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WASHINGTON WILDFLOWERS FIELD GUIDE
Identify wildflowers, shrubs, and vines throughout Washington - from Mt. Rainier to the San Juan Islands. Developed by University of Washington Burke Museum botanists and authors of "Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest." Works 100% offline in Washington's wilderness.

Perfect for hiking the Cascades, exploring Olympic National Park, or wandering Puget Sound trails. No cell service needed - all 1,028 species, photos, range maps, and descriptions work offline.

WASHINGTON'S MOST COMPLETE PLANT GUIDE
1,028 wildflowers, shrubs and vines including:
- Native Washington species
- Common introduced plants
- Adjacent areas: Southern BC, Eastern OR, Northern ID
- All Washington ecoregions covered

POWERFUL IDENTIFICATION TOOLS
Visual search key filters by:
- Flower color (white, yellow, orange, red, pink, blue, purple, green, brown)
- Phenology (year round)
- Washington region (5 ecoregions)
- Plant type (wildflower, shrub, vine)
- Habitat (forest, high mountains, open, wet areas, disturbed)
- Flower type and petal count
- Leaf arrangement and type
- Growth duration and origin

Browse by common name, scientific name, or plant family. Tap any species to see multiple photos, detailed descriptions, Washington range maps, and bloom periods.

UW BURKE MUSEUM QUALITY
Partnership between University of Washington Herbarium at Burke Museum and authors of "Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest." Curated by professional botanists. Over 600,000 herbarium specimens provide the foundation for reliable identification.

WORKS ANYWHERE IN WASHINGTON
No internet required! Perfect for:
- Mt. Rainier (Paradise, Sunrise, Wonderland Trail)
- North Cascades (Cascade Pass, Maple Pass, Sahale Arm)
- Olympics (Hurricane Ridge, High Divide, Sol Duc)
- Alpine Lakes Wilderness
- Columbia River Gorge
- San Juan Islands
- Puget Sound trails
- Eastern Washington shrub-steppe

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INCLUDED
- Washington ecoregions guide
- Habitat descriptions
- Wildflower destinations with peak bloom times
- Climate and plant community relationships
- Botanical glossary with illustrated diagrams
- Leaf, flower, and inflorescence anatomy
- Plant family descriptions
- Step-by-step identification guide

KEY FEATURES
- 1,028 Washington plant species
- 3,000+ high-quality photographs
- Washington range maps
- Bloom period calendars
- Works 100% offline
- Visual identification key
- Browse by common name, scientific name, or family
- Detailed botanical descriptions
- Native and introduced species
- Technical terminology glossary
- Regular updates

FOR EVERYONE
Whether you're a hiker, backpacker, photographer, botany student, Master Gardener, outdoor enthusiast, beginner, or experienced botanist - Washington Wildflowers helps you identify plants from coastal rainforests to alpine meadows to eastern shrub-steppe.

ICONIC WASHINGTON DESTINATIONS
- Paradise meadows (Mt. Rainier subalpine)
- Hurricane Ridge (Olympic alpine)
- Artist Point (North Cascades bloom)
- Reflection Lakes (Mt. Rainier lakeside)
- Heather Pass (Cascades meadows)
- Seven Lakes Basin (Olympic backcountry)
- Enchantments (Alpine Lakes)
- Columbia Hills (Gorge displays)

SUPPORT WASHINGTON BOTANY
A portion of revenues supports the UW Burke Museum herbarium, botanical research, and continued floristic resource development.

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Join thousands using Washington Wildflowers. One-time purchase, lifetime access. Works on iPhone, iPad, and Android. Start identifying today!

ABOUT UW BURKE MUSEUM
The University of Washington Herbarium at Burke Museum houses over 600,000 plant specimens, one of the largest in North America, providing the scientific foundation for Washington's most authoritative digital field guide.

Version History Updated for iOS 26.6.1. 15.18 Aug 31 Updated the location for retrieving and fetching Favorites to be the same as previous non-SwiftUI version of app. 15.16 Mar 29 Updated image handling.
Updated WkWebView handling of external links. 15.15 Mar 16 Accessibility improvements were added. 15.12 Feb 13 Accessibility implemented for html documents. 15.11 Feb 7 Fixed some issues with html docs in dark mode. 15.10 Feb 6 Made improvements for accessibility. 15.09 Feb 3 Added support for accessibility. 15.01 Jan 29 Added iNaturalist buttons (to log observations) and Favorite buttons to all 3 tab views for a plant.
Updated for iOS 18.5+. 14.03 05/23/2025 Updated for 2025 and iOS 18.3+. 14.01 05/22/2025 Updated all 1029 range maps representing herbarium specimens and verified photos.
Deleted Smelowskia calycina.
Updated nomenclature to be current for Alnus alnobetula, Androsace laevigata, Androsace nivalis, and Argentina anserine.
Updated for iOS 17. 13.06 02/24/2024 Updated for iOS 17. 12.04 10/27/2023 Added popups for glossary terms in technical plant descriptions.
Added ability to put scientific name in copy buffer/clipboard to paste into other apps. 12.03 07/26/2023 Updated for iOS 16.2+. 12.01 12/21/2022 Performance improvements. 11.03 05/30/2022 Updated photos for Sedum spathulifolium.
Updated app for iOS 15.3+. 11.02 04/02/2022 Updated nomenclature to used current accepted names. The previous update to nomenclature was in 2020.
Added Lomatium brandegeei, Elliottia pyroliflora, and Rhododendron neoglandulosum.
All text fonts are defaulted to use system font (SF Pro).
Updated for iOS 15.2+. 11.01 02/09/2022 Updated for iOS 14.5. 10.01 04/30/2021 Updated for iOS 14+. 9.15 11/18/2020 Updated 12 species for nomenclature to match the latest updates to Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd Edition (C. Leo Hitchcock, Arthur Cronquist, David Giblin, Ben Legler, Peter F. Zika, Richard G. Olmstead, Jeanne R. Janish, John H. Rumely, Crystal Shin, Natsuko Porcino) 9.11 07/23/2020 Added 3 commonly found species.
Edited 14 plants to update nomenclature and make corrections. 9.10 07/12/2020 Updated UIWebView to WKWebView.
Updated for iOS 13+.
Handled dark mode versus light mode for screen setting. 9.01 01/14/2020 - Updated accepted names and synonyms on 14 species.
- Updated images for 2 species.
- Added Rubus lasiococcus.
- Deleted 1 species that was extraneous.
- Added metadata for iPhoneX so that it will render full screen. 8.01 08/24/2019 - Updated accepted names and synonyms on 14 species.
- Updated images for 2 species.
- Added Rubus lasiococcus.
- Deleted 1 species that was extraneous. 7.05 07/28/2019 Added new plants: Acer circumatum, Anisocarpus madioides, Sonchus asper, and Sonchus oleraceus.
Updated for iOS 12+
Improved efficiency of queries. 7.01 02/28/2019