What is the national flower of China?

China national flower: peony flower; China National Tree: Ginkgo Tree; National bird of China: red-crowned crane; China's National Treasure Animal: Giant Panda.

First, peony flowers

Peony. It is a perennial deciduous shrub of Paeonia in Paeoniaceae. The stem is 2 meters high; The branches are short and thick. The leaves are usually bipinnately compound, and occasionally the leaves near the top of the branches are 3 leaflets.

The terminal leaflet is broadly ovoid, with green surface, hairless, light green back and sometimes white powder; the lateral leaflet is narrowly ovoid or oblong-ovoid, the petiole is 5- 1 1 cm, and the leaf axis is hairless. Flowers solitary, bracts 5, oblong; Sepals 5, green, broadly ovate, petals 5 or double, rose, purple, pink to white, usually vary greatly, obovate, with irregular waves at the top.

Flowers are colorful, jade smiles and pearls are fragrant, romantic and elegant, and they are known as "the king of flowers". In terms of cultivation types, it can be divided into hundreds of varieties mainly according to the color of flowers. "Peony has many varieties and colors, with yellow, green, fleshy red, crimson and silvery red as the top grades, especially yellow and green. Peony flower is big and fragrant, so it is also called "national color and fragrance".

Second, ginkgo trees

Ginkgo biloba is a deciduous tree of Ginkgoaceae. Ginkgo biloba is a deciduous tree with a DBH of 4 meters. The bark of young trees is nearly smooth, light gray, and the bark of big trees is grayish brown, irregular and rough longitudinally. There are long branches and slow-growing short branches. The crowns of young and mature trees are conical, while the crowns of old trees are roughly oval. Branches are nearly whorled and extend obliquely upward (large branches of female plants are often more developed than those of male plants).

The fruit of ginkgo tree is commonly known as ginkgo, so ginkgo is also known as ginkgo tree. Ginkgo trees grow slowly and have a very long life. Under natural conditions, Ginkgo biloba takes more than 20 years from planting to fruiting, and will bear a large number of fruits after 40 years. So some people call it "gongsunshu", which means "public can eat grandchildren". It is a longevity star in trees, which has ornamental, economic and medicinal values.

Third, the red-crowned crane

Red-crowned crane (scientific name: Grus japonensis): It is a kind of crane, a large wading bird with a body length of 120- 160 cm. The neck and feet are long, the whole body is mostly white, the top of the head is bright red, the throat and neck are black, the ears to the headrest are white, the feet are black, the neck and tail feathers and feet are black when standing, the top of the head is red, and the rest are white.

When flying, only the second and third flight feathers, neck and feet are black, and the rest are white, which is extremely obvious and easy to identify. The bird's head and neck are brown and its feathers are white and chestnut.

Fourth, pandas

Giant panda (scientific name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca；; Giant Panda) is the only mammal belonging to Carnivora, Xiong Ke, Ailuropoinae and Ailuropoda.

Head and body length 1.2- 1.8m, tail length 10- 12cm. The weight is 80- 120kg, and the maximum weight can reach 180kg. It is black and white, with round cheeks, big dark circles, chubby body, iconic walking posture, with eight characters in it and claws as sharp as scalpels. Is one of the cutest animals in the world.

Giant pandas have lived on the earth for at least 8 million years and are known as "living fossils" and "national treasures of China". It is the image ambassador of WWF and the flagship species of global biodiversity conservation.