What is the national flower of Italy?
Is it the white lily with the symbolic meaning of purity and exquisite beauty? Or is it the rose, symbolizing love and passion?
In the seventeenth century, during the Italian unification, also known as the Risorgimento, the symbol of Italy was replaced by la pianta di corbezzolo.
The ode “Arbutus Unedo” was written by the poet Giovanni Pascoli, who asked to discover the strawberry tree as a symbol of Italian unification.
La pianta di corbezzolo is now the national plant of Italy.
The strawberry tree is the perfect fit with its patriotic colors: green leaves, white flowers, and red berries reminiscent of the Italian flag.
More Info:
www.thinkinitalian.com
What are your thoughts on this subject?
13 Comments
Johnny Rock
Brian with a Lily question? Huh.
Corey Taylor
Johnny Rock, No, Brian L with a Brian L question. Usually if one of his questions give you doubt, the answer is right there in the bloody picture!
✨KRISTA✨
I have not heard of a "strawberry 🍓 tree. Our berries grow from a "mother" plant with "daughter" shoots that produces the berries.💕🍓💕
josephignatiusvella
The unificatio of italy in the 19th century
Karin Johansson
vudu, look it up yourself!
jmurphy
If it is La pianta di corbezzolo, how come I was correct when I said Lily? Quiz Club check Lilly and Brian I - you're confusing us.
billyboy915
The flower shown is a lotus flower, sometimes called a water lily, but it is NOT a true lily.
The name “lily” can be misleading because lots of other plants use it besides true lilies. Daylilies and water lilies aren’t lilies at all, and neither are lilies-of-the-valley or lilyturf
billyboy915
earlepg,
The flower shown is a lotus flower, sometimes called a water lily, but it is NOT a true lily.
The name “lily” can be misleading because lots of other plants use it besides true lilies. Daylilies and water lilies aren’t lilies at all, and neither are lilies-of-the-valley or lilyturf.
earlepg
I agree the others. According to what brian might be saying, it could be the strawberry tree or the lily, or even the rose. The picture, frequently the tip-off, showed a lily. So my guess was the lily.
Angeles Dembowski
What the heck is with the explanation? Two lines for a possible answer, yet 7 for alternatives WITH explanations.
Marina Anna Vida
Very confusing explanation. So it is the lily or the rose or the strawberry tree?
Denise Currie
My friend's huband is Italian and whenever they come to visit he will always buy me lillies when they return home. He explained it was the national flower of Italy.
vudu
Rose and Lily would both be correct. Look it up!