Native Plants of Alaska
Native plants of Alaska are uniquely adapted to extreme cold, permafrost, and long summer days. These resilient species are essential for sustainable permaculture in the Last Frontier.
Alaska Wild-Rhubarb
Koenigia alaskana
Provides food for bears and other wildlife
Alpine Alumroot
Heuchera glabra
Provides nectar for pollinators
Alpine Arnica
Arnica alpina
Provides nectar for pollinators
Alpine Milkvetch
Astragalus alpinus
Fixes nitrogen
Alpine Sweet-vetch
Hedysarum alpinum
Fixes nitrogen, provides food for wildlife
American milkvetch
Astragalus americanus
Fixes nitrogen
Arctic Lupine
Lupinus arcticus
Fixes nitrogen
Arctic Raspberry
Rubus arcticus
Provides food for wildlife
Arctic Willow
Salix arctica
Provides food for arctic herbivores
Beach-head Iris
Iris setosa
Provides nectar for pollinators
Bearflower
Boykinia richardsonii
Provides nectar for pollinators
Beauverd's spirea
Spiraea stevenii
Provides nectar for pollinators
Bebb's Willow
Salix bebbiana
Provides food and habitat for wildlife
Black Lily
Fritillaria camschatcensis
Provides nectar for pollinators
Bog Blueberry
Vaccinium uliginosum
Provides food for wildlife
Bog Labrador Tea
Ledum groenlandicum
Provides cover for small animals
Bog wintergreen
Pyrola asarifolia
Provides nectar for pollinators
Broadleaf Arnica
Arnica latifolia
Provides nectar for pollinators
Canada goldenrod
Solidago canadensis
Provides nectar for late-season pollinators
Canadian bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
Provides food for birds and small mammals
Capitate Valerian
Valeriana capitata
Provides nectar for pollinators
Cloudberry
Rubus chamaemorus
Provides food for wildlife
Cnidium
Cnidium cnidiifolium
Provides nectar for pollinators
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Provides nectar for pollinators
Cow Parsnip/Pushki
Heracleum maximum
Provides nectar for a wide range of pollinators
Dark-throated Shooting Star
Primula pauciflora
Provides nectar for pollinators
Death camas
Zigadenus elegans
Provides nectar for pollinators
Delphinium
Delphinium glaucum
Provides nectar for hummingbirds and bumblebees
Dune Tansy
Tanacetum bipinnatum
Provides nectar for pollinators
Dwarf Fireweed
Chamerion latifolium
Pioneer species, provides nectar for pollinators
Dwarf marsh violet
Viola epipsila
Host plant for fritillary butterfly larvae
Eastern Pasqueflower
Pulsatilla patens
Provides nectar for early-season pollinators
Eight-petal Mountain-Avens
Dryas octopetala
Fixes nitrogen, provides food for wildlife
Elegant Paintbrush
Castilleja elegans
Provides nectar for hummingbirds and other pollinators
Feltleaf willow
Salix alaxensis
Stabilizes soil, provides habitat for wildlife
Felwort
Swertia perennis
Provides nectar for pollinators
Few-flower Corydalis
Corydalis pauciflora
Provides nectar for early-season pollinators
Fireweed
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Pioneer species, provides nectar for a wide range of pollinators
Great burnet
Sanguisorba officinalis
Provides nectar for pollinators
Green False Hellebore
Veratrum viride
Provides nectar for pollinators
Highbush Cranberry
Viburnum edule
Provides food for birds and other wildlife
Jacob's-ladder
Polemonium pulcherrimum
Provides nectar for pollinators
Lapland Rosebay
Rhododendron lapponicum
Provides nectar for early-season pollinators
Large-flowered wintergreen
Pyrola grandiflora
Provides nectar for pollinators
Large-leaved Avens
Geum macrophyllum
Provides nectar for pollinators
Larkspurleaf Monkshood
Aconitum delphiniifolium
Provides nectar for bumblebees
Lingonberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Provides food for wildlife
Little weasel snout
Lagotis minor
Provides nectar for pollinators
Locoweed
Oxytropis campestris
Fixes nitrogen
Maydell's Locoweed
Oxytropis maydelliana
Fixes nitrogen
Meadow Bistort
Bistorta plumosa
Provides nectar for pollinators
Moss Campion
Silene acaulis
Provides nectar for pollinators
Mountain Harebell
Campanula lasiocarpa
Provides nectar for pollinators
Narcissus anemone
Anemone narcissiflora
Provides nectar for pollinators
Narrowleaf Arnica
Arnica angustifolia
Provides nectar for pollinators
Netleaf Willow
Salix reticulata
Provides food for arctic herbivores
Nodding arnica
Arnica lessingii
Provides nectar for pollinators
Nootka Lupine
Lupinus nootkatensis
Fixes nitrogen
Nootka Rose
Rosa nutkana
Provides food and cover for wildlife
Northern Bedstraw
Galium boreale
Provides nectar for pollinators
Northern Goldenrod
Solidago multiradiata
Provides nectar for pollinators
Northern Shootingstar
Dodecatheon frigidum
Provides nectar for pollinators
Northern sweetvetch
Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei
Fixes nitrogen
Pale Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja caudata
Provides nectar for hummingbirds and other pollinators
Prairie Pasqueflower
Pulsatilla nuttalliana
Provides nectar for early-season pollinators
Prickly Rose
Rosa acicularis
Provides food and cover for wildlife
Raspberry
Rubus idaeus
Provides food and cover for wildlife
Rattlebox
Rhinanthus minor
Provides nectar for pollinators
Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra
Provides food for birds
Red-berried elder
Sambucus racemosa
Provides food for birds and other wildlife
Red Currant
Ribes triste
Provides food for birds and other wildlife
Red Osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Provides food and cover for wildlife
Rosy Pussytoes
Antennaria rosea
Host plant for American Lady butterfly larvae
Scouler's Willow
Salix scouleriana
Provides food and habitat for wildlife
Seacoast Angelica
Angelica lucida
Provides nectar for pollinators
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
Provides nectar for pollinators
Siberian Yarrow
Achillea sibirica
Provides nectar for pollinators
Silverberry
Elaeagnus commutata
Fixes nitrogen, provides food for wildlife
Sitka Valerian
Valeriana sitchensis
Provides nectar for pollinators
Smooth Fleabane
Erigeron glabellus
Provides nectar for pollinators
Snow Arnica
Arnica frigida
Provides nectar for pollinators
Soapberry
Shepherdia canadensis
Fixes nitrogen, provides food for bears and other wildlife
Sweet Gale
Myrica gale
Fixes nitrogen, provides food for birds
Tall Bluebell
Mertensia paniculata
Provides nectar for pollinators
Tall Jacobs-Ladder
Polemonium acutiflorum
Provides nectar for pollinators
Tilesius Wormwood
Artemisia tilesii
Provides food for sage-grouse and other wildlife
Wandering Fleabane
Erigeron peregrinus
Provides nectar for pollinators
Western Roseroot
Rhodiola integrifolia
Provides nectar for pollinators
White Twisted-stalk
Streptopus amplexifolius
Provides food for wildlife
Whorled Lousewort
Pedicularis verticillata
Provides nectar for pollinators
Wild Blue Flax
Linum lewisii
Provides nectar for pollinators
Wild Chives
Allium schoenoprasum L. var. sibiricum
Provides nectar for pollinators
Williams milkvetch
Astragalus williamsii
Fixes nitrogen
Woolly Cranesbill
Geranium erianthum
Provides nectar for pollinators
Yellow Anemone
Anemone richardsonii
Provides nectar for pollinators