My wood cutter gave a mention of his sick daughter. I went to Jaroo to find out. He needs some spiffy plant from a swamp. The quest shows up in my book in red. Why is it red?
The swamp lotus can be found in one of the interim areas(in this case a swamp) which you will encounter while travelling to other areas. If the quest comes up red that means you´ve already been to that area and failed to pick up the swamp lotus, so the quest is botched. So, you´ll have to reload an earlier save and scrutinise each such transitional area via the tab key to avoid missing it in future.