Jun 16, 2026
Saxman Totem Parki
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Flowers Guide
Flowers Guide for Alaska
Vast wild landscapes shaped by glaciers, bears
Flower highlights, bloom-focused sightings, and the best places to look for flowers in Alaska. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
199
Species
80
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Flowers across Alaska
This guide focuses on flowers within Alaska's wider region guide, with bloom-rich sightings and the places where wildflowers help define the landscape through the seasons.
Latest Sightings
Recent flower sightings in Alaska
A recent look at flower sightings across Alaska.
Jun 16, 2026
Saxman Totem Parki
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Jun 15, 2026
Kincaid Parki
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Jun 15, 2026
Kincaid Parki
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May 29, 2026
Saxman Totem Parki
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Sep 1, 2025
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Sightings Map
See where flower sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where flower sightings cluster across Alaska.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 flowers to look for in Alaska
These flowers are snapped the most across this region.
Dwarf Fireweed
14 snaps
fireweed
10 snaps
Canadian buffalo-berry
9 snaps
Prickly Wild Rose
8 snaps
Lingonberry
7 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for flowers in Alaska
These place guides connect well with the flowers covered in this region.
Park29 sightings12 species
Alaska, US
Kennecott
You might spot Dwarf Fireweed and Yellow Mountain-Avens.
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Park44 sightings50 species
Alaska, US
Illinois Street Historic District
You might spot Sandhill Crane, Fireweed, and Prickly Wild Rose.
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Park41 sightings44 species
Alaska, US
Gakona Historic District
You might spot Canadian Bunchberry, Saskatoon, and Canadian Buffalo-Berry.
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Park47 sightings50 species
Alaska, US
Saxman Totem Park
You might spot Bald Eagle, Salmonberry, and Ochre Sea Star.
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Park33 sightings50 species
Alaska, US
Chicken Historic District
You might spot Cliff Swallow, Pretty Jacob's-Ladder, and Dwarf Fireweed.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Alaska, US
Mount McKinley National Park Headquarters District
You might spot Moose, American Red Squirrel, and Lingonberry.
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Full Guide
Full Alaska flowers list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Dwarf Fireweed
fireweed
Canadian buffalo-berry
Prickly Wild Rose
Lingonberry
squashberry
western skunk cabbage
Devil's Club
Salmonberry
Tall Bluebell
common cowparsnip
prairie pasqueflower
Arctic Butterbur
Yarrow
Canadian bunchberry
Northern Bedstraw
common dandelion
common juniper
red raspberry
American Alyssum
Goatsbeard
Herb Robert
Mock Azalea
Northern Comandra
Pacific Bleeding Heart
Pretty Jacob's-ladder
Saskatoon
Siberian peashrub
Tilesius Wormwood
Virginia strawberry
White Sweetclover
beach-head iris
bird cherry
bog bilberry
bog wintergreen
common toadflax
field horsetail
fringed sagebrush
meadow buttercup
mountain hemlock
orange hawkweed
oxeye daisy
red-berried elder
Androsace septentrionalis
Arctic Lupine
Arrowleaf Senecio
Bog Labrador Tea
Bogbean
Cloudberry
Five-leaf Dwarf Bramble
Foxtail Barley
Leatherleaf Saxifrage
Moss Campion
Mountain Deathcamas
Northern Holly Fern
One-flowered Wintergreen
Ostrich Fern
Oval-leaf Blueberry
Red Osier Dogwood
Sea Thrift
Siberian Aster
Silverberry
Sitka valerian
Western Bunchberry
Western Lily of the Valley
alpine azalea
chokecherry
dark-throated shooting star
deer fern
fringe cups
northern coralroot
one-sided wintergreen
red baneberry
round-leaved sundew
seaside pea
shrubby cinquefoils
stairstep moss
western columbine
western maidenhair fern
white twisted-stalk
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