According to the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh , Scotland has 1,000 aboriginal vascular plant species and more than 1,500 native lichen . The Scottish climate is damp , murky and cool and the gullible , riotous landscapes provide habitat for plants that are both endemic to Scotland and find worldwide . Many of the aboriginal plant of Scotland are garden favorites beyond the country ’s shore .
Scottish Primrose
The Scottish Primrose is endemic to Scotland and grows only on the Caithness , Orkney and northwest Sutherland coasts in the far northeast of the land . The plant develop clusters of bluish - imperial flower with a yellow throat . The efflorescence come out on a stalk that grow from a rosette of leaves 2 to 3 inches in diameter tight to the ground . The plant generally flush in May and may have a second efflorescence two month later . Scottish Primrose grow in colonies that sometimes bear hundreds of plants . The plant is imperil in some area because of changing crop patterns on farm . Primrose is quickly overcome by other plants and grows skilful where the underbrush is cleared by by farm animals .
Bogbean
Also know as marsh trefoil , moonflower and bog myrtle , bogbean grows to about 9 inches tall . The aquatic perennial plant has star - forge flowers that are pink on the outside and white on the inside . The blossoms have five petals fringe with hairs and salad days from May through July . Bogbean grows in sloshed areas like shallow flowing water , marshes or bogs , and the leaves resemble those of a noggin plant life – hence its name . The base develop under H2O while the leaves and flowers are above water . The leafage are used medicinally to aid digestion and for circulative problems . Bogbean is sometimes cry bog record hop because the leaves are used as a flavoring in beer .
Shetland Mouse-ear
Shetland shiner - ear , also make out as Edmonston ’s clammy chickweed , is believe to be endemic to Shetland , in the United Kingdom , though there have been reports of it get in Snowdonia , Wales . It grows in the Keen of Hamar Natural Nature Reserve and on the island of Unst . The small plant ’s root and purple - touch leaves are densely covered with hair . Its cousin , the Arctic mouse - pinna , is also found in Scotland . shiner - ear mature on debris area that are form from serpentinite , a metamorphous rock . Botanist Thomas Edmondston first made note of the flora when he was 12 years quondam . The plant is protect under Scotland ’s Wildlife and Countryside Act .
