The following information is sourced from the excellent Nahanni River resource “Nahanni: The River Guide” by Peter Jowett
| Flowering Plants | ||||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Colour- when in flower | ||
| Allium schoenoprasum | Wild Onion | purple, late June to July | ||
| Smilacina stellata | False Solomon’s Seal | cream, mid-May to mid-June | ||
| Veratrum eschscholtzii | False Helibore | yellow-green, July to August | ||
| Zygadenus elegans | White Camas | creamy green, May to August | ||
| Calypso bulbosa | Venus Slipper | pink, late June to August | ||
| Corallorhiza trifida | Pale Coralroot | yellow-green, May to June | ||
| Cypripedium calceolus | Yellow Lady’s Slipper | yellow, mid-June to early July | ||
| Cypripedium passerinum | Northern Lady’s Slipper | white with purple dots inside, mid-July | ||
| Habenaria hyperborea | Northern Green Orchid | yellow-green to green with yellow, late June to mid-July | ||
| Habenaria obtusata | Northern Bog Orchid | greenish white, late June to mid-July | ||
| Orchis rotundifolia | Round-leaved Orchd | look like angels in purple dotted white robes with mauve hats and wings! mid-June to early July | ||
| Listera borealis | Northern Tway Blade | yellow-green, July & August | ||
| Spiranthes romanzoffinana | Lady’s Tresses | white, July & August | ||
| Chenopodium capitatum | Strawberry Blight | red, July to August | ||
| Claytonia Ianceolata | Spring Beauty | white to pale pink, late April to late June | ||
| Silene acaulis | Moss Campion | pink, mid-June to early August | ||
| Nuphar variegatum | Yellow Pond Lily | yellow, June to July | ||
| Aconitum delphinifolium | Monkshood | deep blue-purple, late June to July | ||
| Actea Rubra | Baneberry | white, late May to June | ||
| Anemone drummondii | Drummond’s Anemone | creamy white, late May to late June | ||
| Aquilegia brevistyla | Blue Colombine | blue-mauve-purple with white trim, June to July | ||
| Delphinium glaucum | Tall Larkspur | deep blue-purple, mid-July to mid-August | ||
| Anemone patens | Prairie Crocus | pale blue to pale purple with yellow centre, late March to mid-May | ||
| Ranuculus eschscholtzii | Alpine Buttercup | yellow with green centre, late June to early August | ||
| Ranuculus gmelinii | Yellow Water Crowfoot | yellow, July | ||
| Papaver keelei | Poppy | yellow to orange, July & August | ||
| Drosera angelica | Sundew | white, mid-May to mid-July | ||
| Mitella nuda | Mitrewort | yellow-green stars, late June to mid-May | ||
| Parnassia fimbriata | Grass-of-Parnassus | white, July & August | ||
| Saxifraga aizoides | Yellow Mountain Saxifrage | yellow, June to July | ||
| Saxifraga cernus | Nodding Saxifrage | white, mid-July | ||
| Saxifraga tricuspidata | Prickly Saxifrage | white, late June & July | ||
| Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon | white, late May to early July | ||
| Dryas alaskensis | Yellow Dryad | yellow, June to early July | ||
| Dryas integrifolia | White Dryad | white, mid-June to early August | ||
| Dryas punctata | Mountain Avens | white, mid-June to August | ||
| Frageria virginiana | Strawberry | white with yellow centre, June to July | ||
| Potentilla fruticosa | Shrubby Cinquefoil | yellow, late June to early September | ||
| Rosa acicularis | Prickly Rose | pink, purple, or white, late May to early August | ||
| Rubus acaulis | Cloudberry | white, mid-June | ||
| Astragalus alpinus | Alpine Vetch | blue, June & July | ||
| Hedysarum alpinus | Liquorice Root | pale pink, late June to early August | ||
| Lupinus arcticus | Lupine | blue to lavender, late June to early August | ||
| Epilobium angustifolium | Fireweed | pink, mid-July to late August | ||
| Epilobium latifolium | Broad-leaved Willowherb | pink, mid-July to late August | ||
| Cornus canadensis | Bunchberry | white, late June to early July | ||
| Pyrola gradifolia | Arctic Wintergreen | pink, July to August | ||
| Pyrola secunda | One-sided Wintergreen | greenish white, mid-July to early August | ||
| Kalmia polifolia | Bog Laurel | pink, late June to July | ||
| Phyllodoce empetrifolium | Pink Heather | pink, July & August | ||
| Rhododendron lapponicum | Lapland Rose Bay | purple to pink, July to August | ||
| Androsace chamaejasme | Rock Jasmine | white, mid-May to early July | ||
| Mertensia paniculata | Bluebell | blue, late June to mid-July | ||
| Myosotis alpestris | Forget-me-not | blue, July | ||
| Castilleja miniata | Indian Paintbrush | red, yellow and white, June to late July | ||
| Veronica wormskjoldii | Alpine Speedwell | dark blue, July | ||
| Linnaea borealis | Twinflower | white to pale pink, late June to late July | ||
| Campanula lasiocarpa | Alpine Harebell | blue, July & August | ||
| Lobelia kalmii | Lobelia | blue to purple, mid-July to early August |
