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Alaska Wild Flowers

This page is for my friend Anika. We both share a love for flowers.

Photos by Sarah Bundtzen, Fran Bundtzen, and Skip Nodler

L=latin name, G=German name, F=Finnish name

If any body knows a common name in another language, let me know.

  • Lapland Rosebay
 L (Rhododendron lapponicum)
is a wonderful touch of
colour on the high tundra.
  • Calypso
 L (Calypso bulbosa)
lives by my house.
I always expect
to find fairy's under them.
  • (Mountain Avens
 L (Dryas integrifolia
and octopetala)
G (Silberwurz)
both grow here in the high tundra.
Good sheep food and ptarmigan
love to eat the flowers.

  • Pasque Flower
 L (Pulsatilla patens)
G (Stern-Kuhschelle)
South facing slopes
where the snow melts away first.
First flower of Spring.
  • Shooting Star
 C (Docecatheon pulchellum)
G (Sternschuppe)
Lovely little flowers.
I've only found a few.
  • Alpine Azalia
 C (Loiseleuria procumbems)
G( Azalee)
Such tiny flowers.
Less than 1 cm across.

  • Fireweed
 L (Epilobium latifolium)
G (Weidenröschen)
F (Horsma)
You can tell how much of the summer
is gone by how far the flowers
are open up the stalk.
  • Bearberry
 L (Arctostaphylos alpina)
G ( Alpen-Bärentraube)
Just about our only
touch of red in the autumn.
  • Crowberry
 L(Empetrum nigrum)
Not very tasty.
At least to me.

  • Lapland Cassiope
 L (Cassiope tetragona)
One of my favourite Heathers.
  • Woolly Louseworts
 L (Pedicularis lanata)
G ( Wolliges Lausekraut)
Lives up to his name.
  • Mountain Hairbell
 L (Campanula lasiocarpa)
Such a lovely blue.

  • Diapensia
 L (Diapensia lapponica)
Sometimes the summer tundra
looks like it's covered
in a dusting of snow.
  • Forget-Me-Not
 L(Eritichium aretioides)
G (Vergiß-mein-nicht)
Usually the eyes are yellow.
Always a treasure to find.
  • Lupines
 L (Lupinus nootkatensis)
Brilliant touches of colour.

  • Wild Rose
 L (Rosa acicularis)
Microscopic thorns
that break off in your skin.
  • Twinflowers
 L (Linnaea borealis)
G (Moosglöcken)>br> So tiny and delicate.
Very common here in the woods.
  • Dwarf Dogwood
 L (Cornus canadensis)
Also called bunch berry.
Covers lots of the forest floor.

  • Purple or Bitter Cress
 L (Cardamine purpurea)
G (Schaumkraut)
Seen very few.
Dwarf birch at the top.
  • Anemone
 L (Anemone narcissiflora)
A very commomn tudra flower.