USWildflowers Family List for
Alaska
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| Adoxaceae - Muskroot Family | Sambucus racemosa Red Elderberry, Red Elder, Rocky Mountain Elder, Scarlet Elderberry
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| Apiaceae - Carrot family | Heracleum maximum American Cow Parsnip, Masterwort, American Hogweed, Common Cowparsnip
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| Asteraceae - Aster family | Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow, Milfoil
Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly Everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting
Anthemis cotula Mayweed, Stinking Chamomile, Dog Fennel
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Oxeye Daisy
Cirsium vulgare Bull Thistle, Spear Thistle
Gaillardia pulchella Indian Blanket, Indian Blanketflower, Firewheel
Helianthus annuus Common Sunflower, Kansas Sunflower, Mirasol
Helianthus decapetalus Thinleaf Sunflower, Ten-petal Sunflower, Forest Sunflower, Pale Sunflower
Heterotheca subaxillaris Camphorweed, Camphor Weed, False Goldenaster
Hieracium aurantiacum Orange Hawkweed, Devil's Paintbrush
Hypochaeris radicata Hairy Cat's Ear, False Dandelion
Matricaria discoidea Pineapple Weed, Wild Chamomile, Rayless Chamomile, Disc Mayweed
Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan
Tanacetum vulgare Common Tansy, Golden Buttons, Bitter Buttons, Cow Bitter, Garden Tansy
Taraxacum officinale Dandelion
Tragopogon dubius Yellow Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard, Western Salsify, Wild Oysterplant
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| Boraginaceae - Borage family | Amsinckia menziesii Common Fiddleneck, Menzie's Fiddleneck, Rancher's Fiddleneck
Echium vulgare Viper's Bugloss, Blueweed, Blue Devil, Blue Borage, Common Echium
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| Brassicaceae - Mustard family | Hesperis matronalis Dame's Rocket, Damask Violet, Night-scented Gilliflower, Queen's Gilliflower, Mother-of-the-evening, Summer Lilac
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| Campanulaceae - Bellflower family | Campanula rotundifolia Bluebell Bellflower, Bluebell, Harebell, Bluebell-of-Scotland, Blue Rain Flower, Heathbells, Witches Thimbles
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| Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family | Symphoricarpos albus Common Snowberry, Upright Snowberry
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| Caryophyllaceae - Pink family | Silene latifolia White Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis
Stellaria media Common Chickweed
Vaccaria hispanica Cowcockle, Cow Soapwort, Cowherb
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| Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family | Calystegia sepium Hedge Bindweed, Hedge False Bindweed
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| Cornaceae - Dogwood family | Cornus canadensis Bunchberry, Bunchberry Dogwood, Dwarf Dogwood, Canadian Bunchberry, Dwarf Cornel, Creeping Dogwood
Cornus sericea Red-osier Dogwood, Western Dogwood, American Dogwood
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| Ericaceae - Heath family | Monotropa uniflora Indian Pipe, Ghost Flower, Ghost Plant
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| Fabaceae - Pea family | Medicago lupulina Black Medic, Black Hay, Hop Clover, Hop Medic, Yellow Trefoil
Melilotus albus White Sweetclover, White Melilot, Honey-Clover, Bokhara Clover
Melilotus officinalis Yellow Sweetclover, Yellow Melilot, Common Melilot, Field Melilot, Cornilla Real, White Sweetclover
Trifolium campestre Low-Hop Clover, Field Clover, Large Hop Clover, Hop Trefoil
Trifolium pratense Red Clover, Cowgrass
Trifolium repens White Clover
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| Gentianaceae - Gentian family | Gentiana algida Arctic Gentian, Whitish Gentian
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| Geraniaceae - Geranium family | Erodium cicutarium Crane's Bill Geranium, Redstem Stork's Bill, Storksbill, Redstem Filaree, Heron's Bill
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| Hypericaceae - St. John's Wort Family | Hypericum hypericoides ssp multicaule Reclining St. Andrew's Cross, Multi-stem St. Andrew's-cross, Low St. John's-wort, Straggling St. John's-wort, Decumbent St. Andrew's Cross
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| Lamiaceae - Mint family | Glechoma hederacea Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Haymaids, Creeping Charlie
Lamium purpureum Purple Deadnettle, Red Deadnettle, Purple Archangel
Lycopus uniflorus Northern Bugleweed, Northern Water Horehound
Prunella vulgaris Heal-All, Common Selfheal
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| Liliaceae - Lily family | Maianthemum racemosum False Solomon's Seal, Feathery False Lily of the Valley, Solomon's Plume
Maianthemum stellatum Starry False Solomon's Seal, Starry False Lily of the Valley, Starflower False Solomon's Seal Star-flowered Solomon's Plume
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| Linaceae - Flax family | Linum lewisii Wild Blue Flax, Lewis Flax, Prairie Flax
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| Lythraceae - Loosestrife family | Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife, Rosy Strife, Kill Weed
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| Nymphaeaceae - Water-lily family | Nuphar lutea Yellow Pond Lily, Cowlily, Spatterdock
Nymphaea odorata American White Water Lily, Fragrant Water Lily, White Water Lily
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| Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family | Chamerion angustifolium Fireweed, Narrow-leaf fireweed, Willow Herb, Rosebay Willow Herb, Blooming Sally
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| Orchidaceae - Orchid family | Calypso bulbosa Calypso Orchid, Fairy Slipper, Venus Slipper, Angel Slipper, Deer's Head Orchid
Cypripedium parviflorum Yellow Ladyslipper, Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper, Greater Yellow Lady's Slipper, Small Flowered Yellow Lady's Slipper
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| Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family | Orobanche uniflora One-flowered Broomrape ; One-flowered Cancer Root, Ghostpipe, Naked Broomrape
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| Papaveraceae - Poppy family | Eschscholzia californica California Poppy
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| Phrymaceae - Lopseed Family | Mimulus guttatus Yellow Monkeyflower, Common Monkeyflower, Seep Monkeyflower
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| Plantaginaceae - Plantain family | Collinsia parviflora Blue-eyed Mary, Maiden Blue Eyed Mary, Smallflower Blue Eyed Mary
Linaria vulgaris Butter-and-eggs, Common Toadflax, Yellow Toadflax, Wild Snapdragon
Plantago lanceolata Narrowleaf Plantain, English Plantain, Buckhorn, Lanceleaf Plantain, Ribwort, Buckhorn, Ribgrass
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| Polemoniaceae - Phlox family | Collomia linearis Narrowleaf Collomia, Tiny Trumpet, Narrow-leaf Mountain Trumpet
Polemonium pulcherrimum Showy Jacob's Ladder, Jacob's Ladder, Skunky Polemonium, Skunkleaf Polemonium
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| Polygonaceae - Buckwheat family | Fallopia japonica Japanese Knotweed, Crimson Beauty, Mexican bamboo, Japanese Fleece Flower, Reynoutria
Persicaria amphibia Water Knotweed, Swamp Smartweed, Water Smartweed
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| Portulacaceae - Purslane family | Claytonia perfoliata Miner's Lettuce, Indian Lettuce, Winter Purslane
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| Pteridaceae - Maidenhair Fern family | Adiantum pedatum Northern Maidenhair, Five-Fingered Maidenhair Fern
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| Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Ranunculus abortivus Littleleaf Buttercup, Littleleaf Crowfoot
Thalictrum occidentale Western Meadow-rue, Western Meadowrue, Meadow Rue
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| Rosaceae - Rose family | Aruncus dioicus Goatsbeard, Eastern Goatsbeard, Bride's Feathers
Dasiphora fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil, Shrubby Five-finger, Golden Hardhack
Fragaria virginiana Virginia Strawberry, Wild Strawberry
Prunus virginiana Chokecherry, Western Chokecherry, Black Chokecherry
Rosa woodsii Woods Rose, Common Wild Rose, Mountain Rose
Rubus parviflorus Thimbleberry, Western Thimbleberry, Salmonberry, Mountain Sorrel, White Flowering Raspberry, Western Thimble Raspberry
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| Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family | Verbascum thapsus Common Mullein, Great Mullein, Cowboy Toilet Paper, Flannel-plant
Veronica anagallis-aquatica Water Speedwell, Sessile Water-speedwell, Brook-pimpernell, Blue Water Speedwell
Veronica persica Bird's Eye Speedwell, Persian Speedwell, Birdeye Speedwell, Winter Speedwell
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| Violaceae - Violet family | Viola canadensis Canada Violet
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Number of Families represented 34
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Blooming now in Tennessee: American Witchhazel - Hamamelis virginiana
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