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{{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 (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.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]''
** 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]] [[Added Alliterative Appeal|special symbolic significance]] [[Flower Motifs|in Japanese culture]].
* Just about every ''[[Rozen Maiden (Anime)|Rozen Maiden]]'', Kirakishou in particular, who not only has roses in her hair but actually has a rose in place of ''her eye''.
* When we first meet Nia in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' she has a flower ornament in her hair. Contrast this with resident [[Action Girl]] Yoko, who has a hair clip that looks like a skull.
* ''[[Naruto (Anime)|Naruto]]'' has the Akatsuki member Konan, with a paper flower in her hair at all times.
* ''[[Project A-ko (Anime)|Project A-ko]]'': As mentioned in the parent trope, C-ko Kotobuki wears daisy barrettes in her hair.
* Uiharu from ''[[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (Manga)|To Aru Kagaku no Railgun]]'' has a crown of flowers on her head, while Saten has just one. Uiharu hasn't given any sort of definite answer on what her flowers are or how they got there. During the [[School Festival]], when someone points them out, her only response is "What are you talking about?"
* Lua Klein from ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'' wears a white flower in her hair.
* [[The Ditz|Milfeulle]]'s standard hairdo in ''[[Galaxy Angel (Animeanime)|Galaxy Angel]]''.
* In the final episode of ''[[Eureka Seven (Anime)|Eureka Seven]]'', the hairclip that Renton puts on Eureka has a flower on it.
* In ''[[Future War 198X (Anime)|Future War 198 X]]'', the soldier Michael's [[The Ingenue|ingenue]] girlfriend Marina wears a white flower in her hair. {{spoiler|After she dies, he is seen looking at the flower in his hand while singing "Eidelwess", blasting the nuclear warhead without care of the consequences.}}
* Lycoris from ''[[Sorcerer Stabber Orphen (Manga)|Sorcerer Stabber Orphen]]'' has a hairband with a flower ornament. {{spoiler|Given to her by her sister Esperanza. Whom she can't remember due to a mind-wiping spell. [[Batman Gambit|It's... complicated]].}}
* 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 (Animeanime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', whose most prominent scene in the series is her playing innocently in an open field with her mother while wearing a daisy chain in her hair.
* Gertrud of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', in that she's female and that she has flowers in her hair. She's also a giant butterfly monster with a mass of what appears to be moss in place of hair, which has roses growing on it. [[Our Monsters Are Weird|Yeah]].
* Portgas D. Rouge, Ishilly and an unnamed mermaid from ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]''.
* ''[[Ranma ½ (Manga)|Ranma One Half]]''. Akane sports a pair of flowers in her hair as part as her skating outfit for the [[Martial Arts and Crafts|Martial Arts Figure Skating]] arc. As well as Female!Ranma in the same story after an [[Instant Cosplay Surprise]].
* Rea from ''[[Sanka Rea (Manga)|Sanka Rea]]'' sports one of these. [[Cute Monster Girl|Cutest zombie ever!]]
* The witch Beatrice from ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]''.
* Rose from ''[[Plus Anima (Manga)|Plus Anima]]''.
* Though only a one time event, Casca from ''[[Berserk]]'' wore a bough of flowers in her hair during Griffith's celebratory ball. It added to [[She Cleans Up Nicely|her feminine appeal]] that [[Never Live It Down|fans remember all to well]] [[Beautiful All Along|that drew Guts to her.]]
 
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== 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 ''[[The Little Mermaid (Disney)|The Little Mermaid]]'', moments before and during "Under the Sea". Except, since she lives underwater, it's an ''anemone'' (which is more of an [[You Fail Biology Forever|invertebrate animal]] than a plant).
* Rapunzel from ''[[Tangled (Disney)|Tangled]]'' gets a very complex version of this during the story, where Flynn has several girls braid her [[Rapunzel Hair]] into a huge plait laced with flowers.
 
 
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== Literature ==
* In [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]] [[Ciaphas Cain (Literature)|Ciaphas Cain]]'' novel ''The Traitor's Hand'', Cain is astounded to see Amberley Vail as he had last seen her -- wearing a flower he had put behind her ear. It takes him a few minutes to realize that it's a sorcerous illusion.
* 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|Nature Heroine]] [[Friend to All Living Things|Hannah]] actually ''grows'' useful plants appropriate to the season in her hair. {{spoiler|This is a reader's first clue as to her [[MacGuffin Girl|true nature]].}}
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== Live-Action TV ==
* Niecy Nash of ''[[Clean House]]'' ALWAYS wears a flower in her hair. Every. Single. Episode.
* In ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]: The Peacekeeper Wars'' this is Aeryn's only concession to the fact she's getting married.
* 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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'''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 ''[[Hamlet (Theatre)|Hamlet]].''
 
 
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== Video Games ==
* Marin from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: LinksLink's Awakening (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening]]'' wears a hibiscus flower in her hair.
* Marta in ''[[Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World]]''.
* Milfeulle Sakuraba of ''[[Galaxy Angel (Videovideo Gamegame)|Galaxy Angel]]''. Also her sister, [[Galaxy Angel Rune|Apricot]].
* Rydia from ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'', especially when she was younger.
* Players in ''[[Animal Crossing (Video Game)|Animal Crossing]] 2'' and ''3'' can wear most flowers as a headgear.
* Gurdy in ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]''.
* 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 (Animeanime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] A's Portable: The Gears of Destiny'' introduces Kyrie Florian, the younger Florian sister who wears a flower in her hair and has a very pink motif. However, in contrast to her appearance, she has a cynical personality, a constant smirk on her face, and a fighting style that utilizes [[Morph Weapon|transforming]] [[Guns Akimbo|guns]], [[Dual-Wielding|swords]], and [[BFS|really big swords]].
 
 
== Visual Novels ==
* The player character of ''[[Tokimeki Memorial|Tokimeki Memorial 2]]'' puts one on the hair of [[Pride|prideful]] [[Tsundere]] Mei Ijuin in one of her special Events. [[Luminescent Blush|The shy and embarassed look]] she has then is one big [[Squee]] moment.
* Beatrice of ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]'' has a large red flower in her hair, but she's not "good" {{spoiler|(at first; it's complicated)}}.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* Eutropia from ''[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 (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]''. Incidentally, Kazumi Kato is also wearing a flower in her hair for her marriage.
* Tanna of ''[[Ears for Elves (Webcomic)|Ears for Elves]]'' doesn't like wearing the wreaths of herublossoms at the Taurëcuiva Festival like the other women and girls, but Rolan [http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/476 thinks the flowers suit her].
 
 
== Web Original ==
* Sasha from ''[[Gaia Online]]''.
* Hanami from ''[[Tasakeru (Literature)|Tasakeru]]''.
 
 
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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 ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]''.
* [[Rebellious Princess|Princess Amalia]] of ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]'', pictured above. The big flower closes at night and even wilts when Amalia is dying in season 1 episode 7, so it is clearly a real one, kept alive by the Sadida's [[Green Thumb]] powers. It's not part of her hair, though, as she can still take it off. As if not enough, she sometimes adds another flower on the opposite side.
* Wendy from ''[[Peter Pan and The Pirates]]'' wears a wreathe of daisies on her head.
* Cindy Bear, girlfriend of [[Yogi Bear (Animation)|Yogi Bear]], wears a large daisy behind her ear.
* Helga from ''[[Hey Arnold (Animation)|Hey Arnold]]'' gets this in "Helga and the Nanny" when her nanny Inga wants her to look more like a girl.
{{quote| '''Arnold:''' Wow, Helga... you got flowers in your hair.<br />
'''Helga:''' YEAH? Wanna MAKE something of it, Football Head!?<br />
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