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The Eternal Flower Files - Flowers of the Fleur de Lys

Sources: (2) Eternal Flower model from the Models Resource (3) Fleur de lys symbol by Frater5 on Wikimedia Commons

Eternal Flower Floette is likely inspired by the fleur de lys, an ancient trinity symbol used by French heraldry and Christianity. The story goes that the first King of France, King Clovis, adopted the fleur de lys as the symbol of France after he was given a lily by the Virgin Mary during his baptism. King AZ inherited Eternal Flower Floette from his late mother.

The fleur de lys is where Lysandre, the descendant of King AZ's brother, gets his name. In fact, lots of prominent Pokemon characters get their names from flowers associated with the fleur de lys, as we'll see.

"fleur de lys" means "flower of the lily", and yet the flower it actually depicts is surprisingly more subjective. Let's look at four flowers connected to the fleur de lys: the iris, the lily, the gladiolus, and the red trillium.

The Iris

Sources: (1) Caddo Parish Iris Fulva by MusselParty on Wikimedia Commons (cropped) (2) Giant Apostle Iris at Gardino Nursey Corp

The iris is the national flower of France. Despite being called the fleur de lys, the symbol is widely agreed to be an iris for a few reasons. Visually, the shape of the fleur de lys is the biggest evidence. Like the iris, the fleur de lys has three upright petals, or "standards" and three hanging petals called "falls".

Irises have a wide range of meanings depending on the color, but there are no natural red irises like the Eternal Flower. Irises like the Apostle Iris, Copper Iris, or Japanese Iris all resemble the Eternal Flower. In Ancient Greece, irises were planted at graves (and are still used as funeral flowers) to signal Iris, the goddess of light and rainbows to guide them into the afterlife. This symbol of "light" comes up a lot in Fleur de lys symbolism.

Did you know that not only does Champion Iris get her name from the flower, but also her counterpart Drayden, and his Blueberry Academy son Drayton?

The Lily

Sources: (1) Asiatic Highland Lily at Breck's, (2) Asiatic Blackout Lily at Degroot

The Eternal Flower looks a lot like the Asiatic Red Lily, or more specifically the Asiatic "Blackout Lily".

Lilies are one of the oldest cultivated flowers, so their name and symbolism has spread to many similar flowers over time. Lilies are incredibly important to Christianity. It is said that liles sprung from the tears of Eve as she left the Garden of Eden. Lilies are used to represent a lot of elements in Christianity, but mostly the Holy Trinity and the Virgin Mary. In a sense they are a trinity symbol themselves, symbolizing light and rebirth, tying into that familiar theme of "life, death, and rebirth".

Both lilies and irises flowers represent light in different ways. While Iris is the Greek goddess of light, the lily represents light in Christianity, and an archaic name for the Fleur de lys and the lily is "fleur de luce" or Flower of Light. These light symbols are likely where Eternal Flower Floette gets her "Light of Ruin" attack from. The attack has an connotation of authority and power, which is not surprising given the connection between "light" and many authoritative, ocassionally wrathful gods associated with light like the Abrahamic god, Zeus, and the Egyptian Goddess Isis.

This light symbolism might point to Eternal Flower Floette being the "lambda Pokemon" in the logo for Legends: Z-A. The symbol has a leafy pattern at the bottom reminiscent of flowers.

(L)ambda is used as a constant for (L)ight wavelengths. Floette in general use light and wavelengths to share power with flowers, but clearly the Eternal Flower has exceptional power of its own Maybe the "ominous power", the light within the Eternal Flower allowing Floette to use "Light of Ruin" - is Infinity Energy.

The Gladiolus

Sources: (1) AdaMacey, (2) Black Star Gladiolus Flower bulbs at WalMart.

The Gladiolus is in the iris family, but it has the nickname "Sword Lily" for its long pointy stalks. I think the Sword Lily inspires the black spikes on the ends of the larger petals on the Eternal Flower. The Sword Lily is said to symbolize the Virgin Mary in Our Lady of Sorrows, represented with swords piercing her body. This reminds me of the black spikes on the Eternal Flower, which look like they're piercing the bloodred petals..

And yes, the Aether kids Gladius and Lillie get their names from the Gladiolus and Lily! Notice that the Arceus crest on Type: Null's helmet makes it look like it has swords locking the helmet to its head. Of course, that's a larger discussion about Arceus and light/god imagery, but there are so many important Pokemon characters named after lilies and irises that it's hard to ignore that GameFreak was paying special attention to them.

The Trillium

Sources: (1) Red Trillium 2010 by Saffron Blaze on Wikimedia, (2) Twisted Trillium by Hugh and Carol Nourse

The Red Trillium most likely inspired the Eternal Flower - so you may be wondering why I saved it for last. Unlike the ancient European history of the lily and iris, the Trillium was found in North America by European settlers. I say "found" and not "discovered" because Native Americans already used it medicinally. Since then, this relative of the lily has inherited a lot of European lily symbolism.

The symbolism of the Trillium seems to be a mixture of these two traditions. Native Americans used Trillium, also known as birthroot, as a female medicine for menstrual disorders, childbirth, and menopause. Midwifes would wear a trillium as a symbol of their work. (Source: Get to Know Trilliums - The Midwife's Medicine) It also has an antiseptic property, and was used to stop bleeding. This is where the trillium gets its symbolism of the divine female, blood, birth, and recovery.

Floette is a female only species, and notably Eternal Flower Floette seems to be connected to a lot of symbols of femininity, like the Virgin Mary, the Greek Goddess Iris, and the Triple Goddess associated with the triquetra.

Trillium is also called the wood lily, western lily, and the three-parted lily. In fact, the European symbolism of the lily isn't too different when you get down to it - it's associated with a mother figure, it symbolizes life, death, and rebirth, and both flowers are used to symbolize the Holy Trinity. Today the Trillium can be associated with a lot of these European trinity symbols like the Fleur de lys and the triquetra, because everything about it is triplicate. Three petals, three sepals, even the leaves grow in threes.

Like AZ's Floette, the trillium is a deceptively delicate flower that will disappear if you take advantage of it. Picking a trillium flower might endanger the plant's life. Eternal Flower Floette's story is a tragedy of a beautiful life exploited for war. First she was kidnapped and died being used as a weapon, and then after AZ resurrected her, she left him after witnessing him kill thousands in her name.

But if there's one thread that bonds these flowers together, it's the theme of rebirth. After 3,000 years, Eternal Flower Floette returned to AZ. While flowers wilt and die, they come back and blossom again in the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. I think it's incredibly likely that we too will be reunited with Eternal Flower Floette in Pokemon Legends: Z-A.

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Check out the first Eternal Flower Files: Sacred Geometry, or Eternal Flower Files Short: Thismia, as well as my other posts about Pokemon Legends: Z-A here:

Xerneas and Yveltal are Fungi: Let Me Explain

Poll: What Does the Λ in Legends Z-A Symbolize?

Pokemon Legends Z-A: What Is the Λ?

Aaah, it's an A! Is the A in Z-A the Tree of Life?

How much longer am I going to have to wait for a freakin' Unova remake?!

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uswildflowers · 7 years

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Iris fulva - red iris, a bit worse for wear!

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poisonerspath · 2 years

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JEZEBEL ROOT ❤️ A Phoenecian princess in the 9th century BCE, who became the wife of King Ahab, vilified in the Old Testament for persuading the King to worship the god Baal, a pagan nature deity. All sorts of cruel and tyrannical acts are attributed to her. She became the model for the “wicked woman,” a patriarchal concept used in Abrahamic religion to demonize strong and independent women. Jezebel was the embodiment of cruelty, greed and vanity according to….men. On the other hand she was a powerful woman acting with sovereignty, opulence and charisma. She also stayed true to the beliefs of her people and brought pagan religion back to Israel for a time. She represents the old gods, and is an enchantress in her own right. Jezebel root comes from one of 5 species of Louisiana Iris, this recipe used copper iris (Iris fulva). The use of this root comes from hoodoo, and African American folk practice that has influenced American folk magic in general. Jezebel root is traditionally used to attract a wealthy and generous male lover. It also has a dark and manipulative side, not only attracting but dominating this gentleman. Great for BDSM! The Curse of Jezebel is a notorious working using the whole root. It is a curse of vengeance, destruction and righteous anger. #sexmagic #luciferianwitchcraft #lefthandpath #shadowwork #sacredwhore #poisonpath #babalon #theredgoddess #darkherbalism #traditionalwitchcraft #veneficium #poculaamatoria #pharmakon #sexworkermagic (at Saint Petersburg, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd31H8BOwOX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#sexmagic #luciferianwitchcraft #lefthandpath #shadowwork #sacredwhore #poisonpath #babalon #theredgoddess #darkherbalism #traditionalwitchcraft #veneficium #poculaamatoria #pharmakon #sexworkermagic

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sapodrilo · 7 years

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Iris fulva

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floodoftwo2-blog · 7 years

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11/25/17 blog question 4

This may time like easy question that i hope to develop as i write just a head note.

The question is what other invoices spices have hit Wisconsin and what problems do they bring?

Well here a list of the plants

Norway maple

Alliaria petiolata—Garlic mustard

Arctium minus—Common burdock

Berberis thunbergii—Japanese barberry

Bromus inermis—Smooth brome

Campanula rapunculoides—Creeping bellflower

Celastrus orbiculatus—Oriental bittersweet

Centaurea maculosa—Spotted knapweed

Cirsium arvense—Canada thistle

Convallaria majalis—Lily of the valley

Convolvulus arvensis—Field bindweed

Crepis tectorum—Hawksbeard

Daucus carota—Queen Anne's lace

Dipsacus laciniatus—Cut-leaved teasel

Dipsacus sylvestris—Common teasel

Elaeagnus angustifolia—Russian olive

Elaeagnus umbellata—Autumn olive

Elytrigia repens—Quackgrass

Epipactis helleborine—Helleborine orchid

Euphorbia cyparissias—Cypress spurge

Euphorbia esula—Leafy spurge

Festuca arundinacea—Tall fescue

Glechoma hederacea—Creeping Charlie

Hemerocallis fulva—Orange daylily

Hesperis matronalis—Dame's rocket

Hieracium aurantiacum—Orange hawkweed

Hieracium caespitosum—Yellow hawkweed

Hypericum perforatum—St. John's wort

Iris pseudacorus—Yellow iris

Leonurus cardiaca—Motherwort

Lonicera maackii—Amur honeysuckle

Lonicera morrowii—Morrow's honeysuckle

Lonicera tatarica—Tartarian honeysuckle

Lonicera × bella—Bell's honeysuckle

Lotus corniculatus—Bird's-foot trefoil

Lysimachia nummularia—Moneywort

Lythrum salicaria—Purple loosestrife

Melilotus alba—White sweet clover

Melilotus officinalis—Yellow sweet clover

Morus alba—White mulberry

Myosotis scorpioides—Forget-me-not

Myriophyllum spicatum—Eurasian watermilfoil

Pastinaca sativa—Wild parsnip

Phalaris arundinacea—Reed canary grass

Phragmites australis—Common reed grass

Pinus sylvestris—Scotch pine

Poa compressa—Canada bluegrass

Poa pratensis—Kentucky bluegrass

Polygonum cuspidatum—Japanese knotweed

Populus alba—White poplar

Potamogeton crispus—Curly-leaf pondweed

Rhamnus cathartica—Common buckthorn

Rhamnus frangula—Glossy buckthorn

Robinia pseudoacacia—Black locust

Rosa multiflora—Multiflora rose

Rumex acetosella—Sheep sorrel

Saponaria officinalis—Soapwort

Securigera varia—Crown vetch

Solanum dulcamara—Climbing nightshade

Tanacetum vulgare—Tansy

Trifolium pratense—Red clover

Trifolium repens—White clover

Typha angustifolia—Narrow-leaved cattail

Typha × glauca—Hybrid cattail

Ulmus pumila—Siberian elm

Vinca minor—Common periwinkle

I place this list in this way to show the size of the problem and how this does not deal with the animals, algae, or fungus that have moved into the ecosystem. The basic problem they hold is destroy the ecosystem since these new spices lack a natural check to keep them in balance from overpopulation and remove spices That have libations due to the check and balances of nature. Do to this They have place The Chapter NR 40 to place limits and approves need to move new spices into the state. These measures are need to insure safety of the ecosystem.

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emhghtn · 5 years

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Foraging Information

To be included in small booklets on each page.

Foraging Tips

Wild Leeks (Allium tricoccum)

Features

Large, dagger shaped green leaves

Red and white stem

White bulb with roots in the ground

Onion-y aroma

Habitat

Grow among hardwoods, need some sunlight

Cooking Notes

Edible raw or cooked

Look a-Likes

Lily of the Valley – Thicker, waxier leaves, no onion smell, eventual white hanging flowers with floral odour, poisonous – do not ingest

How to Harvest

Ramps take seven years to grow from seed to mature plant, and because of this slow growth the improper harvesting of ramps has decimated populations in some areas. To sustainably harvest ramps, dig slightly into the ground and cut the bulb off right above the roots, leaving the roots intact and in the ground. This allows them to regrow the following season. Even more sustainably, just cut off one leaf from each plant. Never harvest more than 10% of the plants in one area.

Fiddleheads (Matteuccia struthiopteris)

Features

Bright green, tightly curled sprouts of the Ostrich fern

Multiple fiddleheads grow out of one crown/mound on the forest floor

Covered in a brown, papery coating that falls off with age

Deep, U-shaped groove up the stem

A dead, brown fern frond often remains on the crown throughout winter

Habitat

Hardwood canopies near rivers or stream beds

Moist areas but not submerged

Grow best in shade or dappled lights

Cooking Notes

Must be thoroughly cooked, steamed, or blanched before eating

Look a-Likes

There are many types of ferns that are not edible. Do not eat any that are furry, or the brown papery coating is difficult to remove, or there is no or only a slight groove in the stem.

How to Harvest

Harvest fiddleheads while they are between 6-15cm, only picking while fiddleheads are tightly coiled

Can be cut or snapped off

Only harvest 1/3 of the fiddleheads from each crown, or else it is possible the plant may be damaged or die and not regrow the following year. Do not harvest from crowns that have less than 4 fiddleheads growing from it.

Morels (Morchella sp.)

Features

Cap colour ranges from blond to black

Caps are fairly uniform, with ridges and inward pits (honeycomb-like)

Hollow inside from the tip of the cap to the bottom of the stem

Cap is attached directly to the stem

Spore print is light coloured, cream to pale yellow

Habitat

Grow in areas where there are ash, aspen, elm, oak, and apple trees

Grow naturally in pastures, meadows, and orchards, and often appear the spring after a forest fire

Cooking Notes

Cook thoroughly before eating. Avoid soaking or cleaning with too much water, a brush or damp cloth will suffice.

Look a-Likes

Verpa Bohemica – cap is not attached directly to the stem, cap hangs over stem like a skirt. Stem is filled with a cotton-like fluff. Edibility is debated.

Gyromitra species – convoluted cap but no real pits, more wavy. Wider than it is tall. Cap is red, stem is not hollow. Edibility is debated.

Verpa Conica – small, only slightly ridged cap. Cap has skirt-like attachment to stem. Questionably edible.

How to Harvest

Pull or cut from ground (cutting is cleaner).

Daylilies (Hemerocallis fulva)

Features

4 parts of the daylily can be eaten: shoots, tubers, buds, and flowers

Shoots are green, sword shaped leaves that unite in a cylindrical shape at the bottom

Tubers are under ground, small, light brown, whitish flesh

Buds appear before the flower, green, yellow, orange, and cylindrical

Flowers are orange, funnel shaped, growing from an unbranched stem. 6 ruffled petals are mainly orange but also show red and orange.

Habitat

Grow in cultivated habitats, gardens, roadsides, riverbanks, parks, open woodlands and meadows.

Avoid picking daylilies that are next to busy roadsides, as the plant can absorb chemical runoff from the road.

Cooking Notes

Chop up shoots and saute

Cook tubers like a potato

Steam, boil, stir fry or pickle buds

Flowers can be eaten raw, dried, or cooked.

Warning: some people experience intestinal distress when eating daylilies, especially raw, so always sample a small amount first and wait before consuming larger quantities

Look a-Likes

Tiger Lily (Lilium tigruinum) –flowers are spotted, and stem bears many leaves. Do not ingest

Iris shoots may resemble day lily shoots, but the iris leaf arrangement is much flatter and the plant does not have tubers

Cultivated daylilies have many genetic variants to produce different coloured flowers, and edibility is questionable. Stick to the common orange flowers.

How to Harvest

Young shoots (less than 10cm) can be cut off just above soil level to be eaten.

Tubers can be dug up from late fall to early spring. Don’t remove all tumors from a clump if you would like the plant to come back.

Buds can be picked while still green, closed, and firm.

Flowers only last one day, and can be cut and used while open

Black raspberries (Rubus occidentalis)

Features

Berries ripen from green to red to deep purple/black

Smaller fruits than blackberries

Hollow core (like a raspberry) when plucked off the stem

Grow on large, thorny brambles

Leaves have whitish underside

Habitat

Grow in disturbed areas—logging roads, open woods, edges of meadows, streams, lakes, trails, and roads

Cooking Notes

Can be eaten raw

Look a-Likes

Raspberries, blackberries, thimbleberries, and dewberries all look similar to the black raspberry, but fortunately for us, all these berries are edible

How to Harvest

Wear long pants and if you can tolerate the summer heat, long sleeves. Berries can be extremely thorny.

Pluck berry off stem, should be able to be removed easily if ripe. Collect in a bucket

Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)

Features

Upright, cone shaped fruit cluster, with small, fuzzy dark red berries

Branches are covered in light, velvety fuzz

Large (1 to 2 feet), green, compound leaves, with oppositely placed leaflets. Leaflets have serrated edges

4 to 15 feet tall, highly branched

Habitat

Hardy, grows in open areas –roadsides, forest edges, clearings

Full sun, tolerates most soil types

Cooking Notes

Can be dried like any spice, or made into a tea or syrup

Look a-Likes

Poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix) – should not be touched, let alone eaten. Key distinguishing feature is white-green berries.

How to Harvest

Cut off fruit clusters at their base with a knife or sheers

Do not harvest immediately following rain, as flavour diminishes

To find the best drupes, flavour can be tested by rubbing berries between fingers and licking fingers

Do not harvest from highly trafficked roadsides

Riverbank Grapes (Vitis riparia)

Features

Climbing, multi-stemmed, woody vine with forking tendrils and sticky discs that can envelop trees and bushes

Grape vines are thicker and higher than most vines

Deeply lobed, dark green leaves, similar to cultivated grapes. Heart shaped at base. Leaves should also taste like grapes

Fruits grow in hanging clusters that are blackish, dark blue, or purple, often with a powdery coating

Habitat

Grow along roadsides, fences, trail edges, and riverbanks. Need sun to grow.

Cooking Notes

Grapes and leaves can be eaten raw or cooked

Grapes contain large seeds, so they are generally more pleasant to juice or make into jelly than eaten whole

Look a-Likes

Moonseed (Menispermum canadense) – similar leaves, however fruit contains a single flat seed, instead of a round seed like the grape. Grows in shaded areas, and tendrils do not have sticky discs. All parts of this plant are poisonous.

Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus sp.) – has compound leaves with 3 to 7 leaflets on each leaf, instead of single leaf like the grape. Not poisonous, but not pleasant.

How to Harvest

Grapes have sweetest flavour after the first frost. Cut bunches off tree right above fruit cluster, removing any bad/old/wrinkled grapes

Apples (Malus sp.)

Features

Deciduous tree growing 6 to 15 feet tall

Leaves are alternatively arrange, simple green ovals

Fruit can be 1 to 4 inches in diameter, ranging from yellow to green to red

Habitat

Well drained nutrient rich soil and moderate sunlight, can stand alone on roadside or in groups in forest groves.

Cooking Notes

Can be eaten raw, however many wild apples are very astringent and better suited for cider

Look a-Likes

None

How to Harvest

Remove apple from tree by twisting fruit

Fallen fruit may be harvested from the ground, as long as not too old and rotten

Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sp.)

Features

Bright orange, fan shaped bracket fungi, often growing in a shelf formation

Smooth or wrinkled

Yellow or white underside, no gills, just small round pores

Flesh is thick and soft

White spore print

Habitat

Grows on dead or dying hardwood trees, commonly oak but also cherry and beech

Cooking Notes

Must be thoroughly cooked

Some people experience intestinal distress when eating, so sample small amount first

Look a-Likes

Few look-alikes, ensure underside is yellow or white with pores

How to Harvest

Use a knife to cut fungus off tree

Remove tough stem part

Older specimens may be entirely tough and not pleasant to eat

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