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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
141
Species
61
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.
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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
Canadian buffalo-berry
9 snaps
fireweed
9 snaps
squashberry
7 snaps
Lingonberry
6 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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Park30 sightings12 species
Alaska, US
Gakona Historic District
You might spot Canadian Bunchberry, Saskatoon, and Canadian Buffalo-Berry.
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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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Park22 sightings12 species
Alaska, US
Kijik
You might spot Brown Bear, American Beaver, and Arctic Raspberry.
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Park17 sightings12 species
Alaska, US
Bremner Historic Mining District
You might spot Forest Bumble Bee and Alaskan Fritillary.
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Park19 sightings12 species
Alaska, US
Kijik Archeological District
You might spot Brown Bear, American Beaver, and Arctic Raspberry.
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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
Canadian buffalo-berry
fireweed
squashberry
Lingonberry
prairie pasqueflower
Arctic Butterbur
Salmonberry
common cowparsnip
western skunk cabbage
Canadian bunchberry
Devil's Club
Prickly Wild Rose
common juniper
red raspberry
Pacific Bleeding Heart
Pretty Jacob's-ladder
Saskatoon
White Sweetclover
Yarrow
bird cherry
bog bilberry
bog wintergreen
common toadflax
field horsetail
fringed sagebrush
meadow buttercup
mountain hemlock
oxeye daisy
Androsace septentrionalis
Arctic Lupine
Arrowleaf Senecio
Bog Labrador Tea
Bogbean
Five-leaf Dwarf Bramble
Foxtail Barley
Goatsbeard
Leatherleaf Saxifrage
Moss Campion
Mountain Deathcamas
Northern Bedstraw
Northern Holly Fern
One-flowered Wintergreen
Ostrich Fern
Oval-leaf Blueberry
Sea Thrift
Sitka valerian
Western Bunchberry
Western Lily of the Valley
alpine azalea
chokecherry
common dandelion
northern coralroot
one-sided wintergreen
red-berried elder
round-leaved sundew
seaside pea
shrubby cinquefoils
stairstep moss
western columbine
white twisted-stalk
Other Guides
Keep exploring Alaska
Switch from flowers to birds and bugs for a broader view of Alaska's wildlife and nature.
