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Brochure about Subalpine Wildflowers at Mount Rainier National Park (NP) in Washington. Published by the National Park Service (NPS).
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Subalpine Wildflowers
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Mount Rainier National Park
Broadleaf Lupine
Marsh Marigold
Lewis' Monkeyflower
Pasqueflower
False Hellebore
Rosy Spirea
Mountain Monkeyflower
Elephanthead
Mountain Bog Gentian
The subalpine meadows of
Mount Rainier have long been
praised for their unsurpassed
beauty. Amidst the spectacular
wildflower meadows, the
uniqueness of individual
flowers often goes unnoticed.
Take time to admire each
flower for its own qualities
while using this guide to
familiarize yourself with the
different species. For more
information about wildflowers,
stop at the Sunrise or Paradise
visitor centers. Flower
identification books are
available for purchase
throughout the park. Please
stay on trails or thick patches of
snow and do not pick flowers.
Pasqueflower Seedhead
Blue / Violet Flowers
Pink Mountain Heather White Mountain Heather
Cusick’s Speedwell
Cascade Huckleberry
Rockslide Larkspur
Delphinium glareosum
Showy Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium pulcherrimum
Small-flowered Penstemon
Penstemon procerus
Spreading Phlox
Phlox diffusa
Subalpine Daisy
Erigeron peregrinus
Red / Pink Flowers
Cascade Huckleberry
Vaccinium deliciosum
Cliff Penstemon
Penstemon rupicola
Elephanthead
Pedicularis groenlandica
Lewis' Monkeyflower
Oreostemma alpigenus
Mimulus lewisii
Bird’s-beak Lousewort
Magenta Paintbrush
Pedicularis ornithorhyncha
Castilleja parviflora
Broadleaf Lupine
Pink Mountain Heather
Lupinus latifolius
Phyllodoce empetriformis
Cascade Aster
Rosy Spirea
Eucephalus ledophyllus
Spiraea densiflora
Cusick's Speedwell
Scarlet Paintbrush
Veronica cusickii
Castilleja miniata
Harebell
Western Columbine
Jeffrey’s Shooting Star
Dodecatheon jeffreyi
Mountain Bog Gentian
Gentiana calycosa
Cliff Penstemon
Jeffrey's Shooting Star
Alpine Aster
Campanula rotundifolia
Small-flowered Penstemon
Beargrass
Aquilegia formosa
Brown / Green Flower
False Hellebore
Veratrum viride
Subalpine Daisy
Alpine Aster
Cascade Aster
Avalanche Lily
Glacier Lily
Tiger Lily
Partridge Foot
American Bistort
Sitka Mountain Ash
Pearly Everlasting
Gray’s Lovage
Sitka Valerian
Scarlet Paintbrush
Magenta Paintbrush
Broadleaf Arnica
Arrowleaf Groundsel
“...the most luxurious and the most
extravagantly beautiful of all the alpine
gardens I ever beheld in all my
mountain-top ramblings.”
— John Muir on Mount Rainier’s meadows
Subalpine Buttercup
Fan-leaf Cinquefoil
Coiled-beak Lousewort
Bracted Lousewort
White Flowers
Bird’s-beak Lousewort
Smooth Mtn. Dandelion
Sitka Valerian
Smooth Mountain Dandelion
Tolmie's Saxifrage
Subalpine Buttercup
Valeriana sitchensis
American Bistort
Polygonum bistortoides
Nothocalais alpestris
Saxifraga tolmiei
Avalanche Lily
White Mountain Heather
Erythronium montanum
Cassiope mertensiana
Beargrass
Xerophyllum tenax
Yellow / Orange Flowers
Coiled-beak Lousewort
Arrowleaf Groundsel
Gray's Lovage
Bracted Lousewort
Marsh Marigold
Broadleaf Arnica
Partridge Foot
Fan-leaf Cinquefoil
Pasqueflower
Glacier Lily
Pearly Everlasting
Mountain Monkeyflower
Sitka Mountain Ash
Tiger Lily
Senecio triangularis
Pedicularis contorta
Pedicularis bracteosa
Ligusticum grayi
Arnica latifolia
Caltha leptosepala
Potentilla flabellifolia
Luetkea pectinata
Erythronium grandiflorum
Anemone occidentalis
Mimulus tilingii
Anaphalis margaritacea
Lilium columbianum
Sorbus sitchensis
Western Columbine
Rockslide Larkspur
Spreading Phlox
Tolmie’s Saxifrage
Ranunculus eschscholtzii
Mount Rainier’s subalpine meadows
receive enormous amounts of snow,
giving plants only a very short
summer growing season. Each
plant’s energy must be spent on rapid
flowering, leaving little energy to
recover from
damage caused
by footsteps or
other factors.
With each
step taken
onto the
meadows, an
average of 17
plants are damaged. Even if a
plant survives the weight of your
footstep, it may be stunted for years.
Please stay on trails or thick
patches of snow to protect fragile
vegetation while visiting the
meadows.
Harebell
Showy Jacob’s Ladder
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