Flora.
Originally a Sabine fertility deity, Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers, gardens, spring, and love. A temple was dedicated to her in Rome in 238 BCE, and her springtime festival, the Floralia, was instituted after 173 BCE. These rites, which included games and the lascivious practices associated with fertility festivals, perhaps derived from the posthumous cult of a rich prostitute who called herself Flora and who left money to the state for celebrations. Ovid suggests that Flora was a transformation of the Greek nymph Chloris.
     In postclassical art, Flora is depicted holding garlands of flowers or leading a procession of spring revelers. She is often seen with her consort, Zephyr (the west wind). Flora is commonly represented in painting as a personification of spring and sometimes of the element Earth.

Further Reference: Held, J.S. 1960. "Flora, Goddess and Courtesan," in Essays in Honor of Erwin Panofsky, ed. by M. Meiss. Zürich: Buehler.

See also Gods and Goddesses, as Seasons; GodsGoddessesElements; and Zephyr.