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The cultivar Kimjongilia is a floral emblem of North Korea.
The Grateful Dead wrote the popular song "Scarlet Begonias".
Begonia Blossom Herbert is also a contemporary American artist from San Francisco.
In the 1993 American comedy Mrs. Doubtfire, a goat eats a begonia belonging to Miranda Hillard (played by Sally Field) during her son's birthday party.
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