THE WARATAH is one of Australia’s most iconic flowers, and while it comes in many different forms, Telopea speciosissima, more commonly known as the New South Wales waratah, is the most recognisable..

The samples included 105 flowers from the genus Lagenophora, Michel Guiraud, head of the collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, tells Smithsonian.com. Six of these samples were ...

National flowers serve as symbols of a country's natural beauty, heritage, and cultural pride. These floral emblems often have historical or cultural significance, representing the nation's connection ...

Australian biosecurity officers accidentally destroyed valuable flower specimens from the mid-1800s after a ... The rare flowers, on loan from the National Museum of Natural History in ...