet is also the state flower of New Jersey, [[{{Joisey}} where Violet is from]].

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