Common Name Scientific Name Common Name Scientific Name Rosaceae Polemoniaceae Mountain Avens Dryas integrifolia Tall Jacob's Ladder Polemonium acutiflorum Glacier Avens Geum glaciale Northern Jacob's Ladder Polemonium boreale Snow Cinquefoil Potentilla nivea Polemonium boreale f. Swamp Cinquefoil Potentilla palustris albiflorum Purple Cinquefoil Boraginaceae Villous Cinquefoil Potentilla uniflora Sea Lungwort, Oysterleaf Mertensia maritima lora Northern Shore-wort F Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus (Leguminosae) Alpine Forget-me-not Myosotis alpestris ssp. Alpine Milk-vetch Astragalus alpinus asiatica of Herschel Island Elegant Milk-vetch Astragalus eucosmus ssp. Scrophulariaceae sealei Pale Paintbrush Castilleja pallida ssp. caudata Hairy Milk-vetch Astragalus umbellatus C. caudata Territorial Park Liquorice-root alpinum Elegant Paintbrush Castilleja elegans Bear-root Glaucous Lagotis Lagotis glauca ssp. minor Arctic Lupine Lupinus arcticus (L. stelleri) Arctic Oxytrope Oxytropis arctica Capitate Lousewort capitata Field Oxytrope Oxytropis campestris Wooly Lousewort ssp. roaldii Arctic Lousewort Pedicularis langsdorfii ssp. Deflexed Oxytrope Oxytropis deflexa ssp. arctica Pendant-pod Oxytrope foliolosa Oeder's Lousewort Pedicularis oederi Blackish Oxytrope Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. Sudeten Lousewort nigrescens Whorled Lousewort Pedicularis verticillata Empetraceae Valerianaceae Black Crowberry Empetrum nigrum ssp. Capitate Valerian Valeriana capitata hermaphroditum Mountain Heliotrope Hippuridaceae (Compositae) Four-leaved Mare's-tail Hippuris tetraphylla Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium ssp. Common Mare's-tail Hippuris vulgaris borealis Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (A. nigrescens) Thoroughwort Bupleurum americanum Labrador Cat's Paw friesiana ssp. American Hare's Ear friesiana (A. ekmaniana) Northern Hemlock-parsley Conioselinum cnidiifolium Alpine Arnica Arnica angustifolia ssp. Cnidium cnidiifolium angustifolia Pyrolaceae (A. alpina) Arctic Pyrola Pyrola grandiflora Arctic Wormwood Artemisia norvegica ssp. Qikiqtaruk Arctic Wintergreen saxatilis Ericaceae (A. arctica) Tilesius's Wormwood Artemisia tilesii Alpine Bearberry Arctostaphylos alpina Red Bearberry Arctic Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum arcticum ssp. Arctic White Heather Cassiope tetragona polare Arctic White Bell Heather Low Fleabane Erigeron humilis Northern Labrador Tea Ledum decumbens Large-headed Fleabane Erigeron muirii Mountain Cranberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea E. grandiflorus ssp. muirii Sea-shore Chamomile Matricaria ambigua Lingonberry Primulaceae Scentless Mayweed Rock-jasmine Androsace chamaejasme ssp. Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot Petasites frigidus ssp. frigidus Sweet Flowered Androsace lehmanniana Lapland Butterbur Fairy-candelabra Androsace septentrionalis Narrow-leafed Saussurea Saussurea angustifolia ssp. Northern Androsace angustifolia Herschel Island Territorial Park Box 1129 Northern Shooting Star Dodecathion frigidum Marsh Fleabane Senecio congestus Inuvik, NT Northern Primrose Mastadon X0E 0T0 Gentianaceae Black-tipped Groundsel Senecio lugens (867) 777 – 4058 Star Gentian Lomatogonium rotatum ISBN 1-55362-195-6 March, 2004 Common Name Scientific Name Common Name Scientific Name Common Name Scientific Name Equisetaceae New Kobresia Kobresia hyperborea Tall Delphinium Delphinium glaucum Common Horsetail Equisetum arvense Bellard's Kobresia Kobresia myosuroides Tall Larkspur Field Horsetail Juncaceae Gmelin's Buttercup Ranunculus gmelinii ssp. Dwarf Scouring-rush Equisetum scirpoides Arctic Wood Rush Luzula arctica ssp. arctica Yellow Water Crowfoot gmelinii Sedge-like Horsetail (L. nivalis) Snow Buttercup Ranunculus nivalis Northern Mottle Scouring - Equisetum variegatum Baltic Rush Juncus balticus Pallas's Buttercup Ranunculus pallasii Rush Chestnut Rush Juncus castaneus Northern Buttercup Ranunculus pedifidus ssp. Variegated Horsetail Northern Wood Rush Luzula confusa affinis Bear Sedge Liliaceae Dwarf Buttercup Ranunculus pygmaeus Poaceae (Gramineae) Wild Onion Allium schoenoprasum var. Pigmy Buttercup Alpine Foxtail Alopecurus alpinus Chives sibiricum Turner's Buttercup Ranunculus turneri Arctagrostis Arctagrostis latifolia Common Alp Lily Lloydia serotina Papaveraceae Tawny Arctophila Arctophila fulva Salicaceae Arctic Poppy Papaver radicatum ssp. Arctic Brome Grass Bromus pumpellianus var. Arctic Salix arctica radicatum arcticus Blue-green Willow Salix glauca Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) Fisher's Dupontia Dupontia fisheri Northern Willow Alpine Bittercress Cardamine bellidifolia Baffin Fescue Festuca baffinensis Woolly Willow Salix lanata ssp. richardsonii Fingered Bittercress Cardamine digitata Short-leaved Fescue Festuca brachyphylla Oval-leaved Willow Salix ovalifolia Cuckoo Flower Cardamine pratensis Alpine Fescue Polar Willow Salix phlebophylla Meadow Bittercress Richardson's Fescue Festuca richardsonii (F. rubra Diamond-leafed Willow Salix pulchra Common Scurvy Grass Cochlearia officinalis ssp. ssp. richardsonii) Net-veined Willow Salix reticulata arctica Alpine Holly Grass Hierochloe alpina Polygonaceae Northern Tansy Mustard Descurainia sophioides Alpine Seneca Grass Mountain Sorrel Oxyria digyna Gray-leaved Whitlow-grass Draba cinerea Lyme Grass ssp. Mountain Meadow Bistort Polygonum bistorta ssp. Baffin Bay Whitlow-grass Draba corymbosa Dune Grass Villosissimu (Elymus arenarius plumosum Smooth Whitlow-grass Draba glabella ssp. mollis var. villosissimus Alpine Bistort Polygonum viviparum Long-stalked Whitlow-grass Draba juvenalis Arctic Meadow Grass Poa arctica Arctic Dock Rumex arcticus (D. longipes) Viviparous Arctic Meadow Poa arctica var. vivipara Caryophyllaceae Pallas's Wildflower Erysimum pallasii Grass Beringian Chickweed Cerastium beeringianum Edward's Eutrema Eutrema edwardsii Glaucous Bluegrass Poa glauca Sea-beach Sandwort Honckenya peploides var. Naked-stemmed Parrya Parrya nudicaulis Common Meadow Grass Poa pratensis ssp. alpigina (P. diffusa Arctic Penny-cress Thlaspi arcticum Junegrass alpigena) Long-podded Sandwort Minuartia macrocarpa Crassulaceae Speargrass Alpine Sandwort Minuartia obtusiloba Roseroot Rhodiola rosea ssp. integrifolia Arctic Alkali Grass Puccinellia arctica Reddish Sandwort Minuartia rubella (Sedum rosea ssp. integrifolia) Creeping Alkali Grass Puccinellia phryganodes Moss Campion Silene acaulis ssp. acaulis Saxifragaceae Sheathed Arctic Grass Puccinellia vaginata Arctic Lychnis Silene involucrata ssp. Alternate-leaved Golden Chrysosplenium tetrandrum Spiked Trisetum Trisetum spicatum involucrata Saxifrage Cyperaceae (Melandrium affine) Kotzebue's Grass-of- Parnassia kotzebuei Water Sedge Carex aquatilis Bladder Campion Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis Parnassus Northern Sedge (Melandrium apetalum var. Nodding Saxifrage Saxifraga cernua Gravel Sedge Carex glareosa arcticum) Flagellate Saxifrage Saxifraga flagellaris ssp. Hudson Bay Sedge Carex marina Long-stalked Stitchwort Stellaria longipes setigera C. amblyorhyncha (S. edwardsii S. laeta S. Foliolose Saxifrage Saxifraga foliolosa Mournful Sedge Carex lugens monantha) Stiff-stemmed Saxifrage Saxifraga hieracifolia Curved Sedge Carex maritima Low Chickweed Stellaria humifusa Yellow Marsh Saxifrage Saxifraga hirculus Fragile Sedge Carex membranacea Ranunculaceae Heart-leafed Saxifrage Saxifraga nelsoniana(S. Loose-flowered Alpine Sedge Carex rariflora Northern Monkshood Aconitum delphinifolium ssp. punctata) Rock Sedge Carex rupestris delphinifolium Purple Mountain Saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. Northern Single-spike Sedge Carex scirpoidea Alpine Anemone Anemone drummondii var. oppositifolia Hoppner Sedge Carex subspathacea lithophila Saxifrage Saxifraga reflexa Bear Sedge Carex ursina Northern Anemone Anemone parviflora Prickly Saxifrage Saxifraga tricuspidata Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium Small-flowered Anemone Three-toothed Saxifrage Arctic Cottongrass Eriophorum scheuchzeri Yellow Anemone Anemone richardsonii Hare's Tail Eriophorum triste Floating Marsh Marigold Caltha natans Compiled by Sheathed Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris ssp. arctica W.J. Cody and C.E. Kennedy