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Alaska Wildflowers
Arctic gentian (Gentiana algida) is a low, white-flowered perennial of Arctic tundra, alpine meadows, and stony slopes, ranging from Alaska and the...
Nutzotin milkvetch (Astragalus nutzotinensis) is a mat-forming perennial of gravelly ridges, braided stream bars, and glacier margins in eastern Alaska and northwestern...
Hooded ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana) is a delicate orchid with a tightly spiraled inflorescence of white to greenish flowers, commonly found in wet...
Scotch false asphodel (Tofieldia pusilla) is a small perennial herb with a head of numerous tiny white flowers. It lives in wet...
Viburnum edule, commonly known as squashberry or highbush cranberry, is a white-flowering, berry-producing shrub. The red or orange berries are edible, are...
Long-stalked starwort (Stellaria longipes) is a small, highly variable perennial herb with 5 deeply divided petals (appearing as 10) found in a...
Lysimachia europaea, commonly known as arctic starflower or European starflower, is a small, white-flowering perennial herb with 5-9 petals arranged in a...
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Sparrow's-egg lady's slipper is a perennial herb in the orchid family with an inflated, egg-shaped lower petal with faint purple spots inside....
Moneses uniflora, commonly known as one-flowered wintergreen or single delight, is a small perennial herb with a single, nodding white flower. It...
Purple featherling or northern false asphodel (Tofieldia coccinea) is a small white and purple-flowering perennial herb that grows in alpine or montane...
Snow whitlowgrass (Draba nivalis) is a small, tufted, perennial herb in the mustard family with four white petals. It frequently grows on...
Cypripedium guttatum, commonly known as the spotted lady's slipper, is a perennial herb in the orchid family with a unique, purple-spotted, inflated...
Cutleaf anemone (Anemone multifida) is a small flowering plant, variable in color (with yellow, white, or purple sepals), that frequently grows in...
Chamaedaphne calyculata, commonly known as leatherleaf, is a small evergreen shrub that forms a terminal inflorescence of small, white, urn-shaped flowers and...
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Antennaria monocephala, known as pygmy pussytoes, is a small perennial notable for its solitary, radially symmetric, white flower heads. It thrives in...
Alaska Wildflowers | White Common Names gaillet boréalboreal bedstrawnorthern bedstraw Synonyms Galium boreale var. borealeGalium boreale var. hyssopifioliumGalium boreale var. intermediumGalium boreale...
Silene repens, known as pink campion, is a perennial forb/herb with creeping stems and erect flowering shoots. It features linear leaves and...
Alaska Wildflowers | White Common Names Canadian burnet* (See note in ID and Info section below)Sitka burnet Synonyms Sanguisorba sitchensisSanguisorba canadensis ssp....
Micranthes lyallii, also known as red-stemmed saxifrage, is a perennial herb found in northwestern North America. It features basal leaves with red...
Moehringia lateriflora, commonly known as bluntleaf sandwort or grove sandwort is a small, white-flowering perennial herb that lives in open forests or...
Spiraea stevenii, commonly known as Beauverd spirea or Alaska spirea, is a small shrub featuring inflorescences of numerous white flowers. Its leaves...
Heracleum maximum is a towering perennial herb with large leaves and white flower clusters and numerous traditional uses. It's prevalent in most...
Silene latifolia, or Bladder Campion - a white-flowering herbaceous plant native to Europe and now widespread in North America. More about identifiaction,...
Field locoweed (Oxytropis campestris) also frequently known as yellow oxytrope, is a white-to-yellow flowering plant frequently growing in gravelly or rocky terrain...
Anemone parviflora commonly known as the smallflowered anemone, windflower, or northern anemone is a white flowering plant very similar to the narcissus-flowered...
The common alplily, Gagea serotina (formerly Lloydia serotina) and its subspecies, var. serotina is a white-flowering plant with purple veins and grass-like...
Nelson's saxifrage (Micranthes nelsoniana), also commonly known as heartleaf saxifrage is a white-flowering plant with long stamens and pink anthers. It's found...
The lingonberry (or lowbush cranberry) is a small white or pink-flowering subshrub with berries that are very nutritious and are frequently made...
Milky draba (Draba lactea) is a small white-flowering perennial herb with four small petals. It grows mostly in near-polar regions in rocky...
Fries' pussytoes is a white flowering plant found resembling a cat's paw in high latitudes in North America, Greenland, and Siberia.
Diapensia obovata, the pincushion plant (previously Diapensia lapponica var. obovata) is a small, white-flowering, cushion forming perennial subshrub, often found in arctic...
Prickly saxifrage is a loosely mat-forming perennial herb with small white flowers that have yellow spots on the petals. It grows in...
White arctic mountain heather is a mat-forming perennial sub-shrub. The flowers are small, white, and bell-shaped. It typically grows in alpine ridges...
Alaska boykinia (Boykinia richardsonii), also known as Richardson's brookfoam is a showy, white flowering plant with large basal leaves, often found in...
Lehmann's rockjasmine, more commonly known as sweetflower rockjasmine, is a small, white or pink flowering plant with fused petals and a white...
The fruit from the cloudberry plant has numerous uses as a food. It has a circumboreal distribution across Canada, Alaska, and Eurasia....
Grass of Parnassus is a white-flowering, single stem plant often growing in marshy or boggy areas (often called bog star). It has...
The water arum, or wild calla, is semi-aquatic plant typically with a large white bract and large leaves. It is mostly poisonous...
The largeflowered wintergreen (Pyrola grandiflora) is an evergreen perennial with circumboreal distribution. It has a long stem with a raceme of 4-12...
Arctic sweet coltsfoot is a white-flowering plant with many flowering heads. It is found in northern latitudes in North America, Europe, and...
Mountain death camas is a lily-like white flowering plant in moist grasslands. The whole plant is very toxic to humans and livestock.
The arctic daisy (Chrysanthemum arcticum) is a 10-45 cm (4-18 in) tall perennial herb with white ray florets and yellow disk florets.
Common yarrow is a tall, weedy plant with a dense cluster of small, white flowers at the head. It may have antioxidant...
Dwarf dogwood is a flowering subshrub with 4 white or cream-colored bracts instead of petals and a small white or purple inflorescence....
The flowering head of Capitate valerian is typically 2-3 cm wide. The budding inflorescence is purple, and the flowers on the blooming...
Spring Beauty is a small plant with delicate magenta or white, 5-petaled flowers 15-20 mm in diameter. It is edible cooked or...
Mountain avens are an 8-petaled white flower frequently found in alpine environments distributed across the arctic and northwestern United States and Canada.
Arctic sandwort is a mat-forming plant with small, white, 5-petaled flowers. It grows in rocky or gravelly alpine environments and is native...
Rhododendron tomentosum is a low to medium-sized evergreen shrub. Each plant has several white-flowered inflorescences. Precautions should be taken if using as...
The narcissus anemone typically has 4-10 white sepals and somewhat hairy, basal leaves. It grows up to 60 cm (23 inches) tall...
Most species of Alaska cotton are between 30-60 cm (12-24 in) tall with a drooping head of cotton that is whitish in...