Alaska Wildflowers
Wildflowers in Alaska have to be in a hurry, because summer sun lasts only a few months. Here are some of the flowers we saw in the mountains and temperate rainforest. Some plant names I am certain of, others are just good guesses, or no guesses at all. Please let me know if you see an error or can name an unknown.
Alaska Spirea • Spirea Beauveridiana
Alaska Spirea • Spirea Beauveridiana
Alaska Spirea • Spirea Beauveridiana
Alaska Violet • Viola Langsdorfii
Alpine Azalea • Loiseleuria procumbens
Alp Lily • Lloyd serotina
Anemone • Anemone sp.
Anemone • Anemone sp.
Anemone • Anemone sp.
Anemone • Anemone sp.
Mystery flower
Arctic Lupine • Lupinus arcticus
Arctic Willow • Salix arctica
Avens Seedhead • Dryas sp.
Bluebells • Mertensia paniculata
Butterfly
Butterfly on Nagoonberry
Butterfly
Capitate Lousewort • Pedicularis capitata
Starwort • Stellaria longipes
Dwarf Dogwood • Cornus canadensis
Dwarf Dogwood • Cornus canadensis
Frigid Coltsfoot • Petasites frigidus
Horsetail Fern • Equisetum sp.
Horsetail Fern • Equisetum sp.
Labrador Tea • Ledum palustris ssp. groenlandicum
Labrador Tea • Ledum palustris ssp. groenlandicum
Lapland Rosebay • Rhododendron lappinicum
Large Leaf Avens • Geum macropyllum
Pixie Cup Lichen • Cladonia asahinae
Lichen
Lingonberry (Low-Bush Cranberry) • Vaccinium vitas idaea
Lingonberry • Vaccinium vitas idaea
Lingonberry • Vaccinium vitas idaea
Lingonberry • Vaccinium vitas idaea
Lupine Leaf • Lupinus sp.
Mystery flower 1
Moss Campion • Silene acaulis
Mystery flower 2
Mystery flower 3
Mystery flower 4
Mystery flower 5
False Lily of the Valley • Maianthemum dilatatum
Mustard
Mustard
Nagoonberry • Rubus arcticus
Nootka Lupine • Lupinus nootkatensis
Pink Pyrola • Pyrola asarifolia
Prickly Rose • Rosa acicularis
Prickly Rose • Rosa acicularis
Prickly Rose • Rosa acicularis
Rock Jasmine • Androsace sp.
Rose Root •Sedum rosea
Spotted Saxifrage • Saxifraga bronchialis
Shrubby Cinquefoil • Potentilla fruiticosa
Spruce seedlings
Spruce Cone
Spruce Seedlings
Starflower • Trientalis europa ssp arctica
Starflower • Trientalis europa ssp arctica
Starflower • Trientalis europa ssp arctica
Tall Cotton Grass • Eriophorum angustifolium
Tall Cotton Grass • Eriophorum angustifolium
Wild Geranium • Geranium erianthum
Alaska Coastal Paintbrush • Castilleja unalaschensis