| The mayflower derives its name from the Massachusetts pilgrims who saw it as the first flower of spring and named it after the ship that brought them to Plymouth Rock. |
| They stand on a compartment that shows the provincial flower, the mayflower, entwined with the thistle. |
| The rock is the land area around Birchtown where the settlers landed in Nova Scotia, represented by the provincial flower, the mayflower. |
| Dried dandelion leaves, as well as mayweed, goutweed, Canada mayflower, and clammy everlasting, leave much to be desired. |
| The Canadian mayflower brings forth thoughts about photosynthesis and nature's struggle with the law of entropy. |
| One of the two roses appearing on the New Brunswick stamps was replaced by the floral emblem of Nova Scotia, the mayflower. |
