Flowers of the Alpine Zone

Click on the thumbnail photo to go a flower's main page. Click on "Next Flower" to go directly to the next flower in the index or click "Return to Index" to return to the index page. Click on "Notes" on the main flower page to get descriptions, addtional photos and trail notes. Click on terms in yellow to access a glossary. The trail location descriptions will often contain a designation (photo) which will link to a photo of a natural feature or subject of special interest.

Alpine Buckwheat Alpine Pussytoes Alpine Sandwort
Eriogonum pyrolifolium Antennaria alpina Minuartia obtusiloba
Boreal Sandwort Cascade Catchfly Drummond's Anemone
Minuartia rubella Silene suksdorfi Anemone drummondii
Elmera Silver-leaf Phacelia Smelowskia
Elmera racemosa Phacelia hastata Smelowskia calycina
Sweet Coltsfoot Three-forked Artemisia Tolmie's Saxifrage
Petasites frigidus Artemisia furcata Saxifrage tolmiei
Yarrow Alpine Golden Diasy Cushion Buckwheat
Achillea millefolium Erigeron aureus Eriogonum ovalifolium
Fremont's Senecio Hairy Arnica Hybrid Arnica
Senecio fremontii Arnica mollis Arnica diversifolia
Lance-leaf Stonecrop Northern Goldenrod Rocky Mtn. Senecio
Sedum rupicola Solidago multiradiata Senecio streptanthifolius