Chapter 1
Ancient roots of floral symbols
Chapter 2
Flowers that shaped global diplomacy
Chapter 3
Resilient blossoms of extreme landscapes
Chapter 4
Controversies and revolutions in bloom
YOUR GOAL
Master of Official flowers of the world
Ch 3 · Resilient blossoms of extreme landscapes
schopenhauer Alpine Edelweiss
Fuzzy white star, fuzzy white star, Warm in the mountain cold!
schopenhauer The cantua flower survives freezing mountain nights and was revered by the Incas as a sacred plant.
schopenhauer The golden wattle thrives in the harsh Australian bush, using intense wildfires to crack open its seeds.
BETA
schopenhauer Match each blossom to its country to discover the brave history behind these global symbols.
Fun Fact
Alpine sunblock: The woolly hairs on the edelweiss flower act as natural sunblock, absorbing harmful ultraviolet rays.
Glossary
edelweiss (noun)
A small European alpine plant with fuzzy white bracts surrounding yellow flower heads. Austria features this rugged mountain blossom on its two-cent coins.
A small European alpine plant with fuzzy white bracts surrounding yellow flower heads. Austria features this rugged mountain blossom on its two-cent coins.
Quiz
How does the Australian golden wattle use bushfires to its ecological advantage?
Quiz
What adaptation protects the Swiss edelweiss flower from intense high-altitude ultraviolet radiation?
Quiz
What physical feature does the flame lily use to climb up other plants in the African savanna?
Quiz
The cantua flower is the shared national floral symbol of which two South American countries?
Quiz
What highly toxic chemical compound is found throughout Zimbabwe's national flower, the flame lily?
Quiz
In what year did Zimbabwe officially adopt the flame lily as its national flower?