Famous for creating a carpet of blue flowers in early summer woodlands.The bluebell is a protected species.

Bog bean - Common in the bogs and lochs in The Western Isles - has white star shaped flowers in the early spring.

Lovely purple thistle like flowers adorn the long stems throughout July to September in The Western Isles of Scotland.

Butterwort has violet two-lipped flowers. It is a carnivorous plant that catches insects. It is seen all over The Western Isles.

Compact violet purple flowers - are a delight to see especially as they are becoming a little more rare.

Tiny blue flowers with a yellow centre, there are five types of forget me nots to be found in the Western Isles

A Tall plant thrives in woodlands, moors, mountains & sea cliffs. It likes acidic soils and so is suited to the Western Isles.

A lovely pink mauve geranium, the doves foot cranesbill. R really pretty wildflower. The mauve centres are stunning

Meadow Cranesbill - a lovely purple geranium, not native to the Western Isles, maybe garden escapes, but still pretty

Nodding blue bell shaped flowers display through the summer in the Hebrides amongst the machair's

Purple irises grow wild in The Isle of Harris, near Leverburgh, a protected species that only grow in the one place.

Cross Leaved Heath Heather, often called Bog Heather as it loves damp moist conditions is a much paler heather

These lovely purple wildflowers look like thistles, but they have no spikes, seen all over the Western Isles

Particular areas of the Western Isles have their own machair's made up of all different types of wildflowers .

Common Milkwort, blue, pink, mauve or white udder like wildflowers, one of the types seen here in the Hebrides

Heath Milkwort, blue, pink, or white flowers, similar to the common milkwort, flowering on marshy grass or moorland

This lovely mauve, pink, purple lilac plant grows near streams or wet boggy marshy land here in the Hebrides

The flower spike is dense , square topped, with 10-40 bright purple to magenta coloured flowers

The Hebridean spotted Orchid is specific to the Western isles and likes the lime that the sea shells bring to the sand & machair.

Scabious or Devils bit, pinky purple flowers, so called as the roots appear like they have been bitten off ( by the devil)

There are 6 types of Speedwell growing here. This species can be identified by the hairs on either side of the stem...

These lovely little red and purple wildflowers Self Heal - are native to Scotland and The UK

Heath speedwell differs other varieties of speedwell as its flowering stalks grow upright from the low growing stems. .

The star shaped delicate purple or blue wildflowers are low growing and tolerant of salt spray.

The first of the three thistles to flower in the Western isles summers, these lovely deep purple flowers in clusters

These pretty pink flowers are very pretty. The flower heads are larger than the creeping or marsh thistle flowers,

The first of the three thistles to flower in the Western isles summers, these lovely deep purple flowers in clusters

Tiny pink flowers seem to grow anywhere on the sandy coastal areas of the Western Isles as well as all over Scotland

Bush Vetch, a perennial climbing herb - with purple wild flowers during the summer months

Tufted Vetch, a perennial climbing herb - with blue wild flowers from May to August in The Western Isles.

These tiny blue flowers, the common dog violets - grow wild all over the Western Isles as do heath and marsh violets

Lovely deep blue violets, one of the three types of violets to be seen here in the Western Isles.

The first of the three thistles to flower in the Western isles summers, these lovely deep purple flowers in clusters

Many different types of seaweed wash up on the Hebrides shores, some are really pretty. Read more and see pictures

Lichen organisms / funghi are really diverse. From bright yellow lichen through to grey green lichen