Gorean Flowers

~Dina~

The Dina flower can be compared to the Urth rose in appearance. To look at the Dina flower, one would notice that it's a small, short-stemmed flower native to the hillsides. The Dina flower is sometimes called the 'slave flower' because it is often used as a design for slave brands and sometimes as a
slave name.

"...my own brand was the 'dina', the dina is a small, lovely, multiply petalled flower, short-stemmed, and blooming in a turf of green leaves, usually on the slopes of hills, in the northern temperate zones of Gor, in its budding, though in few other ways, it resembles a rose; it is an exotic, alien flower; it is also spoken of, in the north, where it grows most frequently, as the slave flower..."
Slave Girl of Gor, page 61

"But, perhaps the dina is spoken of as the slave flower merely because, in the north, it is, though delicate and beautiful, a reasonably common, unimportant flower; it is also easily plucked, being defenseless, and can easily be crushed, overwhelmed and, if one wishes, discarded."
Slave Girl of Gor, page 62

~Flaminium~

This flower grows to be very large with five petals in bright scarlet.

"There was a shallow bowl of flowers, scarlet, large-budded, five-petalled flaminiums, on the small, low table between us."
Hunters of Gor, page 154

~Flower Trees~

"And so we sat with our backs against the flower tree in the House of Saphrar, merchant of Turia. I looked at the lovely, dangling loops of interwoven blossoms which hung from the curved branches of the tree. I knew that the clusters of flowers which; cluster upon cluster, graced those linear, hanging stems, would each be a bouquet in itself, for the trees are so bred that the clustered flowers emerge in subtle, delicate patterns of shades and hues."
Nomads of Gor, page 217

~Talender~

The Talender flower is a delicate, yellow-petalled meadow flower that is symbolic of feminine love and beauty on Gor. The Talender flower can be woven into a crown to be worn by a free woman during the Companionship ceremony. It can also be worn in a slavegirl's hair as a silent plea for her to be slave raped.

"...I saw of set of ridges, lofty and steep, rearing out of a broad, yellow meadow of talenders, a delicate, yellow-petalled flower, often woven into garlands by Gorean maidens.
Outlaw of Gor, page 131

"The talender is a flower which, in the Gorean mind, is associated with beauty and passion. Free Companions, on the Feast of their Free Companionship, commonly wear a garland of talendars. Sometimes slave girls, having been subdued, but fearing to speak, will fix talenders in their hair, that their master may know that they have at last surrendered themselves to him as helpless love slaves."
Raiders of Gor, pages 216-217

~Thentis Veminium~

Veminium is a wildflower, blue in tone, that is used in perfumes. It can be found usually on the lower ranges of the Thentis mountains.

"The atmosphere of the pool was further charged with the fragrance of Veminium, a kind of bluish wildflower commonly found on the lower slopes of the Thentis range;..." Assassin of Gor, page 163

~Desert Veminium~

Veminium in a small, purple flower found in the Tahari desert that is used in perfumes.

"The petals of veminium, the 'Desert Veminium,' purplish, as opposed to the 'Thentis Veminium,' bluish, which flower grows at the edge of the Tahari, gathered in a shallow baskets and carried to a still, are boiled in water. The vapor which boils off is condensed into oil. This oil is used to perfume water. This water is not drunk but is used in middle and upper-class homes to rinse the eating hand, before and after the evening meal."
Tribesmen of Gor, pages 50-51

~Violet grass~

The Violet grass grows in stalky patches. It is one of several grasses used in the pleasure gardens of Turia.