Dryas octopetala
Beinn a' Ghlò has such a diversity of flora that it has been declared a SSSI and a SAC over an area of . It is a region of European dry heaths and there are many species of alpine and marsh plants on the mountain such as the rare yellow oxytropis "(Oxytropis campestris)", mountain avens "(Dryas octopetala)", rock speedwell "(Veronica fruticans)", rock sedge "(Carex rupestris)" and green spleenwort "(Asplenium viride)".