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Western Isles Wildflowers

Western Isles wildflowers is a collection of information about our Hebridean wildflowers including identification hints, traditional herbal uses and general plant lore.

 

Pink Wildflowers in the Western Isles

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	Marsh Cinquefoil	10"-24" reddish purple, ditches, water's edge, in water floats, 3-7 leaflets per leaf, trailing stems
	Saltwort	5 ", shore edge
	Winter Heliotrope	Stornoway castle grounds, first flower in the year, soft downy stem and leaves (large), flower-heads develop into large cone-shapes
	Rhododendron	3' -12' shrub
	Honeysuckle	cliffs inland and by sea, walls, ruins, sides of high-sided rocky streams
	Marsh Thistle	2-4', tall, slender. first thistle to flower, looks all prickles!
	Common Hemp-nettle	2' - 3', like mint, cultivated land, disturbed ground, waste spaces, square stem, very hairy, rough leaves
	Common Wild Thyme	3-5", fluffy at first, on rocks, sprawling
	Knotgrass	Waste spaces, paths, sprawling, tiny pinkish flowers, swollen joints, can form large circles on ground
	Cuckooflower Lady's smock	8-18", grassy areas,
	English Stonecrop	creeping across rocks, or in crevices, sometimes in sandy soil, fleshy, succulent,
	Rough Comfrey	2', large plant forms spreading clumps, large leaves look like a foxgloves, stem has short bristles, flowers go blue
	Marsh Woundwort	3' tall, narrow and angular, in ditches or beside streams, long, narrow leaves

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