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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.

 

Yellow Wildflowers in the Western Isles

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	Groundsel	3-6", cultivated ground and waste spaces, seed-heads fluffy like mini-dandelions, spreads,
	Dandelion	6-12", first yellow flower of year, first seeds for birds, smooth stalks, toothed leaves, no hairs
	Colt's Foot	6", flowers like a dandelion's,. very thick , short downy stems, leaves come only after flowers , flowers finish in May , roadsides, sandy places
	Roseroot	6-12", fleshy succulent, rocks crevices, cliffs,
	Monkey Flower	2-4', streams and ditches, large spreading patches, lower lip lots longer than upper
	Blotched Monkey Flower	2-4', streams and ditches, large spreading patches, lower lip same length as upper
	Sea Plantain	6"-15", salty places, saltmarsh, cliffs, roadsides, long narrow pointed leaves
	Common Gorse	12"-6' shrub, lots of spines
	Changing Forget-me-not	5-12", starts yellow goes blue, bare soil wasteland and fields

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