Pink  - Red wildflowers of the Western Isles, often overlooked these colourful flowers on their long stems create quite a display
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Sometimes called Lady's Fingers, Birdsfoot Trefoil - a common perennial which thrives in short grassland a lovely yellow wildflower  
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This amazingly pretty mimulus luteus, grows here in the Hebrides almost wild. Ii is thought to have been introduced but thrives very well
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Bog Asphodel
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Bog Bean - Isle of Harris
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Famous for creating a carpet of blue flowers in early summer woodlands.The bluebell is a protected species.
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Bog Asphodel, Bright Yellow flowers on a long spiky stem, the yellow wildflowers show orange tips after flowering
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Bog bean - aquatic plant with large leaves. Common in the bogs and lochs in The Western Isles - has white star shaped flowers in the early spring
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Lovely purple thistle like flowers adorn the long stems throughout July to September in The Western Isles of Scotland.
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Lovely Purple wildflowers - Hebrides Flowers. This plant has pinkish violet two-lipped flowers. streaked with deep purple on long, leafless stems.
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Common Centaury
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Clover - Red Clover
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Cuckoo Flower - Lady's Smock
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Tiny pink wildflowers flowers common centaury, Centaurium erythraea, so delicate. This specimen was so tiny, only about 3ins high.
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Pink, Red or Purple wildflowers flowers common to the WEstern Isles, but really pretty when you view close up the tube like petals.
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These tiny pink flowers the cuckoo flowers grow wild in various places throughout the western Isles. Lovely wildflowers of the Hebrides.
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The Daisy a familiar, native wildflower seen of course all over The Western Isles. Attractive, silver white blooms with golden-yellow 'eyes'
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These lovely tiny white or lilac flowers the eyebright are seen in The Western Isles throughout the summer, pretty wildflowers.
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These lovely compact violet purple flowers - seen at Bosta in August are a delight to see especially as they are becoming a little more rare.
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Lovely Pink, Purple or white tubular bell shaped wild flowers - sometimes up to 75 flowers on one stem
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The nodding blue bell shaped flowers display through the summer in the Hebrides amongst the machair's create a vision of delicate beauty
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Vibrant bright pink bell heather, a lovely purple pink heather that profusely covers the rocks and drier parts of the island
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A paler heather with drooping bell shaped wildflowers looking slightly more straggly than the other 2 heathers that are here in the Hebrides
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Pale pink almost mauve heather with lovely dense terminal flower spikes. These tiny lilac flowers are nor bell shaped like the other 2 heathers here
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Honeysuckle, native to the Western Isles, these lovely wildflowers make quite a display. This one was a mass of flowers wedged in the rock face
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Purple irises growing wild in The Isle of Harris - near Leverburgh - in fact these here are a protected species and grow only in one place on the islands
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The wild iris or flag iris came about in the 5th century when the king of Franks, Clovis, used the Iris as a heraldic symbol on his battle flag. Very prolific here in The Hebrides
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Clusters of Yellow wildflowers with patches of orange or red on them creating lovely bright displays, this wildflower may be common but is still very beautiful
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These wildflowers seen all over The Western Isles, indeed throughout Scotland and the Uk look somewhat like thistles - but have no spikes. Lovely purple wild flowers.
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Lousewort - Mangersta
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Clusters of yellow wildflowers that create a carpet on the machair or by the sea on the sandy dunes. These wild flowers are native to the western Isles - Hebridean flora in all its beauty,
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Lovely wildflowers, white water lilies grow wild in the lochs in The Western Isles - Isle of Lewis. When they open up they are spectacular. Truly lovely wildflowers of The Hebrides
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This lovely pink flower the lousewort grows wild here in the Western Isles on the damp moorland - it just springs up everywhere - wherever the ground is damp and moist. Western Isles wildflowers - a surprising variety of Scottish flowers.
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Marsh Marigolds - Garry
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A plant of wet meadows, marshes , wet woodlands, grows well in shade. Bright, glowing yellow flowers of this clump forming, marginal aquatic plant appear in early spring.
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Common Milkwort, blue, pink, mauve or even white udder like wildflowers, just one of the types of milkwort seen here in the Hebrides
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Heath Milkwort, pretty little wildflowers seen in the Western Isles - either bright pink or blue - similar to the common milkwort, flowering on marshy grass or moorland
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This lovely mauve, pink, purple lilac plant growing near streams or wet boggy marshy land here in the Hebrides is a really pretty plant with lovly rounded flowerheads, during the summer months through to October
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Montbretia seems to grow wild in some parts of Scalpay - Isle of Harris. The quiet road from Tarbert towards Scalpay, in September fringed by banks of bright copper - coloured montbretia as well as along the lochs
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Wild Flowers - Early Marsh Orchid
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A wild marsh orchid - Orchids brighten many a spot in the Hebrides - particularly in The Isle of Harris - this marsh orchid we saw in Luskentrye on the way down to the beach - its vibrant red spikes a real colour splash
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Sea Plantain, green flowers whose anthers are yellow, these lovely yellow wildflowers, thrive by the sea. Just one of four types of plantain that grow here in The Western isles, another pretty yellow wild flower
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The Primrose wildflower, native to Britain and Europe. Seen all over The Western Isles, a small plant, typically no more than 4ins high. Its flowers which vary in colour from pale cream to deep yellow.
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The ragged robin wildflower, member of the carnation family, lovely pink flowers, likes damp places, readily seen on The Western Isles & Scotland. A very delicate looking wildflower of The Western Isles
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It is hard to believe - but these pretty wildflowers - are really weeds. Common ragwort is a weed of wasteland and pasture that occurs all over the Western Isles.
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Striking bright pink wildflowers, native to the Western Isles, these flowers provide for many insects whilst the fruit or hips borne in the Autumn are food for the birds.
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Scabious or Devils bit has lovely pinky purple flowers - was so called as the roots look like they have been bitten of - supposedly by the devil
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Sea Campion - lovely white wildflowers that can be seen on the cliff tops and flower here from May to July
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The underside of the leaves of the silverweed plant are silver in colour - hence the name. Another delicate looking Western Isles wildflower
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Sea Mayweed - Tripleurospermum maritimum - Garry - Beach - on the Rocks. - August 2009. A common seaside plant, commonly known as sea mayweed.
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These western isles flowers are low growing and very tolerant of salt spray. The star shaped delicate blue wildflowers really are pretty.
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Golden yellow star shaped wildflowers that appear in sprays above the succulent leaves, in rock crevices or on the sand
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Pale pink star shaped wildflowers that appear in sprays above the succulent leaves, in rock crevices, form a carpet of flowers
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) a perennial herbaceous flowering plant of the aster family. It has become invasive. Tansy thrives in almost any soil
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The first of the three thistles to flower in the Western isles summers, these lovely deep purple flowers in clusters are borne at the tops of very prickly stems
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These pretty pink flowers are very pretty. The flower heads are larger than the creeping or marsh thistle flowers, getting up to 4 cms in diameter.
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Tiny pink flowers seem to grow anywhere on the sandy coastal areas of the Western Isles as well as all over Scotland and the UK in coastal areas. Thrift was pictured on the British coins - threepenny bits.
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Tiny pink and mauve wildflowers native to the Western Isles thriving all over the islands. Great swathes of the flowers create carpets on the rocks, in the grass, very pretty and sweet scented too.
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These tiny yellow flowers can be seen all over the Western Isles. The tiny flowers which create a carpet along the moors really are very pretty when you take the time to look close up
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Tufted Vetch - Western Isles Wildflowers - This perennial climbing herb - has blue wild flowers from May to August in The Western Isles. The lovely blue flowers are pollinated by bees and flies
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These tiny blue flowers, the common dog violets - just grow wild on the cliff tops at Bosta although they can be seen all over the Western Isles. The flower is only tiny - a little smaller than a buttercup. May 2009
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A plant native to the Northern Hemisphere. Yarrow is a flowering plant with distinctive flat flower heads and lacy leaves. Has a common name "soldiers wound wort" as was used to stop soldiers bleeding.
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Yellow Rattle an annual seen in the Western Isles - Lovely yellow wildflowers The tube like yellow flowers appear in the summer with a violet tooth at the tip, although quite common are really pretty
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This grass often though of as a weed is really very pretty with its purple flower heads. It has many common names and the name Yorkshire Fog perhaps derived from the fact that it likes damp wet foggy conditions
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Stornoway i - Autumn Crocus

Purple groundcover - growing wild in The Isle of Harris - I aren't sure really whether this is heather or a type of rhododendron - there are lots of rhododendrons throughout the isles.

This flower I believe to be a type of Autumn Crocus was just behind the Lady Matheson Monument

This mushroom or toadstool -funghi - was quite large - certainly different - seen Traigh Mhor August 2009
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