Welcome to www.GlacierFlowers.com Wildflowers of Glacier National Park, Montana These are photographs of various wildflowers (and a few other plants and insects) that Ive encountered on my hikes in Glacier National Park. Click on the thumbnail picture for a larger picture. "Unknown" means I have not yet been able to identify the plant or insect yet. All photographs are Copyright (c) Mike Tyler Jr. If you would like to email me with feedback, or if you would like to make a PAYPAL donation, please do so to: Mtylerjr@mtylerjr.smallbizdepot.com
Flowers
Desert Paintbrush Castilleja spp.	Wood Nymph Moneses (Pyrola) uniflora	Showy Jacob's Ladder Polemonium pulcherrimum	Pretty Shootingstar Dodecatheon pulchellum	Montana Blue-Eyed-Grass Sisyrinchium montanum
Fireweed / Great Willowherb Epilobium angustifolium	Fireweed / Great Willowherb Epilobium angustifolium	Silvery Lupine Lupinus argentus	Yellow Loco-Weed Oxytropis deflexa var. sericea	Dalmation Toadflax Linaria dalmatica
Alpine Fireweed Epilobium latifolium	Silvery Lupine Lupinus argentus	Silky Lupine Lupinus sericeus	Showy Loco-Weed Oxytropis splendens	Common Toadflax / Butter and Eggs Linaria vulgaris
Desert Paintbrush (orange) Castilleja spp.	Desert Paintbrush (pink) Castilleja spp.	Desert Paintbrush (red) Castilleja spp.	Pipsissewa / Prince's Pine Chimaphila umbellata	Pipsissewa / Prince's Pine Chimaphila umbellata
Narrow Leaved or Hound's-Tongue Hawkweed Hieracium umbellatum or cynoglossoides	Orange Hawkweed Hieracium aurantiacum	Orange Hawkweed Hieracium aurantiacum	Orange Agoseris Agoseris aurantiaca	Orange Agoseris Hieracium aurantiaca
Canada Violet (pale purple) Viola canadensis	Canada Violet (white) Viola canadensis	Goosefoot Violet Viloa purpurea	Pale Agoseris Agoseris glauca	Pale Agoseris Agoseris glauca s
Prickly Rose Rosa acicularis	Nookta Rose Rosa nutkana	Glacier Lilly Erythronium grandiflorum	Queens Cup Clintonia uniflora	Yellow Columbine Aquilegia flavenscens
Shrubby Cinquefoil Potentilla fruiticosa	Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil Potentilla diversifolia	Sticky Cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa	Sticky Cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa	White Cinquefoil Potentilla arguta
Shrubby Cinquefoil Potentilla fruiticosa	Mountain Buttercup Ranunculus eschscholtzii	Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris	Arrow-Leaved Balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata	Arrow-Leaved Balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata
Mountain Arnica Arnica latifolia	Mountain Arnica Arnica latifolia	Meadow Arnica Arnica fulgens	Streambank Groundsel Senecio pseudaureus	Streambank Groundsel Senecio pseudaureus
Brown-eyed Susan / Blanket Flower Gaillardia aristata	Brown-eyed Susan / Blanket Flower Gaillardia aristata	Brown-eyed Susan / Blanket Flower Gaillardia aristata	Brown-eyed Susan / Blanket Flower Gaillardia aristata	Mountain Globemallow Lliamna rivularis
Showy Fleabane Erigeron speciosus	Smooth Fleabane Erigeron glabellus	Cut-leaved Fleabane Erigeron compositus	Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus	Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus
Ox-Eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare	Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare	Showy Aster Aster conspicuus	Leafy Aster Aster foliaceus	Aster Aster spp.
Bird's Foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus	Bronze Bells Stentanthium occidentale	Common Tansy Tanacetum vulgare	Oval-leafed Huckleberry Vaccinium ovilifolium	Spotted Saxifrage Saxifraga bronchialis
Showy Fleabane Erigeron speciosus	Racemosa Pussytoes Antennaria racemosa	Spike-Like Goldenrod Solidago simplex	Alberta Penstemon Penstemon albertinus	Unkn own Paintbrush Castilleja spp.
Sickletop Lousewart Pedicularis racemosa	Slender White Rein-Orchid Platanthera leucostachys?	Tall White Rein-Orchid Platanthera dilatata	Pink Wintergreen Pyrola asarifolia	Alfalfa Medicago sativa
Moss Campion Silene acaulis	Slender White Rein-Orchid Platanthera leucostachys?	Tall White Rein-Orchid Platanthera dilitata	One Sided Wntergreen Pyrola secunda	Alfalfa Medicago sativa
Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris	Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris	Douglas' Campion Silene douglassi	Self-Heal Prunella vulgaris	Small-Flowered Woodland Star Lithophragma parvifolium
Wild Bergamot / Bee Balm Monarda fistulosa	Wild Bergamot / Bee Balm Monarda fistulosa	Wild Bergamot / Bee Balm Monarda fistulosa	Twin Flower Linnaea borealis	Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadensis
Sticky Purple Geranium Geranium viscosissimum	Sticky Purple Geranium Geranium viscosissimum	Crane's Bill / Richardson's Geranium Geranium richardsonii	St. John's Wort / Klamath Weed Hypericum perforatum	St. John's Wort / Klamath Weed Hypericum perforatum
Red Clover Trifolium pratense	Yellow Hop Clover Trifolium aureum	Yellow Clover Trifolium aureum	Common Sweet Clover (White) Melilotus officinalis	Common Sweet Clover (Yellow) Melilotus officinalis
White Clover Trifolium repens	Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum	Spreading Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium	Elk Thistle Cirsium scariosum	Elk Thistle Cirsium scariosum
Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare	Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense	Spotted Knapweed Centaurea biebersteinii	Spotted Knapweed Centaurea biebersteinii	Virgin's Blue Bower Clematis occidentalis
Three-Spot Mariposa Lily Calochortus apiculatus.	American Speedwell Veronica americana	False Azalea / Fool's Huckleberry Menziesia ferruginea	Old Man's Whiskers/ Praire Smoke Geum triflorum	Nodding Onion Allium cernuum
Lyall's Rockcress Arabis lyalli	Many-Flowered Stickseed Hackelia floribunda	Mountain Forget-Me-Nots Myosotis Asiatica	Harebell Campanula rotundifolia	Harebell Campanula rotundifolia
Yellow Buckwheat Eriogonum flavum	Sulphur Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum	Sulphur Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum	Cushion Buckwheat Eriogonum ovalfolium	Cushion Buckwheat Eriogonum ovalfolium
Spotted Coralroot Corallorhiza maculata	Cut-Leaved Anemone Anemone multifida	Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus	Sitka Valerian Valeriana sitchensis	Sitka Valerian Valeriana sitchensis
Gloden Draba Draba aurea	Cut Leaved Anemone (fruit) Anemone Multifida	Wild Siberian Chives Allium schoenoprasum	Field Chickweed Cerastium arvense	Field Chickweed Cerastium arvense
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus	Narrowleaf Mountain Trumpet Collomia linearis	Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea	Rosy Pussytoes Antennaria microphylla	Rosy Pussytoes Antennaria microphylla
Western Jacob's Ladder Polemonium occidentale	Western Jacob's Ladder Polemonium occidentale	Northern Willowherb Epilobium ciliatum	Western Springbeauty Claytonia lanceolata	Western Springbeauty Claytonia lanceolata
Low Larkspuer Delphinium bicolor	Low Larkspir Delphinium bicolor	American Milk Vetch Astragalus americanus	Wild American Vetch Vicia americana	Wild American Vetch Vicia americana
Common Cammas Camassia quamash	Mountain Death Camas Zigadenus elegans	Mountain Death Camas Zigadenus elegans	Western Pasqueflower Pulsatilla occidentalis	Globeflower Trollius laxus
Lance-Leaved Stonecrop Sedum laneolatum	Lance-Leaved Stonecrop Sedum laneolatum	Roseroot Sedum integrifolium	Roseroot Sedum integrifolium	Meadow Rue Thalictrum occidentale
Taper-Leaved or Alberta Beardtongue Penstemon albertinus or attenuatus	Yellow Beardtongue Penstemon confertus	Rockvine Beardtongue Penstemon ellipticus	Rockvine Beardtongue Penstemon ellipticus	Penstemon Penstemon spp.
Spider Flower/ Rocky Mountain Bee-Plant Cleome serrulata	Yellow Monkey Flower Mimulus guttatus	Purple Monkeyflower Mimulus lewisii	Purple Monkeyflower Mimulus lewisii	Pink Monkeyflower Mimulus lewisii
Mountain Sorrel Oxyria digyna	False Solomon's Seal Smilacina racemosa	Beargrass Xerophylum tenax	Beargrass Xerophylum tenax	American Bistort Polygonum bistortoides
Cow Parsnip Heracleum maximum	Red-Osier Dogwood Cornus sericea	Sub-Alpine Spiraea / Meadow Sweet Spiraea densiflora	Birch-leaved Spiraea Spiraea betulifolia v. lucida	Bunchberry Cornus canadensis
Redstem Ceanothus Ceanothus sanguineus	Alpine Smelowskia Smelowskia calycina	Yarrow Achillea millefolium	Alumroot Heuchera parvifolia	Foamflower Tiarella trifoliata
Creeping Oregon Grape Berberis aquifolium or repens	Bearberry Honysuckle/ Twinberry Lonicera involucrata	Bearberry Honysuckle/ Twinberry (fruit) Lonicera involucrata	Utah Honeysuckle Lonicera utahensis	Saskatoon / Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia
Northern Bedstraw Galium boreale	Water Hemlock Cicuta douglasii	Pennycress (seedpods) Thlaspi arvense	Alpine Silver-Leaved Scorpionweed Phacelia hastata var alpina	Common Juniper Juniperus communis
Field Bindweed / Wild Morning Glory Calystegia arvensis	Wild Blue Flax Linum perenne	Wild Blue Flax Linum perenne	Currant Family Grosslariacae Ribes spp.	Yellow Mountain Heather Phyllodoce glanduliflora
Fern-leaved Desert Parsley Lomatium dissectum	Nine-Leaved Desert Parsley Lomatium triternatum		Yellow Angelica Angelica dawsonii	Lyall's Angelica Angelica arguta
Unidentified Flowers
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Lichen and Moss
Ragbag (Lichen) Plastimatia glauca	Powdered Shield (Lichen) Parmelia sulcata	Rockfrog (Lichen) Xanthroparmelia spp.	Chocolate Chip (Lichen) Solorina Crocea	Elegant Rock Orange (Lichen) Xanthoria elegans
Freckled Pelt (Lichen) Peltigera aphthosa	Freckled Pelt (Lichen) Peltigera aphthosa	Fan Coral (Lichen) Stereocaulon alpinum	Common Wolf (Lichen) Letharia vulpina	Unknown (Lichen) Unknown
Unknown Lichen \ Unknown	Orange Lichen Unknown	Unknown Moss Unknown	Unknown Moss Unknown	Unknown Moss \  Unknown
Unknown Lichen \ Unknown	Unknown Lichen \ Unknown	Unknown Lichen \ Unknown		Witch's Hair (Lichen) Alectoria sarmentosa
Miscellaneous (insects and other)
Artichoke Plume Moth Platyptilia carduidactyla	Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina	Unknown Moth Unknown	Pallid Winged Grasshopper Trimerotropis pallidipennis	Pallid Winged Grasshopper Trimerotropis pallidipennis
Unknown Butterfly Unknown	Unknown Butterfly Unknown	Unknown Butterfly Unknown	Phoebus (damaged) Parnassius phoebus	Unknown Butterfly Unknown
Unknown Butterfly Unknown	Large Bee Fly Bombylius spp.	Unidentified Butterfly Unknown	Spring Azure? Celastrina argiolus?	Unknown Butterfly Unknown
Thread-Waisted Wasp (with prey) Ammophila spp. (11Mb .MOV file of wasp)	Thread-Waisted Wasp Ammophila spp.	Unknown Caterpillar Unknown	Unknown Caterpillar Unknown	Robust Pink Skimmer Sympetrum corruptum
Unidentified Bee Unknown	Unidentified Bee Unknown
All photographs were taken by Mike Tyler Jr. in June-August 2002, in and around Glacier National Park, using the Nikon Coolpix 995 camera. I have shrunk most of the pictures down to roughly 1000 x 750, but I have larger versions of most. For information on use of these pictures, or corrections for my identifications, please contact me at mtylerjr@mtylerjr.smallbizdepot.com
Last Updated August 25th , 2002