Need help with crossword-style clues

[cornflakegirl]

Got a school quiz with crossword style clues - number of letters in answer specified, but no chance to get letters that cross iyswim. The quiz has a garden theme. Four to go - can anyone help?

Medicinal daisy (8)
Protection (6)
Protection from the rays(6)
Jack? (7)

(Most of the clues were much better than this!)

As a possible assistance on the last one, there was another clue - Sterling? (4) - that we decided was Moss.

 

[Richard Schollar]

Protection = Armour ?

I hate crosswords - I am rubbish at them. Give me a good Sudoku, much better!

 

[cornflakegirl]

Do you have much armour in your garden?

I got bored of Sudoku - prefer Kakuro. Although I love a good cryptic crossword. Not the Guardian though - far too hard!

 

[Domski]

Jack = Sparrow

Dom

 

[Oaktree]

Protection from the rays = awning?

 

[mattrx731]

would 'foxglove' fit for medicinal daisy?

 

[cornflakegirl]

Dom, you're a genius! (Not that I didn't know that already )

Oaktree - yeah, we've got a couple of answers in that vein... I'm doubtful we're going to come up with a conclusive answer, but I live in hope!

Mattrx - do you know something about daisies that I don't...?

 

[mattrx731]

Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove)

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Description
Foxglove is a bienneial plant with soft, hairy, toothed, ovate and lance-shaped leaves in a basal rosette.

Not sure it's a daisy, but it's the only 8 letter medical plant I could come up with.
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[DonkeyOte]

There is of course the Daisy "Gaillardia, Burgundy" ... though whether or not you deem Burgundy to have medicinal properties is up to you ?

(OK, I googled "types of daisy")

 

[cornflakegirl]

Burgundy clearly medicinal!

Gaillardia actually part of the sunflower family though...