Wildflowers

Lily – Orchid – Buckwheat – Purslane – Pink – Mustard – Stonecrop – Saxifrage – Buttercup – Rose – Pea – Violet – Evening Primrose – Carrot – Borage – Mint – Figwort – Sunflower – Other Families

Common Name Scientific Name E-Flora BC Pojar & MacKinnon 1994
Lily Family Liliaceae
Western trillium Trillium ovatum ð 102
False lily-of-the-valley Maianthemum dilatatum ð 103
White fawn lily Erythronium oregonum ð 104
Hooker's onion Allium acuminatum ð 106
Nodding onion Allium cernuum ð 106
Harvest brodiaea Brodiaea coronaria ð 107
Fool's onion Brodiaea hyacinthina ð 107
Common camas Camassia quamash ð 108
Meadow death-camas Zygadenus venenosus ð 109
Chocolate lily Fritillaria lanceolata ð 110
Tiger lily Lilium columbianum ð 111
 

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Orchid Family Orchidaceae
Fairyslipper Calypso bulbosa ð 118
Spotted coralroot Corallorhiza maculata ssp. maculata ð 119*
Striped coralroot Corallorhiza striata ð 119
Rattlesnake-plantain Goodyera oblongifolia ð 120
Alaska rein-orchid Platanthera unalascensis ð 123
Ladies' tresses Spiranthes romanzoffiana ð 123
 

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Buckwheat Family Polygonaceae
Common smartweed (I) Polygonum persicaria ð 127*
Sheep sorrel (I) Rumex acetosella ð 129
Western dock Rumex occidentalis ð 130
 

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Purslane Family Portulacaceae
Small-leaved montia Montia parvifolia ð 132
Siberian miner's-lettuce Claytonia sibirica ð 133
Miner's-lettuce Claytonia perfoliata ð 133
 

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Pink Family Caryophyllaceae
Big-leaved sandwort Moehringia macrophylla ð 138
Crisp sandwort Stellaria crispa ð 139
Chickweed (I) Stellaria media ð 139*
Northern starwort Stellaria calycantha 140
Field chickweed Cerastium arvense ð 141
Rose campion (I) Lychnis coronaria ð 143
 

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Mustard Family Brassicaceae
Pennsylvanian bitter-cress Cardamine pensylvanica ð 146*
Field mustard (I) Brassica campestris ð 148
American winter cress Barbarea orthoceras ð 149
 

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Stonecrop Family Crassulaceae
Broad-leaved stonecrop Sedum spathulifolium ð 155
 

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Saxifrage Family Saxifragaceae
Small-flowered woodland star Lithophragma parviflorum ð 164
Small-flowered alumroot Heuchera micrantha ð 166
Fringecup Tellima grandiflora ð 167
 

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Buttercup Family Ranunculaceae
Western buttercup Ranunculus occidentalis ð 176
Creeping buttercup (I) Ranunculus repens ð 176
Little buttercup Ranunculus uncinatus ð 177
Red columbine Aquilegia formosa ð 180
 

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Rose Family Rosaceae
Coastal strawberry Fragaria chiloensis ð 183
Woodland strawberry Fragaria vesca ð 183*
Wild strawberry Fragaria virginiana ð 183*
Large-leaved avens Geum macrophyllum ð 185
 

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Pea Family Fabaceae
Hairy vetch (I) Vicia hirsuta ð 192*
Giant vetch Vicia gigantea ð 193
Common vetch Vicia sativa ð 193
Small-flowered lupine Lupinus polycarpus ð 196
White clover (I) Trifolium repens ð 196
Tomcat clover Trifolium willdenowii ð n/a
Small-flowered lotus Lotus micranthus ð 198
Meadow birds-foot trefoil Lotus denticulatus ð 198*
 

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Violet Family Violaceae
Early blue violet Viola adunca ð 201
Stream violet Viola glabella ð 203
 

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Evening Primrose Family Onagraceae
Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium ð 206
Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea alpina ð 210
 

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Carrot Family Apiaceae
Pacific sanicle Sanicula crassicaulis ð 214
Sierra sanicle Sanicula graveolens ð 214
Blunt-fruited sweet cicely Osmorhiza depauperata ð 217*
Wild carrot (I) Daucus carota ð 221
American wild carrot Daucus pusillus ð 221*
Gairdner's yampah Perideridia gairdneri ð 221
 

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Borage Family Boraginaceae
Common forget-me-not (I) Myosotis discolor ð 240*
 

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Mint Family Laminaceae
Field mint Mentha arvensis ð 244
Yerba buena Satureja douglasii ð 245
Self-heal Prunella vulgaris ð 246
Cooley's hedge-nettle Stachys cooleyae ð 247
 

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Figwort Family Schophulariaceae
Great mullein (I) Verbascum thapsus ð 250
Common foxglove (I) Digitalis purpurea ð 251
Yellow parentucellia (I) Parentucellia viscosa ð 260
American brooklime Veronica beccabunga ssp. americana ð 261
Thyme-leaved speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia ð 262
Wall speedwell (I) Veronica arvensis ð 262*
Small-flowered blue-eyed Mary Collinsia parviflora ð 263
Chickweed monkey-flower Mimulus alsinoides ð 263
Yellow monkey-flower Mimulus guttatus ð 264
Tooth-leaved monkey-flower Mimulus dentatus ð 264*
 

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Sunflower Family Asteraceae
Common dandelion (I) Taraxacum officinale ð 270
Smooth hawksbeard (I) Crepis capillaris ð 272
Hairy cat's-ear (I) Hypochaeris radicata ð 274
Prickly sow-thistle (I) Sonchus asper ð 275
Common sow-thistle (I) Sonchus oleraceus ð 275*
Nipplewort (I) Lapsana communis ð 276
Wall lettuce (I) Lactuca muralis ð 276
Yarrow Achillea millefolium ð 279
Pineapple weed (I) Matricaria discoidea ð 279
English daisy (I) Bellis perennis ð 282
Chilean tarweed (I) Madia sativa ð 292
Pathfinder Adenocaulon bicolor ð 293
Pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea ð 304
Common burdock (I) Arctium minus ð 305
Canada thistle (I) Cirsium arvense ð 306
Bull thistle (I) Cirsium vulgare ð 306*
 

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Other Families  
Stinging nettle Urtica dioica ð 309
Vanilla-leaf Achlys triphylla ð 312
Pacific bleeding heart Dicentra formosa ð 313
Dovefoot geranium (I) Geranium molle ð 316
Broad-leaved starflower Trientalis latifolia ð 322
Ribwort (I) Plantago lanceolata ð 329
Common plantain (I) Plantago major ð 329*
Cleavers Galium aparine ð 330
Field madder (I) Sherardia arvensis 330*
Sweet-scented bedstraw Galium triflorum ð 330
Small bedstraw Galium trifidum 331
Scouler's harebell Campanula scouleri ð 332
Sea blush Plectritis congesta ð 333
Skunk cabbage Lysichiton americanum ð 334

         

      Reference: Pojar and MacKinnon. 1994. Plants of Coastal British Columbia. Vancouver: Lone Pine Publishing