<Li> In the USA, the' White Rose of Sharon' is the official flower of Phi Beta Chi, a national Lutheran - based Greek social letter sorority . </Li> <Li> In Canada, Rose of Sharon is a charity that focuses on helping pregnant and parenting young women under the age of 25 . </Li> <Li> In The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Rose of Sharon (often called "Rosasharn") is a major character, the eldest daughter of the Joad family and the sister of the protagonist Tom Joad . In nature the Rose of Sharon was found to survive the adverse conditions of the Dust Bowl just like Steinbeck's character . </Li> <Li> Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony takes the form of a monologue by a narrator self - identified as Chavatzelet HaSharon, "the lily that man has picked and thrown away ." </Li>

Meaning of rose of sharon in the bible