Summary
Included here is the Shetland Islands. They include 16 inhabited islands north-east of the Scottish mainland, the largest of which is known as Mainland.
Of the endemic plants so far recorded there 22 endemic species and 1 endemic subspecies. However, all listed members of the Asteraceae are classed as apomictic (undergoing asexual reproduction) so not regarded as fully developed species by some authorities and as a consequence given name microspecies.
References
Scott, W., Harvey, P. V., Riddington, R. & Fisher, M. 2002. Rare Plants of Shetland. Shetland Amenity Trust, Lerwick.
Scott, W. & Palmer, R. 1987. The Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Shetland Islands Shetland Times, Lerwick.Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Valentine, D. H., Walters S. M., & Webb, D. A. (Eds). 2010. Flora Europaea. Five Volume Set. Cambridge University Press.