The Cyclamen / Rakefet (Heb)

Cyclamen flower (Cyclamen persicum) represented Israel for the Beijing Olympics (2007). The voting turn out was 30% for cyclamen, whereas the second best candidate anemone (see below) received 28%.
see more http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3455278,00.html

Interestingly, there is even an UK based cyclamen society to encourage its cultivation and conservation.
See more http://www.cyclamen.org/indexCS.html