Wildflowers of the Scottish Highlands (part 1)

Photo gallery of Highland wildflowers 1

Posted by fitheach on Sun 14 January 2024

Photos of the most common wildflowers in my part of the Highlands of Scotland.

Photo of a Devil's Bit wildflower

This is the first of two galleries (currently).

Plants shown in this gallery (in photo order):

  • Glasair Choille - Bugle - Ajuga reptans
  • Peasair nam Preas - Bush Vetch - Vicia sepium
  • Cnapan dubh - Common Knapweed - Centaurea nigra
  • Urach bhallach - Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii
  • Ura bhallach - Devil's bit - Succisa pratensis
  • Lus nan leac - Eyebright - Euphrasia
  • Lus an Righ - Wild Thyme - Thymus serpyllum
  • Fraoch - Common Heather - Calluna vulgaris
  • Fionnan geal - Grass of Parnassus - Parnassia palustris
  • Caorag-lèana - Ragged robin - Lychnis flos-cuculi
  • Dubhan Ceann-chòsach - Self-heal - Prunella vulgaris
  • Cruaidh lus - Sneezewort - Achillea ptarmica
  • (Gaelic unknown) - St. John's Wort - Hypericum hidcote
  • Lus na Feàrnaich - Round-leaved Sundew - Drosera rotundifolia
  • Cluaran deligneach - Spear Thistle - Cirsium vulgare
  • Meas an Tuirc-Coille - Tutsan - Hypericum androsaemum

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