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Wildflowers of Mount Rainier

Avalanche Lily (erythronium montanum)

Glacier Lily, aka Yellow Avalanche Lily (erythronium grandiflorum)

Pink Mountain Heather (phyllodoce empetriformis)

White Mountain Heather (cassiope mertensiana)

Yellow Mountain Heather (phyllodoce glanduliflora)

Spreading Phlox (phlox diffusa)

American Bistort (bistorta bistortoides)

Cliff Paintbrush (castilleja rupicola)

Scarlet Paintbrush (castilleja miniata)

Magenta Paintbrush (castilleja parviflora)

Pasqueflower, aka Western Anemone (anemone occidentalis)

Pasqueflower seedhead, aka "mouse-on-a-stick" (anemone occidentalis)

Broadleaf Lupin (lupinus latifolius)

Dwarf Lupin (lupinus lepidus)

Bear Grass (xerophyllum tenax)

Sitka Valerian (valeriana sitchensis)

Jeffrey's Shooting Star (dodecatheon jeffreyi)

Crimson Columbine, aka Western Columbine (aquilegia formosa)

Tiger Lily, aka Columbia Lily (lilium columbianum)

Common Harebell, aka Scottish Bluebell (campanula rotundifolia)

Shrubby Cinquefoil (dasiphora fruticosa)

Fanleaved Cinquefoil (potentilla flabellifolia)

Tolmie's Saxifrage (micranthes tolmiei)

Mountain Sandwort (arenaria capillaris)

Nuttall's Linanthus (leptosiphon nuttallii)

Lyall's Rockcress (arabis lyallii)

Alpine Buckwheat (eriogonum pyrolifolium)

Cascade Desert Parsley (lomatium martindalei)

Columbian Lewisia (lewisia columbiana)

Silverleaf Phacelia (phacelia hastata)

Fleeceflower (koenigia davisiae)

Silverback Luina (luina hypoleuca)

Cascade Wallflower (erysimum arenicola)

Low Jacob's Ladder (polemonium californicum)

Parry's Catchfly (silene parryi)

Cusick's Speedwell (veronica cusickii)

Dwarf Goldenrod (solidago simplex)

Alpine Yellow Fleabane (erigeron aureus)

Wandering Fleabane (erigeron peregrinus)

Pale Agoseris (agoseris glauca)

Alpine Lake Agoseris (nothocalais alpestris)

Broadleaf Arnica (arnica latifolia)

Alpine Aster (aster alpinus)

Cascade Aster (eucephallus ledophyllus)

Menzie's Penstemon (penstemon davidsonii var. menziesii)

Small Flowered Penstemon (penstemon procerus)

Cascade Penstemon (penstemon serrulatus)

Subalpine Monkeyflower, aka Tiling's Monkeyflower (erythranthe tilingii)

Purple Monkeyflower, aka Pink Monkeyflower, aka Lewis' Monkeyflower (erythranthe lewisii)

Yellow Monkeyflower (erythranthe guttata)

Oregon Sunshine (eriophyllum lanatum)

Pussypaws (calyptridium umbellatum)

Cascade Stonecrop, aka Spreading Stonecrop (sedum divergens)

Oregon Stonecrop (sedum oreganum)

Rosy Spirea (spirea splendens)

Partridge-foot (luetkea pectinata)

Mountain Beebalm (monardella odoratissima)

False Hellebore, aka Corn Lily (veratrum viride)

Arrowleaf Groundsel (senecio triangularis)

Mountain Bog Gentian, aka Rainier Pleated Gentian (gentiana calycosa)

Sickletop Lousewort (pedicularis racemosa)

Coiled Lousewort (pedicularis contorta)

Mount Rainier Lousewort (pedicularis rainierensis)

Bird's Beak Lousewort (pedicularis ornithorhyncha)

Elephant's Head (pedicularis groenlandica)

Yellow Coralbells (elmera racemosa)

Pearly Everlasting - buds (anaphalis margaritacea)

Pearly Everlasting (anaphalis margaritacea)

Edible Thistle (cirsium edule)

Marsh Marigold (caltha leptosepala)

Yarrow (achillea millefolium)

Candyflower, aka Siberian Miner's Lettuce (claytonia sibirica)

False Bugbane, aka Tassel Rue (trautvetteria caroliniensis)

Sitka Mountain Ash (sorbus sitchensis)

White Rhododendron (rhododendron albiflorum)

Pacific Dogwood (cornus nuttallii)

Northern Bluebells, aka Tall Bluebells, aka Tall Lungwort (mertensia paniculata)

Self-heal (prunella vulgaris)

Woodland Beardtongue, aka Turtlehead (nothochelone nemorosa)

Yellow Willowherb (epilobium luteum)

Salal (gaultheria shallon)

Salal - berries (gaultheria shallon)

Oregon Grape (berberis nervosa)

Oregon Grape - berries (berberis nervosa)

Pipsissewa (chimaphila umbellata)

Hooker's Fairy Bells (prosartes hookeri)

False Solomon's Seal (maianthemum racemosum)

Columbian Windflower, aka Western White Anemone, aka Three Leaved Anemone (anemonastrum deltoideum)

Western Spring Beauty (claytonia lanceolata)

Fool's Onion, aka White Brodiaea, aka Hyacinth Brodiaea (triteleia hyacinthine)

Twinflower (linnaea borealis)

Heartleaf Twayblade (neottia cordata)

Starflower (lysimachia latifolia)

Redwood Sorrel (oxalis oregana)

Vanilla Leaf (achlys triphylla)

Wild Strawberry (fragaria vesca)

Thimbleberry (rubus parviflorus)

Thimbleberry - berries (rubus parviflorus)

Salmonberry (rubus spectabilis)

Dwarf Bramble (rubus lasiococcus)

Strawberry Bramble, aka Five Leaved Bramble (rubus pedatus)

Red Flowering Currant (ribes sanguineum)

Bunchberry, aka Dwarf Dogwood (cornus canadensis)

Bunchberry - berries (cornus canadensis)

Queen's Cup (clintonia uniflora)

Western Trillium (trillium ovatum)

Evergreen Violet (viola sempervirens)

Calypso Orchid, aka Fairy Slipper (calypso bulbosa)

Foamflower (tiarella trifoliata)

Scouler's Corydalis (corydalis scouleri)

Small Flowered Blue Eyed Mary (collinsia parviflora)

Variableleaf Collomia (collomia heterophylla)

Red Elderberry (sambucus racemosa)

Red Elderberry - berries (sambucus racemosa)

Fireweed (chamerion angustifolium)

Goat's Beard (aruncus dioicus)

Devil's Club (oplopanax horridus)

Devil's Club - berries (oplopanax horridus)

Fool's Huckleberry, aka Mock Azalea (menziesia ferruginea)

Lyall's Angelica (angelica arguta)

Cow Parsnip (heracleum lanatum)

Largeleaf Avens (geum macrophyllum)

Wall Lettuce (mycelis muralis)

Pink Wintergreen (pyrola asarifolia)

Pacific Coralroot (corallorhiza mertensiana)

Pinedrops (pterospora andromedea)

Pinesap (monotropa hypopithys)

Western Skunk Cabbage (lysichiton americanus)