Alaskan Flora

Merckia//Wilhelmsia physodes [Upper Coleen River]

Moss campion//Silene acaulis [Upper Coleen River]

Yukon groundsel//Senecio yukonensis [Upper Coleen River]

Arctic groundsel//Senecio atropurpureus ssp. frigidus [Upper Coleen River]

Three toothed saxifrage//Saxifraga tricuspidata [Upper Coleen River]

Purple Mountain Saxifrage//Saxifraga oppositifolia [Upper Coleen River]

Whorled lousewort//Pedicularis verticillata — more common pink version [Upper Coleen River]

Whorled lousewort//Pedicularis verticillata — more common pink version [Upper Coleen River]

Whorled lousewort//Pedicularis verticillata — uncommon white version [Upper Coleen River]

Whorled lousewort//Pedicularis verticillata — uncommon white version [Upper Coleen River]

Sudetic lousewort//Pedicularis sudetica [Upper Coleen River]

Capitate lousewort//Pedicularis capitata [Upper Coleen River]

Blackish locoweed//Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens [Upper Coleen River]

Bog Cranberry//Oxycoccus microcarpus [Upper Coleen River]

Buckbean//Menyanthes trifoliata [Upper Coleen River]

Longpod stitchwort//Minuartia c.f. macrocarpa [Upper Coleen River]

Arctic alpine forget-me-not//Eritrichium c.f. aretioides [Upper Coleen River]

Dwarf alpine hawksbeard//Crepis nana [Upper Coleen River]

Moss campion//Silene acaulis [Upper Coleen River]

Capitate Valarian//Valeriana capitata [Upper Coleen River]

Common butterwort//Pinguicula vulgaris–carnivorous!!! [Upper Coleen River]

Drummond’s mountain-avens//Dryas drummondii [Upper Coleen River]

Drummond’s mountain-avens//Dryas drummondii [Upper Coleen River]

Sparrow’s-egg lady’s-slipper//Cypripedium passerinum [Upper Coleen River]

Sparrow’s-egg lady’s-slipper//Cypripedium passerinum [Upper Coleen River]

Yellow coralroot//Corallorhiza trifida [Upper Coleen River]

Pale Indian paintbrush//Castilleja caudata [Upper Coleen River]

Siberian Aster//Aster sibiriucs [Upper Coleen River]

Griscom’s Arnica//Arnica griscomii [Upper Coleen River]

Windflower//Anemone parviflora [Upper Coleen River]

Bearflower//Boykinia richardsonii [Atigun Gorge]

Moss Campion//Silene acaulis [Atigun Gorge]

Glacial Avens//Geum glaciale [Atigun Gorge]

Mountain Avens//Dryas octopetala [Atigun Gorge]

Stiffstem Saxifrage//Saxifraga hieracifolia [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Marsh Saxifrage//Saxifraga hirculus [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Tall Jacob’s Ladder//Polemonium acutiflorum [Atigun Gorge]

Roundleaf Willow//Salix rotundifolia (most likely) [Atigun Gorge]

Cetraria tilesii {lichen} [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Xanthoria elegans {lichen} [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Alpine Bistort//Polygonum viviparum [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Longstalk Starwort//Stellaria longipes [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Cladina {lichen} [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Labrador Lousewort//Pedicularis labradorica [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Cetraria nivalis {lichen} [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Cetraria cuculata {lichen} [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Stereocaulon {lichen} [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Thamnolia {lichen} [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Rhizocarpon {lichen} [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Moonwort//Botrychium lunaria (probably) [access road near Kuparuk River]

Asahinea {lichen} [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Umbilicaria {lichen} [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Hypogymnia {lichen} [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Whiplash Saxifrage//Saxifraga flagellaris [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Crowberry//Empetrum nigrum

Bearberry//Arctous [Roche Moutonnée Creek valley]

Yarrow//Achillea millefolium aka Achillea borealis aka Achillea millefolium var. borealis aka a gazillion other names [Fortymile River area]

Death Camas//Zygadenus elegans [Near Taylor Highway]

Sparrow’s Egg Lady Slipper//Cypripedium passerinum [Along Taylor Highway just after Fortymile Bridge

Large Flowered Wintergreen//Pyrola grandiflora [Atigun Pass, Brooks Range]

Grass of Parnassus//Parnassia palustris [Near Taylor Highway]

Monkshood//Aconitum delphinifolium ssp. delphinifolium [South Fork/Main Stem Fortymile River area]

Prickly Saxifrage//Saxifraga tricuspidata

River Beauty//Epilobium latifolium

Strawberry Spinach//Chenopodium capitatum [Disturbed area near Wiseman, AK]

Alaska Poppy//Papaver alaskanum [Gravel bar, Teklanika River, Denali National Park]

Yarrow//Achillea millefolium aka Achillea borealis aka Achillea millefolium var. borealis aka a gazillion other names [Fortymile River area]

Alpine Forget-Me-Not//Myosotis alpestris [Riparian shrubland, Denali National Park]

Yellow Spotted Saxigrage//Saxifraga bronchialis [Riparian of South Fork/Main Stem Fortymile River]

Bluebells//Mertensia paniculata [South Fork/Main Stem Fortymile River area]

Bog Blueberry//Vaccinium uliginosum [South Fork/Main Stem Fortymile River area]

Cloudberry//Rubus chamaemorus [Riparian of South Fork/Main Stem Fortymile River]

Cnidium cnidiifolium [South Fork/Main Stem Fortymile River area]

Labrador Tea//Ledum palustre [South Fork/Main Stem Fortymile River area]

Lowbush Cranberry//Vaccinium vitis [South Fork/Main Stem Fortymile River area]

Northern Bedstraw//Galium boreale [South Fork/Main Stem Fortymile River area]

Red Burnet//Sanguisorba officinalis [Fortymile River]

Saussurea angustifolia [South Fork/Main Stem Fortymile River area]

Senecio lugens (?) [South Fork/Main Stem Fortymile River area]

Thoroughwax//Bupleurum triradiatum [South Fork/Main Stem Fortymile River area]

Wild Rhubarb//Polygonum viriparum [South Fork/Main Stem Fortymile River area]

Alpine Azalea//Loiseleuria procumbens (with Dryas leaves) [Summit Trail ridge, White Mountains National Recreation Area]

Memories of Dogwoods a bloomin’…Red-Osier Dogwood//Cornus sericea ssp. sericea [Eagle, AK]

Cornus………….? suecica? [Nome Creek Valley]

Arctic Bell Heather//Cassiope tetragona [Ridge in Fortymile uplands, near Mt. Fairplay?]

Diapensia lapponica [Ridge in Fortymile uplands, near Mt. Fairplay?]

Jacob’s Ladder//Polemonium acutiflorum [Along Lost Chicken Dredge Trail, Chicken, AK]

Northern Black Currant//Ribes hudsonianum [Along Lost Chicken Dredge Trail, Chicken, AK]

Northern Rock Jasmine //Androsace septentrionalis [Along Lost Chicken Dredge Trail, Chicken, AK]

Windflower//Northern Anemone//Anemone parviflora [Ridge in Fortymile uplands, near Mt. Fairplay?]

Wooly Lousewort //Pedicularis lanata [Ridge in Fortymile uplands, near Mt. Fairplay?]

Prickly Saxigrage//Saxifraga tricuspidata

Canadian Bunchberry//Cornus canadensis [Lower portion Angel Rocks Trail, Chena State Recreation Area]

Arctic Lupine//Lupinus arcticus [Steese Highway roadside]

Penstemon gormanii? [Taylor Highway roadside]

Alyssum obovatum…? [Bluff above river, gravely substrate]

Blackish Oxytrope//Oxytropis nigrescens [Fortymile uplands ridge, near Mt. Fairplay?]

Soapberry//Shepherdia canadensis [Fortymile River area]

Yarrow//Achillea millefolium aka Achillea borealis aka Achillea millefolium var. borealis aka a gazillion other names [Fortymile River area]

Marsh Cinquefoil//Comarum palustre [Atigun Pass…?]

Dryas [Small pass near Toklat River, Denali National Park]

Crepis nana [Small pass near Toklat River, Denali National Park]

Twinflower//Linnaea borealis [Muskeg near Grayling Lake, Chugach National Forest]

Drosera rotundifolia [Muskeg near Grayling Lake, Chugach National Forest]

Papaver alboroseum [Glacial moraine, Chugach National Forest]

Spotted Saxifrage//Saxigfrage bronchialis [Glacial moraine, Chugach National Forest]

Alaska Indian Paintbrush//Castilleja unalaschcensis [Chugach National Forest]

Mountain Harebell//Campanula lasiocarpa [Glacial moraine, Chugach National Forest]