Native wildflowers of Alberta and the prairies

The growth form, which is the first thing that decides where a plant can go.

209 plants

Alaska HarebellCampanula lasiocarpawildflower · Jul-AugAlberta PenstemonPenstemon albertinuswildflower · May-JulAlpine AsterAster alpinuswildflower · June-JulyAlpine Forget-me-notMyosotis asiaticawildflower · June-AugustAlpine Hedysarum (Bear Root)Hedysarum americanumwildflower · June-AugustAlpine Rock JasmineAndrosace chamaejasmewildflower · June-JulyArctic AsterEurybia sibiricawildflower · Jul-SepAscending MilkvetchAstragalus laxmanniiwildflower · Jun-JulBall CactusEscobaria viviparawildflower · Jun-JulBalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBastard ToadflaxComandra umbellatawildflower · May–JuneBlack-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirtawildflower · July–SeptemberBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBlue ColumbineAquilegia brevistylawildflower · June–JulyBlue-eyed GrassSisyrinchium montanumwildflower · June–JulyBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBoreale OxytropisOxytropis borealiswildflower · May-JulyBronze BellsAnticlea occidentaliswildflower · July-AugustButte PrimroseOenothera caespitosawildflower · June-AugustCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustCommon AlumrootHeuchera richardsoniiwildflower · June–JulyCommon PaintbrushCastilleja miniatawildflower · June–AugustCommon SunflowerHelianthus annuuswildflower · July–SeptemberCommon TwinpodPhysaria didymocarpawildflower · April-JuneCrowfoot VioletViola pedatifidawildflower · May-JuneCushion Umbrella PlantEriogonum androsaceumwildflower · June-AugustCut-leaved AnemoneAnemone multifidawildflower · June–JulyDesert Shooting StarPrimula conjugenswildflower · Apr-JunDotted BlazingstarLiatris punctatawildflower · August–SeptemberDrummond's MilkvetchAstragalus drummondiiwildflower · May-JulEarly Yellow OxytropisOxytropis sericeawildflower · May-JuneEastern Red ColumbineAquilegia canadensiswildflower · May-JuneElegant GoldenrodSolidago lepidawildflower · August-SeptemberEvening PrimroseOenothera bienniswildflower · July–SeptemberFalse DragonheadPhysostegia ledinghamiiwildflower · July-AugustFalse Dragonhead (Western Obedient Plant)Physostegia parviflorawildflower · July–AugustFalse Solomon's SealMaianthemum racemosumwildflower · May-JuneFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberFringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliatawildflower · Jun-AugFuzzy-tongue PenstemonPenstemon eriantheruswildflower · May-JulGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGiant SunflowerHelianthus giganteuswildflower · August–SeptemberGlacier LilyErythronium grandiflorumwildflower · Apr-JunGolden BeanThermopsis rhombifoliawildflower · May–JuneGolden DrabaDraba aureawildflower · Apr-JunGolden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoriawildflower · July-SeptemberGray GoldenrodSolidago nemoraliswildflower · August–SeptemberGreater Northern AsterCanadanthus modestuswildflower · July–SeptemberGreen MilkweedAsclepias ovalifoliawildflower · June-JulyGround PlumAstragalus crassicarpuswildflower · May-JuneGumweedGrindelia squarrosawildflower · July-SeptemberHairy ArnicaArnica molliswildflower · July-AugustHairy Golden AsterHeterotheca villosawildflower · July-SeptemberHarebellCampanula alaskanawildflower · July-AugustHeart-leaved Alexanders (Golden Alexanders)Zizia apterawildflower · May–JulyHeart-leaved ArnicaArnica cordifoliawildflower · May-JulyHoary AsterDieteria canescenswildflower · July-SeptemberHooded Ladies' TressesSpiranthes romanzoffianawildflower · July–AugustJerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosuswildflower · August–SeptemberJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberLarge-leaved AvensGeum macrophyllumwildflower · June–JulyLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberLate Yellow OxytropisOxytropis monticolawildflower · June-JulyLeafy ArnicaArnica chamissoniswildflower · July–AugustLeafy AsterSymphyotrichum foliaceumwildflower · July-SeptemberLilac PenstemonPenstemon graciliswildflower · June–JulyLindley's AsterSymphyotrichum ciliolatumwildflower · August–SeptemberLittle-leaved AlumrootHeuchera parvifoliawildflower · June-JulyLong-fruited AnemoneAnemone cylindricawildflower · June–JulyLow TownsendiaTownsendia exscapawildflower · April-MayLyalls PenstemonPenstemon lyalliiwildflower · June-AugustMany-flowered Aster (Tufted White Prairie Aster)Symphyotrichum ericoideswildflower · August–SeptemberMarsh AsterSymphyotrichum borealewildflower · July-SeptemberMarsh CinquefoilComarum palustrewildflower · June–AugustMarsh Hedge NettleStachys pilosawildflower · July-AugustMarsh Hedge Nettle (Marsh Woundwort)Stachys palustriswildflower · July–AugustMarsh MarigoldCaltha palustriswildflower · May–JuneMarsh SkullcapScutellaria galericulatawildflower · June–AugustMaximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximilianiwildflower · August–OctoberMeadow ArnicaArnica fulgenswildflower · May–JulyMeadow BlazingstarLiatris ligulistyliswildflower · August–SeptemberMissouri MilkvetchAstragalus missouriensiswildflower · May-JuneMoss CampionSilene acauliswildflower · Jun-AugMountain GentianGentiana calycosawildflower · Aug-SepMountain HollyhockIliamna rivulariswildflower · Jul-AugNarrow-leaved HawkweedHieracium umbellatumwildflower · Jul-SepNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustNorthern BedstrawGalium borealewildflower · June–AugustNorthern GentianGentianella amarellawildflower · July–SeptemberNorthern HedysarumHedysarum borealewildflower · Jun-JulNuttall's SunflowerHelianthus nuttalliiwildflower · August–SeptemberPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyParry's TownsendiaTownsendia parryiwildflower · May-JunePearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPink CorydalisCapnoides sempervirenswildflower · June-AugustPink Monkey FlowerErythranthe lewisiiwildflower · July-AugustPlains WormwoodArtemisia campestriswildflower · Aug-SepPrairie ButtercupRanunculus rhomboideuswildflower · April–MayPrairie CinquefoilPotentilla pensylvanicawildflower · Jun-JulPrairie Cinquefoil (Tall Cinquefoil)Drymocallis argutawildflower · June–AugustPrairie ConeflowerRatibida columniferawildflower · June–AugustPrairie CrocusPulsatilla nuttallianawildflower · March-MayPrairie GentianGentiana affiniswildflower · August-SeptemberPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustPrairie Onion (Textile Onion)Allium textilewildflower · May–JunePrairie SagewortArtemisia frigidawildflower · July–AugustPrairie ThistleCirsium flodmaniiwildflower · June-AugustPrairie TurnipPediomelum esculentumwildflower · May-JunePurple Avens (Water Avens)Geum rivalewildflower · May–JulyPurple ConeflowerEchinacea angustifoliawildflower · June-AugustPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberRed BaneberryActaea rubrawildflower · May-JuneRed ColumbineAquilegia formosawildflower · May-JulyRiver BeautyChamaenerion latifoliumwildflower · June-AugustRoadside Agrimony (Woodland Agrimony)Agrimonia striatawildflower · July–AugustRocky Mountain BeeplantPeritoma serrulatawildflower · June-SeptemberRocky-Ledge BeardtonguePenstemon ellipticuswildflower · Jun-AugRoserootRhodiola integrifoliawildflower · Jun-JulRound-leaved AlumrootHeuchera cylindricawildflower · June–JulyRound-leaved Yellow VioletViola orbiculatawildflower · May-JunSaline Shooting StarPrimula pauciflorawildflower · May-JunScarlet Butterfly PlantOenothera suffrutescenswildflower · Jun-AugScarlet GlobemallowSphaeralcea coccineawildflower · June–AugustScorpion WeedPhacelia sericeawildflower · Jun-AugSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShooting StarDodecatheon pulchellumwildflower · May–JuneShort-beaked AgoserisAgoseris parviflorawildflower · May-JulShowy AsterEurybia conspicuawildflower · July–SeptemberShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustShowy Jacob's-ladderPolemonium pulcherrimumwildflower · May-JulShowy LocoweedOxytropis splendenswildflower · June–JulyShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustShowy PussytoesAntennaria pulcherrimawildflower · May-JulSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugSilvery LupineLupinus argenteuswildflower · Jun-AugSitka ValerianValeriana sitchensiswildflower · Jun-AugSlender Blue BeardtonguePenstemon proceruswildflower · Jun-JulSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSmooth Blue BeardtonguePenstemon nitiduswildflower · May–JuneSmooth Fleabane (Streamside Fleabane)Erigeron glabelluswildflower · June–AugustSmooth Sweet CicelyOsmorhiza longistyliswildflower · May-JunSneezeweedHelenium autumnalewildflower · August-OctoberSpear-leaved ArnicaArnica lonchophyllawildflower · June-AugustSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustSquare-stem MonkeyflowerMimulus ringenswildflower · July-AugustSticky GoldenrodSolidago glutinosawildflower · July-SeptemberSticky Goldenrod (Mount Albert Goldenrod)Solidago simplexwildflower · July–SeptemberSticky Purple GeraniumGeranium viscosissimumwildflower · June–JulyStiff GoldenrodSolidago rigidawildflower · August–SeptemberStiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidumwildflower · August–SeptemberStiff Sunflower (Rhombic-leaved Sunflower)Helianthus paucifloruswildflower · August–SeptemberSulphur HedysarumHedysarum sulphurescenswildflower · Jun-JulSweet Broom (Alpine Sweetvetch)Hedysarum alpinumwildflower · June–AugustTall Anemone (Thimbleweed)Anemone virginianawildflower · June–AugustTall GoldenrodSolidago altissimawildflower · Aug-SepTall Jacob's LadderPolemonium acutiflorumwildflower · June–JulyTall LarkspurDelphinium glaucumwildflower · Jul-AugTall Lungwort (Blue Bells)Mertensia paniculatawildflower · June–JulyTall Meadow RueThalictrum dasycarpumwildflower · Jun-JulTall Showy YarrowAchillea alpinawildflower · June-AugustThree Flowered Avens (Prairie Smoke, Old Man's Whiskers)Geum triflorumwildflower · May–JuneTufted FleabaneErigeron caespitosuswildflower · June–JulyTwin ArnicaArnica sororiawildflower · May-JulyUmbrella BuckwheatEriogonum umbellatumwildflower · June-AugustVeiny Meadow-RueThalictrum venulosumwildflower · June–JulyWater Arum (Wild Calla)Calla palustriswildflower · June–JulyWater SmartweedPersicaria amphibiawildflower · June–SeptemberWestern Blue IrisIris missouriensiswildflower · May-JulyWestern Canada VioletViola canadensiswildflower · May–JulyWestern Meadow AsterSymphyotrichum campestrewildflower · August-OctoberWestern MeadowrueThalictrum occidentalewildflower · May-JulyWestern Willow AsterSymphyotrichum hesperiumwildflower · August–SeptemberWestern Wood LilyLilium philadelphicumwildflower · June–JulyWhite CamasAnticlea eleganswildflower · Jun-AugWhite Evening PrimroseOenothera nuttalliiwildflower · Jun-AugWhite GeraniumGeranium richardsoniiwildflower · June–AugustWhite Prairie AsterSymphyotrichum falcatumwildflower · August–SeptemberWhite Prairie CloverDalea candidawildflower · July–AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild LicoriceGlycyrrhiza lepidotawildflower · June–AugustWild MintMentha arvensiswildflower · July–AugustWillow AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumwildflower · Aug-OctWood Betony (Bracted Lousewort)Pedicularis bracteosawildflower · June–AugustWoolly CinquefoilPotentilla hippianawildflower · Jun-AugWoolly GroundselPackera canawildflower · May–JuneYarrowAchillea millefoliumwildflower · June–AugustYellow AngelicaAngelica dawsoniiwildflower · Jun-AugYellow AvensGeum aleppicumwildflower · June–AugustYellow BeardtonguePenstemon confertuswildflower · May-JulYellow BuckwheatEriogonum flavumwildflower · Jun-AugYellow ColumbineAquilegia flavescenswildflower · June–AugustYellow FlaxLinum rigidumwildflower · Jun-AugYellow Lady's SlipperCypripedium parviflorumwildflower · May-JunYellow Monkey FlowerErythranthe guttatawildflower · Jun-AugYellow Owl CloverOrthocarpus luteuswildflower · July-SeptemberYellow PaintbrushCastilleja lutescenswildflower · May-JulyYellow PucoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-JuneYellow RattleRhinanthus minorwildflower · June–AugustYellow-flowered LocoweedOxytropis campestriswildflower · June–JulyYellowbellsFritillaria pudicawildflower · March-MayYellowstone DrabaDraba incertawildflower · April-June