Birthday flowers

Birthday flowers are ascribed by tradition for those born on any given date in the year in Europe and the West. Not all are precisely flowers, however. They are listed below.

January

*1 - oak geranium
*2 - Rosa multiflora
*3 - cactus
*4 - aloe
*5 - hydrangea
*6 - ice plant
*7 - Japanese rose
*8 - laburnum
*9 - lavendar
*10 - a withered leaf
*11 - lemon
*12 - lemon blossom
*13 - imperial lily
*14 - hyssop
*15 - marigold
*16 - yarrow plant
*17 - rosemary
*18 - rue
*19 - sage
*20 - snowdrop
*21 - southernwood
*22 - mullein
*23 - nightshade
*24 - oak leaf
*25 - motherwort
*26 - orange blossom
*27 - burning nettle
*28 - narcissus
*29 - liverwort
*30 - mignonette
*31 - periwinkle

February

*1 - sweetpea
*2 - yellow rose
*3 - saffron
*4 - pansy
*5 - marsh mallow
*6 - mistletoe
*7 - linden
*8 - pineapple flower
*9 - leek
*10 - Common hawthorn
*11 - cypress
*12 - dewplant
*13 - clematis
*14 - gillyflower
*15 - conium
*16 - moss
*17 - pea
*18 - ryegrass
*19 - spruce
*20 - yew
*21 - veronica
*22 - amaryllis
*23 - tansy
*24 - straw
*25 - spearmint
*26 - lady's delight
*27 - bachelor's button
*28 - calla lily
*29 - grass

March

*1 - heliotrope
*2 - thorn
*3 - red pink
*4 - rose geranium
*5 - holly
*6 - dogbane
*7 - hyacinth
*8 - olive
*9 - anemone
*10 - kingcap
*11 - blue violet
*12 - maple
*13 - ivy
*14 - white violet
*15 - walnut
*16 - valerian
*17 - sorrel
*18 - shamrock
*19 - snake's root
*20 - lettuce
*21 - pine
*22 - maidenhair fern
*23 - woodbine
*24 - fern
*25 - allspice
*26 - pitch pine
*27 - fir
*28 - sweet briar
*29 - elder
*30 - hoarhound
*31 - love-lies-bleeding

April

*1 - columbine
*2 - rush
*3 - meadow saffron
*4 - a single reed
*5 - mouse-ear chickweed
*6 - myrrh
*7 - hop
*8 - almond tree
*9 - balsam
*10 - barberry
*11 - beech
*12 - bindweed
*13 - cinquefoil
*14 - birch
*15 - china aster
*16 - crocus blossom
*17 - daisy
*18 - wild grape
*19 - honey-flower
*20 - withered rose
*21 - wild honeysuckle
*22 - yellow jasmine
*23 - lady's slipper
*24 - musk plant
*25 - peach blossom
*26 - bridal rose
*27 - broken straw
*28 - tulip
*29 - yellow violet
*30 - wormwood plant
*31 - vernal grass

May

*1 - American starwort
*2 - chickweed
*3 - May rose
*4 - myrtle
*5 - ophrys
*6 - quince
*7 - primrose
*8 - white poppy
*9 - snowball
*10 - red poppy
*11 - sensitive plant
*12 - Star of Bethlehem
*13 - strawberry
*14 - sumar
*15 - sweet William
*16 - syringe
*17 - thistle
*18 - vervain
*19 - wake robin
*20 - wallflower
*21 - weeping willow
*22 - willow
*23 - water lily
*24 - wolf's bane
*25 - rhubarb
*26 - phlox
*27 - meadowsweet
*28 - oleander
*29 - French marigold
*30 - Carolina rose
*31 - pink

June

*1 - marjoram
*2 - double red pink
*3 - yellow pink
*4 - daily rose
*5 - Lancaster rose
*6 - thorn apple
*7 - red tulip
*8 - varigated tulip
*9 - thyme
*10 - pomegranate
*11 - Black Poplar
*12 - prickly pear
*13 - potato blossom
*14 - mountain pink
*15 - wild plum
*16 - fly orchis
*17 - palm
*18 - mustard seed
*19 - mulberry tree
*20 - black mulberry
*21 - peony
*22 - passion flower
*23 - pasque flower
*24 - hemp
*25 - hollyhock
*26 - sweet scabious
*27 - schinus
*28 - snapdragon
*29 - St. John's wort
*30 - sunflower

July

*1 - sycamore
*2 - xanthium
*3 - wood sorrel
*4 - water willow
*5 - crown of roses
*6 - white rose bud
*7 - red rose bud
*8 - white rose
*9 - dog rose
*10 - fig tree
*11 - angelica
*12 - basil
*13 - asphodel
*14 - bay
*15 - belladonna
*16 - bell flower
*17 - bilberry
*18 - bittersweet
*19 - bramble
*20 - bulrush
*21 - Canterbury Bell
*22 - celadine
*23 - Indian plum
*24 - white lilac
*25 - lilac
*26 - magnolia
*27 - London pride
*28 - moonwort
*29 - verbena
*30 - patagonian mint
*31 - osier

August

*1 - Burgundy rose
*2 - damask rose
*3 - moss rose
*4 - morning glory
*5 - hundred-leaved rose
*6 - sardony
*7 - saintfoin
*8 - scabious
*9 - witch-hazel
*10 - whortleberry
*11 - willow herb
*12 - vine
*13 - vetch
*14 - thrift
*15 - throatwort
*16 - butterfly orchis
*17 - pear
*18 - blue periwinkle
*19 - pimpernel
*20 - crow foot
*21 - cuckoo flower
*22 - bunch of currants
*23 - daffodil
*24 - dahlia
*25 - sweet flag
*26 - live everlasting
*27 - filbert
*28 - flax
*29 - flower-of-an-hour
*30 - flowering reed
*31 - foxglove

eptember

*1 - fumitory
*2 - helenium
*3 - hepatica
*4 - hoya
*5 - humble plant
*6 - iris
*7 - lily-of-the-valley
*8 - madder
*9 - monkshood
*10 - tear drop
*11 - cranberry
*12 - jonquil
*13 - love-in-a-snail
*14 - acacia
*15 - rose acacia
*16 - Adonis
*17 - box
*18 - buttercup
*19 - cabbage
*20 - China pink
*21 - corn
*22 - cowslip
*23 - ivy sprig
*24 - cress
*25 - crocus
*26 - dock
*27 - dandelion
*28 - gooseberry
*29 - guelder rose
*30 - blue bell

October

*1 - horse chestnut
*2 - juniper
*3 - wheat
*4 - Venus's looking glass
*5 - turnip
*6 - tuberose
*7 - traveler's joy
*8 - tamerisk
*9 - swallow wort
*10 - stock
*11 - rudbeckia
*12 - mundi rose
*13 - red rose
*14 - China rose
*15 - raspberry
*16 - split reed
*17 - single reed
*18 - rhododendron
*19 - Austrian rose
*20 - rose campion
*21 - ranunculus
*22 - red primrose
*23 - polyanthus
*24 - plane tree
*25 - Indian pink
*26 - larch
*27 - peppermint
*28 - osmunda
*29 - oxeyedaisy
*30 - parsley
*31 - common nettle

November

*1 - nasturtium
*2 - mountain ash
*3 - mugwort
*4 - mushrooms
*5 - mimosa
*6 - mandrake
*7 - marvel of Peru
*8 - lupin
*9 - lotus flower
*10 - lotus
*11 - lotus tree
*12 - lichens
*13 - field lily
*14 - yellow lily
*15 - laurestine
*16 - mountain laurel
*17 - laurel
*18 - houstonia
*19 - hornbeam tree
*20 - honeysuckle
*21 - hawkweed
*22 - gourd
*23 - fuchsia
*24 - dark geranium
*25 - nutmeg geranium
*26 - silver leaf geranium
*27 - gentian
*28 - gorse
*29 - goldylocks
*30 - goldenrod

December

*1 - scarlet geranium
*2 - teasel
*3 - French willow
*4 - flower de luce
*5 - fennel
*6 - dragon plant
*7 - diomosa
*8 - althea
*9 - creeper
*10 - cornella
*11 - cockle
*12 - coreander
*13 - citron
*14 - cockscomb (Celosia)
*15 - coreopsis
*16 - rock rose
*17 - chamomile
*18 - Lebanon cedar
*19 - carnation
*20 - cardinal flower
*21 - japonica
*22 - petunia
*23 - bear's breach
*24 - chrysanthemum
*25 - Christmas rose
*26 - balm of Gilead
*27 - ash tree
*28 - arbor vitae
*29 - amaranth
*30 - ambrosia
*31 - apple blossom

References

Jobes, Gertrude. "Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols". New York:The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 1962