Red Daisy ?

[M&M]

Hi all,
this is our first posting so please be gentle with us ! !
On the first of June 2002, we visited Holy Island(the Welsh one)and were told by some amateur wildflower experts that close to where we were heading there were clumps of 'red Daisies'. Apparently these are very rare and only found in this particular area. We did find these plants but unfortunately we didn't have a camera with us. Can anyone suggest what they may have been?
The only thing that we can remember apart from the red flower is that the stems reminded us of Coltsfoot but that may be just due to memory fading over ther years.
Hope you can help,

M&M

[ceterach]

Welcome to the forum!



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All the best

[wildlifesnapper]

Hi

welcome to WAB.

There is a Purple Coltsfoot - Homogyne alpina , which is rare in Britain but I can't tell you where it is to be found.

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neil

[Tiggrx]

Not red but the South Stack Fleawort (Tephroseris integrifolius ssp. maritimus) is in the daisy and grows nowhere else in the world but on Holy Island...

[Hobjob]

Originally Posted by Tiggrx

Not red but the South Stack Fleawort (Tephroseris integrifolius ssp. maritimus) is in the daisy and grows nowhere else in the world but on Holy Island...

and no photos when googling

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Tiggrx

Not red but the South Stack Fleawort (Tephroseris integrifolius ssp. maritimus) is in the daisy and grows nowhere else in the world but on Holy Island...

This plant occurred to me but as it has yellow ragwort type flowers that couldn't be described as red I didn't post it- but given it's exclusivity you may well be right! Certainly can't think of a red composite that would fit!

[rscott74]

It resembles Orange Hawkweed perhaps not fully open. The colouration and structure look right.

[M&M]

Thanks for your responses. What a great forum this is. As to the colour, we both remember it as red but as I said before, it was a few years ago and the memory plays tricks !

Happy Christmas everyone,

M&M