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Wildflowers of Mount Rainier

Glacier Lily (erythronium grandiflorum)

Avalanche Lily (erythronium montanum)

Pink Mountain Heather (phyllodoce empetriformis)

White Mountain Heather (cassiope mertensiana)

Spreading Phlox (phlox diffusa)

American Bistort (bistorta bistortoides)

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)

Tolmie's Saxifrage (micranthes tolmiei)

Mountain Sandwort (arenaria capillaris)

Nuttall's Linanthus (leptosiphon nuttallii)

Alpine Buckwheat (eriogonum pyrolifolium)

Columbian Lewisia (lewisia columbiana)

Silverleaf Phacelia (phacelia hastata)

Fleeceflower (koenigia davisiae)

Cusick's Speedwell (veronica cusickii)

Parry's Catchfly (silene parryi)

Dwarf Goldenrod (solidago simplex)

Alpine Yellow Fleabane (erigeron aureus)

Pale Agoseris (agoseris glauca)

Alpine Lake Agoseris (nothocalais alpestris)

Broadleaf Arnica (arnica latifolia)

Wandering Fleabane (erigeron peregrinus)

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)

Rosy Spirea (spirea splendens)

Oregon Sunshine (eriophyllum lanatum)

Cascade Stonecrop, aka Spreading Stonecrop (sedum divergens)

Oregon Stonecrop (sedum oreganum)

Pussypaws (calyptridium umbellatum)

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)

Subalpine Buttercup (ranunculus eschscholtzii)

Edible Thistle (cirsium edule)

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)

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)

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

Self-heal (prunella vulgaris)

Woodland Beardtongue, aka Turtlehead (nothochelone nemorosa)

Yellow Willowherb (epilobium luteum)

Pipsissewa (chimaphila umbellata)

Salal (gaultheria shallon)

Oregon Grape (berberis nervosa)

Twinflower (linnaea borealis)

Trillium-Leaved Sorrel (oxalis trilliifolia)

Thimbleberry (rubus parviflorus)

Thimbleberry - berries (rubus parviflorus)

Dwarf Bramble (rubus lasiococcus)

Strawberry Bramble, aka Five Leaved Bramble (rubus pedatus)

Salmonberry (rubus spectabilis)

Queen's Cup (clintonia uniflora)

Bunchberry, aka Dwarf Dogwood (cornus canadensis)

Bunchberry - berries (cornus canadensis)

Western Trillium (trillium ovatum)

Evergreen Violet (viola sempervirens)

Foamflower (tiarella trifoliata)

Scouler's Corydalis (corydalis scouleri)

Fireweed (chamerion angustifolium)

Goat's Beard (aruncus dioicus)

Red Elderberry (sambucus racemosa)

Red Elderberry - berries (sambucus racemosa)

Devil's Club - berries (oplopanax horridus)

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)