Alpine Flora of Washington State













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Olympic Mountains

Anemone occidentalis
Delphinium glaerosum
Dryas drummondii
Erigeron fletti
Erythronium montanum
Petrophytum hendersonii
Phacelia sericea
Salix nivalis
Saxifraga caespitosa
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Senecio neowebsteri
Smelowskia calycina
Synthyris lanuginosa
Viola flettii

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Wenatchee Mountains

Anemone nuttalliana
Campanula parryi
Claytonia megarhiza nivalis
Dicentra uniflora
Douglasia nivalis
Erigeron compositus
Eriogonum ovalifolium nivale
Ipomopsis aggregata
Lewisia rediviva
Lewisia tweedyi
Penstemon procerus
Phacelia sericea
Saxifraga bronchialis






Many alpine plants of Washington State are interesting as well as beautiful.  Some are quite rare, restricted to a few mountain tops yet may coexist side by side with other species that live all around the globe.  Some will live only in rocky crevises, others only in a loose scree.  Both common and uncommon are depicted on these pages.

Click on the photos to go to the Olympics, North Cascades, Wenatchee Mountains, or Mt Rainier/South Cascades sections of this site.  Clicking on the plant photos will enlarge each image.  Species list is below each section.






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Mt Rainier

Campanula scabrella
Collomia debilis
Cassiope mertensiana
Erigeron aureus
Lupinus latifolius
Lupinus lepidus
Phlox diffusa
Phyllodoce glanduliflora
Potentilla fruticosa

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North Cascades

Anemone drummondii
Campanula lasiocarpa
Castilleja rupicola
Dryas drummondii
Dryas octopetala
Eritrichium nanum
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Silene acaulis

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Some non-alpines too......

Cassiope lycopodioides
Cypripedium montanum
Epipactis giganteum
Erythronium revolutum
Ribes lobbii
Rubeckia occidentalis








































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