Past riddles

I am named for a bloom and for an action past. What am I?

I hold your weight at the table, yet I’m also what you leave behind. What am I?

I'm a little tap that stings and a little clasp that holds. What am I?

I blacken fields with beating wings, yet cheer aloud when triumph rings. What am I?

I earn badges by the fire and may sneak ahead to spy. What am I?

I can fence in sheep or sign your name. What am I?

I can be raised but not picked up. Called, folded, or won. What am I?

I lift my face to morning light, a white skirt on a green stage; I'm picked to make crowns...

Paper with power, secret in hand; I speak without a voice to shape the land. What am I?

I lift shoulders without a sound, say ‘I don't know’ when words can’t be found. What am I?