Wildflowers by Scientific Name - Flowers of Rainier

Wildflowers

by

Scientific Name

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Achillea millefolium

(Yarrow)

Achlys triphylla

(Vanilla Leaf)

Aconitum columbianum

(Monkshood)

Aconogonon davisiae

(Davis' Knotweed)

Actaea rubra

(Baneberry)

Adenocaulon bicolor

(Pathfinder)

Agoseris aurantiaca

(Orange Agoseris)

Agoseris glauca

(Pale Agoseris)

Allotropa virgata

(Candystick)

Amelanchier alnifolia

(Western Serviceberry)

Anaphalis margaritacea

(Pearly Everlasting)

Anemone deltoidea

(Three-leaved Anemone)

Anemone drummondii

(Drummond's Anemone)

Anemone lyallii

(Lyall's Anemone)

Anemone multifida

(Globe Anemone)

Anemone occidentalis

(Western Pasqueflower)

Antennaria lanata

(Woolly Pussytoes)

Antennaria media

(Alpine Pussytoes)

Antennaria microphylla

(Rosy Pussytoes)

Anticlea occidentalis

(Bronze Bells)

Aquilegia formosa

(Crimson Columbine)

Arabis eschscholtziana

(Hairy Rockcress)

Arctostaphylos columbiana

(Pinemat Manzanita)

Arnica latifolia

(Broadleaf Arnica)

Arnica longifolia

(Spearleaf Arnica)

Arnica mollis

(Hairy Arnica)

Arnica ovata

(Sticky Arnica)

Arnica parryi

(Nodding Arnica)

Arnica rydbergii

(Rydberg's Arnica)

Artemisia furcata

(Three-forked Artemisia)

Aruncus dioicus

(Goat's Beard)

Asarum caudatum

(Wild Ginger)

Bellis perennis

(English Daisy)

Bistorta bistortoides

(Bistort)

Boechera lyallii

(Lyall's Rockcress)

Boechera retrofracta

(Reflexed Rockcress)

Brewerimitella breweri

(Brewer's Mitrewort)

Caltha biflora

(Broad-leaved Marsh Marigold)

Caltha leptosepala

(Elkslip Marsh Marigold)

Calypso bulbosa

(Fairy Slipper)

Calyptridium umbellatum

(Pussypaws)

Campanula rotundifolia

(Common Harebell)

Campanula scouleri

(Scouler's Harebell)

Carex spectabilis

(Showy Sedge)

Cassiope mertensiana

(White Mountain Heather)

Castilleja cryptantha

(Mount Rainier Paintbrush)

Castilleja hispida

(Harsh Paintbrush)

Castilleja miniata

(Scarlet Paintbrush)

Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

(Magenta Paintbrush)

Castilleja rupicola

(Cliff Paintbrush)

Castilleja thompsonii

(Thompson's Paintbrush)

Cerastium arvense

(Field Chickweed)

Chamaenerion angustifolium

(Fireweed)

Cherleria obtusiloba

(Alpine Sandwort)

Chimaphila menziesii

(Little Pipsissewa)

Chimaphila umbellata

(Pippsissewa)

Cirsium edule

(Edible Thistle)

Claytonia lanceolata

(Western Spring Beauty)

Claytonia sibirica

(Candy Flower)

Clintonia uniflora

(Queen's Cup)

Collinisia parviflora

(Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary)

Collomia debilis

(Alpine Collomia)

Collomia heterophylla

(Varied-leaf Collomia)

Corallorhiza maculata

(Spotted Coralroot)

Corallorhiza mertensiana

(Western Coralroot)

Cornus unalaschkensis

(Western Bunchberry)

Corydalis scouleri

(Western Corydalis)

Dasiphora fruticosa

(Shrubby Cinquefoil)

Delphinium glareosum

(Rockslide Larkspur)

Dicentra formosa

(Bleeding Hearts)

Digitalis purpurea

(Foxglove)

Dodecatheon jeffreyi

(Jeffrey's Shooting Star)

Elmera racemosa

(Elmera)

Epilobium anagallidifolium

(Alpine Willow-herb)

Epilobium hornemannii

(Horneman's Willow-herb)

Epilobium lactiflorum

(White Willow-herb)

Epilobium luteum

(Yellow Willow-herb)

Epilopium clavatum

(Talus Willow-herb)

Eremogone capillaris

(Slender Mountain Sandwort)

Erigeron aureus

(Alpine Golden Daisy)

Erigeron compositus

(Cutleaf Daisy)

Erigeron glacialis

(Mountain Daisy)

Eriogonum compositum

(Arrow-leaf Buckwheat)

Eriogonum ovalifolium

(Cushion Buckwheat)

Eriogonum pyrolifolium

(Alpine Buckwheat)

Eriophorum angustifolium

(Narrow-leaf Cotton Grass)

Erysimum arenicola

(Cascade Wallflower)

Erythranthe alsinoides

(Chickweed Monkeyflower)

Erythranthe caespitosa

(Mountain Monkeyflower)

Erythranthe guttata

(Yellow Monkeyflower)

Erythranthe lewisii

(Lewis Monkeyflower)

Erythronium grandiflorum

(Glacier Lily)

Erythronium montanum

(Avalanche Lily)

Eucephalus ledophyllus

(Cascade Aster)

Festuca virdula

(Bunchgrass)

Fragaria vesca

(Wild Strawberry)

Gaultheria shallon

(Salal)

Gentiana calycosa

(Mountain Bog Gentian)

Geum macrophyllum

(Bigleaf Avens)

Goodyera oblongifolia

(Rattlesnake Plantain)

Hemitomes congestum

(Gnome Plant)

Heracleum maximum

(Cow-Parsnip)

Heuchera cylindrica

(Roundleaf Alumroot)

Heuchera glabra

(Smooth Alumroot)

Heuchera micrantha

(Crevice Alumroot)

Hieracium albiflorum

(White Hawkweed)

Hieracium scouleri

(Hound's-Tongue Hawkweed)

Hydrophyllum capitatum

(Ballhead Waterleaf)

Hydrophyllum fendleri

(Fendler's Waterleaf)

Hypericum anagalloides

(Tinker's Penny)

Kalmia microphylla

(Bog Laurel)

Leptarrhena pyrolifolia

(Leatherleaf Saxifrage)

Leptosiphon nuttallii

(Nuttall's Linanthus)

Leucanthemum vulgare

(Oxeye Daisy)

Lewisia columbiana

(Columbia Lewisia)

Ligusticum canbyi

(Canby's Lovage)

Ligusticum grayi

(Gray's Lovage)

Lilium columbianum

(Tiger Lily)

Linnaea borealis

(Twinflower)

Lomatium martindalei

(Mountain Parsley)

Lotus corniculatus

(Bird's-foot trefoil)

Luetkea pectinata

(Partridge Foot)

Luina hypoleuca

(Silverback Luina)

Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

(Broad-leaf Lupine)

Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

(Subalpine Lupine)

Lupinus lepidus

(Alpine Lupine)

Lysichiton americanus

(Yellow Skunk Cabbage)

Lysimachia latifolia

(Pacific Starflower)

Mahonia nervosa

(Cascade Oregon Grape)

Maianthemum dilatatum

(False Lily-of-the-valley)

Maianthemum racemosum

(Large False Solomon's Seal)

Maianthemum stellatum

(Starry False Solomon's Seal)

Mertensia paniculata

(Tall Bluebell)

Micranthes ferruginea

(Rusty Saxifrage)

Micranthes nelsoniana

(Nelson's Brook Saxifrage)

Micranthes odonotoloma

(Brook Saxifrage)

Micranthes tolmiei

(Tolmie's Saxifrage)

Microseris borealis

(Northern Microseris)

Monardella odoratissima

(Mountain Mondardella)

Moneses uniflora

(Woodnymph)

Monotropa hypopitys

(Pinesap)

Neottia cordata

(Heart-leaf Twayblade)

Noccaea fendleri

(Fendler's Pennycress)

Nothocalais alpestris

(Smooth Mountain Dandelion)

Nothochelone nemorosa

(Woodland Penstemon)

Oplopanax horridus

(Devil's Club)

Oreostemma alpigenum

(Alpine Aster)

Orthilia secunda

(One-sided Wintergreen)

Oxalis oregana

(Redwood Sorrel)

Oxyria digyna

(Mountain Sorrel)

Packera Flettii

(Flett's Groundsel)

Parnassia fimbriata

(Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus)

Pectiantia pentandra

(Alpine Mitrewort)

Pedicularis bracteosa

(Bracted Lousewort)

Pedicularis contorta

(Coiled-beak Lousewort)

Pedicularis groenlandica

(Elephantheads)

Pedicularis ornithorhyncha

(Bird's-beak Lousewort)

Pedicularis racemosa

(Sickletop Lousewort)

Pedicularis rainierensis

(Mount Rainier Lousewort)

Penstemon davidsonii

(Davidson's Penstemon)

Penstemon procerus

(Small-flowered Penstemon)

Penstemon rupicola

(Cliff Penstemon)

Penstemon serrulatus

(Cascade Penstemon)

Petasites frigidus var. frigidus

(Sweet Coltsfoot)

Petasites frigidus var. palmatus

(Alpine Coltsfoot)

Phacelia hastata

(Silver-leaf Phacelia)

Phacelia sericea

(Silky Phacelia)

Phleum alpinum

(Mountain Timothy)

Phlox diffusa

(Spreading Phlox)

Phyllodoce empetriformis

(Pink Mountain Heather)

Phyllodoce glandulifora

(Yellow Mountain Heather)

Phyllodoce xintermedia

(Hybrid Heather)

Pinguicula vulgaris

(Common Butterwort)

Pinus albicaulis

(Whitebark Pine)

Platanthera dilatata

(White Bog Orchid)

Platanthera stricta

(Slender Bog Orchid)

Polemonium californicum

(Showy Jacob's Ladder)

Polemonium elegans

(Elegant Jacob's Ladder)

Polemonium pulcherrimum

(Low Jacob's Ladder)

Potentilla flabellifolia

(Fan-leaf Cinquefoil)

Potentilla glaucophylla

(Varied-leaf Cinquefoil)

Prosartes hookeri

(Hooker's Fairybell)

Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata

(Common Self-heal)

Pterospora andromedea

(Pinedrops)

Pyrola asarifola

(Pink Wintergreen)

Pyrola chlorantha

(Green-flowered Wintergreen)

Rainiera stricta

(Tongue-leaf Rainiera)

Ranunculus eschscholtzii

(Subalpine Buttercup)

Rhodiola integrifolia

(King's Crown)

Rhododendron albiflorum

(White Rhododendron)

Ribes acerifolium

(Mapleleaf Currant)

Ribes lacustre

(Swamp Gooseberry)

Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum

(Red-flowering Currant)

Ribes viscossissimum

(Sticky Currant)

Romanzoffia sitchensis

(Sitka Mistmaiden)

Rosa gymnocarpa var. gymnocarpa

(Wood Rose)

Rubus lasiococcus

(Creeping Raspberry)

Rubus parviflorus

(Thimbleberry)

Rubus spectabilis

(Salmonberry)

Sabulina rubella

(Boreal Sandwort)

Salix commutata

(Undergreen Willow)

Sambucus racemosa

(Red Elderberry)

Sanguisorba stipulata

(Sitka Burnet)

Saussurea americana

(American Sawwort)

Saxifraga austromontana

(Yellow-dot Saxifrage)

Saxifraga cespitosa

(Tufted Saxifrage)

Sedum divergens

(Spreading Stonecrop)

Sedum oreganum

(Oregon Stonecrop)

Sedum rupicola

(Lance-leaf Stonecrop)

Senecio fremontii

(Fremont's Senecio)

Senecio integerrimus

(Western Senecio)

Senecio triangularis

(Arrowleaf Senecio)

Silene acaulis

(Moss Campion)

Silene suksdorfi

(Cascade Catchfly)

Smelowskia americana

(Smelowskia)

Solidago lepida

(Canada Goldenrod)

Solidago multiradiata

(Northern Goldenrod)

Solidago simplex

(Dwarf Goldenrod)

Sorbus scropulina

(Cascade Mountain Ash)

Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

(Sitka Mountain Ash)

Spiraea Douglasii

(Douglas's Spiraea)

Spiraea splendens

(Rosy Spirea)

Spiranthes romanzoffiana

(Hooded Ladies' Tresses)

Streptopus amplexifolius

(Clasping Twisted Stalk)

Streptopus lanceolatus

(Rosy Twisted Stalk)

Symphyotrichum foliaceum

(Leafy-bracted Aster)

Tauschia stricklandii

(Strickland's Tauschia)

Tellima grandiflora

(Fringecup)

Tiarella unifoliata and T. trifoliata

(Foamflower)

Tolmiea menziesii

(Youth-on-age)

Tonestus lyallii

(Lyall's Goldenweed)

Trautvetteria caroliniensis

(False Bugbane)

Triantha occidentalis

(Tofieldia)

Trifolium longipes

(Long-stalked Clover)

Trifolium pratense

(Red Clover)

Trifolium repens

(White Clover)

Trillium ovatum

(Western Trillium)

Valeriana sitchensis

(Sitka Valerian)

Veratrum viride

(Green False Hellebore)

Veronica cusickii

(Cusick's Veronica)

Veronica serpyllfolia

(Thyme-leaf Speedwell)

Veronica wormskjoldii

(Alpine Speedwell)

Viola adunca

(Early Blue Violet)

Viola glabella

(Stream Violet)

Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens

(Small White Violet)

Viola orbiculata

(Round-leaf Violet)

Viola palustris

(Marsh Violet)

Xerophyllum tenax

(Beargrass)