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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"She has flowers in her hair and bluebirds singing around her head. Who did you think she was, the bringer of pestilence?"''
|'''Loki''', ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''}}
▲{{quote|''"She has flowers in her hair and bluebirds singing around her head. Who did you think she was, the bringer of pestilence?"''|'''Loki''', ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]''}}
A subset of [[Hair Decorations]]. Flowers have long been a symbol of femininity, and therefore young women (and those who are young at heart) sometimes wear them in their hair.
These can take the form of a daisy chain headband or a single flower (or bunch) placed in the hair. The flowers can be real or artificial.
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== General ==
* Fairly common in
== [[Anime]]
* ''[[
** Hungary and Taiwan. Hungary's is a geranium and represents Lake Balaton, and Taiwan actually wears the plum flower, the national flower of her country.
** Vietnam is sometimes drawn with lotuses in her ponytail, which also happen to be the country's national flower. Let's not forget the [[Gender Flip|Nyotalia]] versions of Japan (who wears a chrysanthemum), China (who wears peonies on her hat), Spain, Sweden, and Hong Kong. [[Fan Nickname|Mangary]] also wears one in his ponytail.
** Fem!Japan is an especially notable example as the sketches for her have depicted her with no less than ''three'' different flowers in her hair: a yellow chrysanthemum in the earliest colored sketch of her, a pink sakura in a more recent colored sketch of her (complete with [[Cherry Blossoms]] cascading down on her), and a red spider lily in a colored sketch of her "dark" self. And ''all'' of these flowers [[Flower Motifs|have a]] [[
* Just about every ''[[
* When we first meet Nia in ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* Uiharu from ''[[
* Lua Klein from ''[[Baccano
* [[The Ditz|Milfeulle]]'s standard hairdo in ''[[Galaxy Angel (
* In the final episode of ''[[
* In ''[[Future War
* Lycoris from ''[[
* Cordelia Glauca from ''[[Tantei Opera Milky Holmes]]''. It's not exactly symbol of femininity, though; if anything, it's probably part of her insanity projected into the real world. The other characters [[Lampshade Hanging]] how impossible it's that her hair is always adored with flowers ''from nowhere''.
* Alicia in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (
* Gertrud of ''[[
* Portgas D. Rouge, Ishilly and an unnamed mermaid from ''[[
* ''[[Ranma
* Rea from ''[[
* The witch Beatrice from ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* Rose from ''[[
* Though only a one
== Films -- Animation ==
* Michelle from ''[[Once Upon a Forest]]'' wears one. We get a close-up of it [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|drifting to the ground and wilting]] after Michelle has her accident with the gas leak that renders her comatose.
* Ariel from ''[[
* Rapunzel from ''[[
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== Literature ==
* In [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s ''[[Warhammer
* In the children's book ''Ferdinand the Bull'', the ladies at the bull ring are described as wearing flowers in their hair.
* In Meredith Ann Pierce's ''Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood'', the [[Nature Hero
== Live-Action TV ==
* Niecy Nash of ''[[Clean House]]'' ALWAYS wears a flower in her hair. Every. Single. Episode.
* In ''[[
* The same actress (Claudia Black, as Vala) wears a big white flower in her hair for her "non-date" with Daniel Jackson in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''.
* Guinevere from ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' is often depicted with flowers in her hair, possibly to contrast with the higher-born Morgana, who wears jewels. Even when Guinevere gets an upgrade in social status, her jewellery is ''still'' in the shape of flowers.
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* If you're goiiiing to Saaaan Fraaaanciscoooo / Be sure to weeear some flowers in your haiiir...
* Rachael Yamagata's song "1963."
{{quote|
Flowers in my hair
Little bitty hearts upon my cheeks...'' }}
* One of the traits of the flower girl in The Cowsills' hit "The Rain The Park And Other Things".
* "Lucky" by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat features this set of lines:
{{quote|
I'll put a flower in your hair'' }}
* Sandi Thom wishes she was a punk rocker with flowers in her hair...
==
* ''[[The Sorcerer]]'', where Lady Sangazure is under the spell of the [[Love Potion]], and has cast her eyes on Mr. Wells:
{{quote|
'''Mr. Wells:''' Hate me! They'll suit you not! }}
* In the opera ''[[Falstaff]]'', Alice places a flower in her hair during her mock seduction of Falstaff.
* [[The Ophelia|Ophelia]] is often represented this way in her mad scenes in older productions (and illustrations) of ''[[
== Toys ==
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== Video Games ==
* Marin from ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* Marta in ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]''.
* Milfeulle Sakuraba of ''[[Galaxy Angel (
* Rydia from ''[[
* Players in ''[[
* Gurdy in ''[[
* In ''[[City of Heroes]]'', female characters who use leaves for hair can also choose to have a flower in it.
* Naomi of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' put a blue rose in Sunny's hair to show how pretty she can be.
* Coco Bandicoot in the ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' series until ''Crash of the Titans''.
* The game ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (
== Visual Novels ==
* The player character of ''[[Tokimeki Memorial|Tokimeki Memorial 2]]'' puts one on the hair of [[
* Beatrice of ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
== Web Comics ==
* Eutropia from ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120717220415/http://amazoness.co.uk/eutropia.htm Amazoness]''. This trope is also played with, since {{spoiler|Eutropia is actually physically male, but he was raised as a girl}}.
* The page quote is from [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0501.html strip #501] of ''[[The Order of the Stick
* Tanna of ''[[
== Web Original ==
* Sasha from ''[[Gaia Online]]''.
* Hanami from ''[[
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* Lo from ''[[Stoked]]''.
* Lacienega from ''[[The Proud Family]]''
* Shrinking Violet in ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]''.
* Dot from ''[[
* [[Rebellious Princess|Princess Amalia]] of ''[[
* Wendy from ''[[Peter Pan and The Pirates]]'' wears a wreathe of daisies on her head.
* Cindy Bear, girlfriend of [[
* Helga from ''[[Hey Arnold
{{quote|
'''Helga:''' YEAH? Wanna MAKE something of it, Football Head!?
'''Arnold:''' No! I was just thinking they look kinda nice. }}
* Ami from ''[[Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi]]'', along with [[Odango Hair]].
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* Quite normal in the 1960s. Both men and women might wear flower decorations back then, but the iconic image of the 60s hippie is the "flower child", a serene woman wearing either a single daisy or a whole crown of'em.
* Blues singer [[Billie Holiday]] made this her signature look.
* [
* A flower in the hair is an integral part of the imagery for the Tahitian "Vahiné"
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[[Category:Personal Appearance Tropes]]
[[Category:Hair Tropes]]
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