| Origin | Flower | Further fun facts |
| English called this yellow shaggy weed a 'lion's tooth' because the leaves resemble a lions grin. | |
| This name comes from the flowers that covered the Elysian fields of the afterlife in Greek mythology. The Greeks name was aspodelos. | |
| This handsome yellow or white flower is named after the unrequited love of Echo. Her love, only had love for himself. | |
| This flower has a sunburst center with radiating white petals, and opens during the sunny hours only to close in the evening. Hence it was named from the Old English word for 'day' | |
| This flower with scarlet star shaped leaves was called by Mexicans flor de la noche buena: 'flower of the holy night.' Mexican legend: it was presented to the Child by a poor boy. | |
| This flower's name did not come from the fact that it resembles the mouth, but comes originally from the Turks who called it tulbend because it reminded them of a turban. | |