Ovid has created a Roman mythology from the Greek stories.He also attributes the birth of Mars to Flora in the following way:

"Juno, incensed by Minerva's springing spontaneously from Jupiter's head, wished to conceive a child without recourse to any male assistance. Flora gave her a flower which would make a woman pregnant by touching it. Juno then gave birth to Mars without prior sexual relations with Jupiter."

This passage demonstrates the power of fertility from the goddess Flora as well as her relations to spring when the flowers bloom.