Western Isles - Yellow and Orange Wild Flowers - Wildflowers & - Hebrides Flowers
The Hebrides has a many lovely yellow and orange wildflowers, from Birds Foot Trefoil, Bog Asphodel, Gorse, Celandine, Primroses, Biting Stonecrop, Silverweed and many more, not least the carpets of yellow flag irises that appear early summer. The machair - a carpet of mixed wildflowers that grace the Western isles through the summer is simply lovely. Read about each wildflower and view pictures
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Birds Foot Treefoil |
Birds foot trefoil, a member of the pea family. Its clover like lovely tiny yellow flowers are seen all over The Isles.
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Blotched Monkey Flower |
Pretty mimulus luteus, grows here in the Hebrides almost wild. It is thought to have been introduced but thrives very well.
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Bog Asphodel |
Bog Asphodel, Bright Yellow flowers on a long spiky stem, the yellow wildflowers show orange tips after flowering
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Lesser Celandine |
Surprisingly it was the lesser celandine that Wordsworth loved best - not daffodils as many think.
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Gorse |
Gorse likes the acid soil. The yellow flowers on this spiny evergreen shrub are prolific during April and May
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Hawkweed |
Tiny little pretty yellow wildflowers seen all over The Western Isles. Many consider a weed - but it is too pretty to be a weed
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Honeysuckle |
Honeysuckle, native to the Western Isles, This plant was a mass of flowers wedged in the rock face at Lingerbay - Isle of Harris
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Iris - Yellow Flag |
The wild iris or flag iris are very prolific here in The Hebrides. The flowers appear from April through to June.
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Kidney Vetch |
Clusters of Yellow wildflowers with patches of orange or red on them creating lovely bright displays
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Ladies Bedstraw |
Clusters of yellow wildflowers that create a carpet on the machair or by the sea on the sandy dunes.
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Machair |
Particular areas of the Western Isles have their own machair's made up of all different types of wildflowers .
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Lesser Butterfly Orchid |
Tiny delicate wildflower, the lesser butterfly orchid, in recent times seen only in Western Scotland & The Western Isles.
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Marsh Marigold |
A plant of wet meadows, marshes , wet woodlands, grows well in shade. Bright, glowing yellow flowers in the spring!
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Lesser Butterfly Orchid |
Tiny delicate wildflower, the lesser butterfly orchid, in recent times seen only in Western Scotland & The Western Isles.
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Montbretia |
Montbretia grows wild in some parts of the Western Isles. In September its bright copper colour makes stunning wildflowers.
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Primroses |
Primroses, Creamy Yellow Wildflowers. One of the first flowers in the Hebrides to herald in spring.
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Plantain - Sea Plantain |
Sea Plantain, green flowers whose anthers are yellow, these lovely yellow wildflowers, thrive by the sea
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Common Ragwort |
It is hard to believe - but these pretty yellow wildflowers are really weeds, all the same very pretty flowers
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Silverweed |
The underside of the leaves of the silverweed plant are silver in colour - hence the name.
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Biting Stonecrop |
Golden yellow star shaped wildflowers that appear in sprays above the succulent leaves, in rock crevices or on the sand.
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Tansy |
Tansy a perennial herbaceous flowering plant of the aster family, The yellow buttonlike wildflowers are lovely
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Tormentil |
The tiny flowers create a carpet along the moors really are very pretty when you take the time to look close up - so very tiny!
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Yellow Rattle |
Yellow Rattle an annual seen in the Western Isles. The tube like yellow flowers appear in the summer .
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Miscellaneous - Lichen - Seaweed |
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Seaweed |
Many different types of seaweed wash up on the Hebrides shores, some are really pretty. Read more and see pictures
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Lichen |
Lichen organisms / funghi are really diverse. From bright yellow lichen through to grey green lichen
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