Flowers

Plants gathered here because the bloom is what carries the meaning, whether it is offered, worn, strewn, floated or read as an emblem. Flowers sit apart from Herbs because the significance attaches to the flower itself rather than to a preparation made from the plant, and apart from Trees because it belongs to a season rather than to a standing thing. It is one of the larger shelves in Plants, and many entries appear in offering and funerary practice in several traditions at once.