What is the mother flower of China?

China's Mother Flower--Daylily

Long before carnations became the symbol of motherly love, there was also a mother's flower in China, which is the daylily flower. Daylily is a perennial herb of lily family, rhizome fleshy, leaf narrow, slender branch tip open orange red or orange flowers, very colorful, it is not only for people to watch, flower buds called gold needle, can also be used as a vegetable for people to eat, in China's north and south are widely planted.

Daylily is also known as "deceiving grass", "golden needle", "Yiman grass" and so on, "save the desert herb" called it "Sichuan grass flower"; "ancient and modern note" called "Dan thorns"; "said the text" recorded as "forgetfulness grass"; "compendium of materia medica" name for the "healing sorrow". In the English name day

lily means "one day lily", pointing out that the daylily's flowering period is only one day short.