The bright red calaniot (anemones) that cover the country’s southern fields each spring have now become Israel’s national flower. In an online election campaign held by the Society for the Protection of Nature (SPNI) and Ynet, the anemone attracted 28 per cent of the vote.
http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Calanit-the-anemone-crowned-as-Israels-national-flower-332962