Edelweissse is synonymous with Austria. A popular flower there, it's featured on coins and even protected like an endangered animal. One supposedly can't pick the flower there. The song Edelweiss from Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music has even been thought to be an Austrian folk song. If there's another flower as popular as Edelweiss featured in a song, it probably could be Jasmine in the Chinese folk song 茉莉花 Mòlìhuā Jasmine Flower which was created in the 18th century during the Qianlong era of the Qing dynasty. The song in 1896, has been used as a temporary national anthem by the Qing Chinese officials in Europe and is still going strong presently; being still used both in and outside China. In China, it has been used in the Olympics games and outside China, it has appeared in the opera Turandot and in a 1937 Hollywood movie The Good Earth and has been adapted by many international artists including Kenny G and Anton Arensky.
Here's are samples of 茉莉花 Mòlìhuā Jasmine Flower, including one fraturing Celine Dion:
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