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Iceland Wildflowers 
& other plants
with those during 
FONT Birding & Nature Tours
noted with an (*) 

1996 thru 2009

(during the months of May, June, 
September, & October)



The following list compiled by Armas Hill 

Photo at right:  LADY SMOCK  (photograph by Gerin Hood) 

Most of the photos below were taken during the June 2009 FONT tour in Iceland by tour participant, Gerin Hood. And she also took the time to do most of the identifications. Thanks Gerin! 

A fine book about the plant life of Iceland is "A Guide to the Flowering Plants & Ferns of Iceland" by Hordur Kristinsson, published in 1986. There is a version in English.


There have been 16 FONT tours in Iceland.       


Link:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Iceland

A Photographic Sampling of Icelandic Nature & Culture from our June 2009 Tour 

Birds during FONT Iceland Tours (with photos)

Directory of Photos in this Website

A List of Icelandic Wildflowers:

       
      Those with a BLUE coloration:

1. Harebell ______    
   Campanula rotundifolia  
   
   
2. Arctic Harebell ______  
   Campanula uniflora 
   
   
3. Tufted Vetch ______    
   Vicia cracca 
   
   
4. Bush Vetch  ______  
   Vicia sepium
   
   
5. Alaska Lupin  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Legume family, Fabaceae) 
   (Introduced in Iceland.)
   Lupinus nootkatensis 
   
   
    
   
   Alaska Lupin
   (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, from during the FONT June 2009 Iceland tour)
   
   
6. Rock Speedwell ______  
   Veronica fruticans
   
   
7. Alpine Speedwell  ______   
   Veronica alpina
   
   
8. Thyme-leaved Speedwell  ______  
   Veronica serrpyllifolia
   
    
9. Germander Speedewell  _____ 
   Veronica chamaedrys  
   
   
10. Alpine Gentian  ______  
    Gentiana nivalis
    
    
11. Slender Gentian ______  
    Gentianella tenella  
    
    
12. Arctic Felwort  ______  
    Lomatogonium rotatum
    
    
13. Field Forget-me-not  ______  
    Myosotis arvensis 
    
    
14. Water Forget-me-not  ______
    Myosotis scorpioides 
    
    
15. Oysterplant  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Borage family, Boraginaceae)  
    Mertensia maritima 
    
    
    
    
    Oysterplant
    (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during the FONT June 2009 Iceland tour) 
    
    
16. Strict Forget-me-not  ______    
    Myosotis stricta 
    
    
17. Devil's-bit Scabious  ______    
    Succisa pratensis   
     
     
18. Arctic Bartsia  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Figwort family, Scrophulareaceae) 
    Bartsia alpina 
    
    
    
    
    Alpine Bartsia
    (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT June '09 Iceland Tour)
    
    
19. Heath Dog-violet  ______  
    Viola canina 
    
    
20. Wild Pansy  (*)   ______ jun
    Viola tricolor 
    
    
21. Alpine Marsh Violet  ______   
    Viola palustris 
    
    
22. Common Butterwort  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Bladderwort family, Lentibulariaceae)
    Pinguicula vulgaris
    
    
     
    
    Common Butterwort
    (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
    
    
    Those with a VIOLET coloration: 
    
    
23. Heath Speedwell  ______   
    Veronica officinalis   
    
    
24. Blue Water-speedwell  ______    
    Veronica anagalis-aquatica  
    
    
25. Marsh Speedwell  ______  
    Veronica scutellata   
    
    
26. Selfheal  ______    
    Prunella vulgaris 
    
    
27. Alpine Meadow-rue  ______  
    Thalictrum alpinum   
    
    
28. Wood Crane's-bill  (*)   ______  jun   (in the Geranium family, Geraniaceae)
    Geranium sylvaticum 
    
    
    
    
    Wood Crane's-bill
    (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
    
    
29. Serrate Gentian  ______     
    Gentianella detonsa 
    
    
30. Field Gentian   ______   
    Gentianella campestris 
    
     
31. Northern Gentian   ______     
    Gentianella aurea   
     
    
32. Blue Heath  ______ 
    Phyllodoce coerulea    
    
    
33. Sea Pea  (*)  ______ jun
    Lathyrus japonicus maritimus 
    
    
    Those with a REDDISH or PINK coloration:
    
    
34. Purple Saxifrage  ______ 
    Saxifraga oppositifolia 
    
      
35. Heath Spotted Orchid  ______     
    Dactylorhiza maculata   
    
    
36. Creeping Thistle  ______  
    Cirsium arvense   
    
    
37. Red Dead-nettle  ______   
    Lamium purpureum  
     
    
38. Alpine Catchfly  ______  
    Lychnis alpina 
    
    
39. Wild Thyme  ______  
    Thymus praecox arcticus  
    
    
40. Great Burnet  ______    
    Sanguisorba officinalis   
    
    
41. Rosebay Willowherb  ______     
    Epilobium angustifolium   
    
    
42. Arctic Riverbeauty   ______   
    Epilobium latifolium  
    
    
43. Chickweed Willowherb  ______  
    Epilobium alsinifolium 
    
    
44. Hornemann's Willowherb  ______   
    Epilobium hornemanni  
    
    
45. American Willowherb  ______  
    Epilobium watsonii 
    
    
46. Cliff Willowherb  ______  
    Epilobium collinum 
    
    
47. Marsh Willowherb  ______  
    Epilobium palustre 
    
    
48. Alpine Willowherb  ______  
    Epilobium anagallidifolium  
    
    
49. Marsh Cinquefoil  ______  
    Potentilla palustris 
    
    
50. Hemp-nettle  ______  
    Galeopsis tetrahit 
    
    
51. Small Cranberry  ______ 
    Vaccinium microcarpum 
    
    
52. Trailing Azalea  ______ 
    Loiseleuria procumbens 
    
    
53. Water Avens  ______ 
    Geum rivale 
    
    
54. Red Clover  (*) ______   jun  (in the Pea family)
    (In Iceland, introduced & partly naturalized; occurs in grassy pastures & cultivated homefields; rather rare in  Iceland)   
    Trifolium pratense  
    
    
    
    
    Red Clover
    (photo courtesy of Doris Potter)
    
    
55. Hairy Stonecrop  (*)  ______ jun  (in the Stonecrop family, Crassulaceae)
    Sedum villosum 
    
    
     
    
    Hairy Stonecrop
    (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
    
    
56. Heather  (*)  ______  jun 
    Calluna vulgaris  
    
    
57. Moss Campion  (*)  ______ jun  (in the Pink family, Caryophyllaceae) 
    Silene acaulis 
    
    
    
    
    Moss Campion
    (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT June '09 Iceland Tour) 
    
    
58. Thrift  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Sea Lavender family)
    Almeria maritima 
    
    
     
    
    Thrift
    (photographed during the June 2006 FONT Iceland Tour by Cheryl Pearce)
    
    
59. Lady Smock  (*)  ______ jun  (in the Mustard family, Brassicadeae, formerly Cruciferae)
    Cardamine nymanii 
    
    
    
    
    Lady Smock
    (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT June '09 Iceland Tour)
    
     
60. Common Valerian ______  
    Valeriana officinalis   
    
    
61. Mudwort  ______  
    Limosella aquatica   
    
    
62. Sea-milkwort  ______ 
    Glaux maritima 
    
    
63. Bilberry  (*) ______   jun  (in the Heath family, Ericaceae)    
    Vaccinium myrtillus 
    
    
    
    
    Bilberry
    (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
    
    
64. Bog Bilberry  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Heath family, Ericaceae) 
    Vaccinium uliginosum 
    
    
     
    
    Bog Bilberry
    (photo  courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
    
    
65. Alpine Fleabane  ______   
    Erigeron borealis   
      
    
66. Dwarf Fleabane _______  
    Erigeron uniflorus   
    
    
    Those with mostly or all WHITE coloration:  
    
    
67. Glacier Buttercup  ______  
    Ranunculus glacialis  
     
    
68. Sea Mayweed  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Daisy family, Asteraceae,  Composite) 
    Matricaria maritimaformerly
    
    
     
    
    Sea Maywood
    (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, from during the FONT June 2009 Iceland tour)
    
    
69. Oxeye Daisy  (*)  ______  jun
    Leucanthemum vulgare   
    
    
70. Mountain Avens  (*)  ______  jun   (in the Rose family, Rosaceae)
    Dryas octopetala 
    
    
    
    
    Mountain Avens
    (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour) 
    
    
71. Burnet Rose  ______ 
    Rosa pimpinellifolia 
    
    
72. Grass of Parnassus  ______    
    Parnassia palustris 
    
    
73. Wild Strawberry  ______    
    Fragaria vesca 
    
    
74. Dwarf Cornel  ______   
    Cornus suecica  
     
    
75. Sea Campion  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Pink family, Caryophyllaceae)
    Silene uniflora 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Two photos of Sea Campion
    (both taken during FONT Iceland Tours 
    upper photo: in June 2006 by Cheryl Pearce)
    (lower photo: in June 2009 by Gerin Hood)
     
    
76. Alpine Mouse-ear  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Pink family, Caryophyliaceae)
    Cerastium alpinum  
    
    
       
    
    Alpine Mouse-ear
    (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland Tour - June 2009)
    
    
77. Arctic Mouse-ear  ______    
    Cerastium arcticum   
     
    
78. Starwort Mouse-ear  ______   
    Cerastium cerastoides   
    
    
79. Chickweed Wintergreen  ______   
    Trientalis europaea   
    
    
80. Bogbean  ______
    Menyanthes trifoliata   
    
    
81. Mossy Saxifrage  ______  
    Saxifraga hypnoides 
    
    
82. Drooping Saxifrage  ______ 
    Saxifraga cernua   
    
    
83. Tufted Saxifrage   ______  
    Saxifraga caespitosa 
    
    
84. Starry Saxifrage  ______  
    Saxifraga stellaris 
    
    
85. Lesser Stitchwort  ______   
    Stellaria graminea 
    
    
86. Thread-leaved Water-crowfoot  ______   
    Ranunculus trichophyllus 
    
    
87. Diapensia  ______ 
    Diapensia lapponica 
    
    
88. Pyramidal Saxifrage  ______ 
    Saxifraga cotyledon 
    
    
89. Silver Saxifrage  ______  
    Saxifraga paniculata  
    
    
90. Alpine Brook Saxifrage ______ 
    Saxifraga rivularis 
    
    
91. Alpine Snow Saxifrage  ______  
    Saxifraga nivalis   
      
    
92. Common Mouse-ear  ______  
    Cerastium fontanum 
    
    
93. Corn Spurrey  ______     
    Spergula arvensis 
    
    
94. Arctic Sandwort  ______  
    Arenaria norvegica   
    
    
95. Sea Sandwort  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Pink family, Caryophyllaceae)  
    Honckenya peploides 
    
    
    
    
    Sea Sandwort
    (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
    
    
96. Mountain Sandwort  ______ 
    Minuartia rubella 
    
    
97. Teesdale Sandwort  ______   
    Minuartia stricta  
    
    
98. Two-flowered Sandwort ______  
    Minuartia biflora 
    
    
99. Alpine Pearlwort  ______    
    Sagina saginoides   
    
    
100. Knotted Pearlwort  ______  
     Sagina nodosa 
     
     
101. Common Chickweed  ______  
     Stellaria media   
     
     
102. Fairy Flax  ______
     Linum catharticum
     
     
103. Fleshy Stitchwort  ______
     Stellaria crassifolia
     
     
104. Low Stitchwort  ______
     Stellaria humifusa
     
     
105. Iceland-purslane  ______
     Koenigia islandica
     
     
106. Alpine Bistort  (*)  ______  jun 
     Bistoria vivipara
     
     
107. Knotgrass  ______
     Polygonum aviculare
     
     
108. Round-leaved Sundew  ______
     Drosera rotundifolia
     
     
109. Marsh Pennywort  ______
     Hydrocotyle vulgaris
     
     
110. Stone Bramble  ______
     Rubus saxatilis
     
     
111. Meadowsweet  ______
     Filipendula ulmaria
     
     
112. Rowan  ______
     Sorbus aucuparia
     
     
113. Garden Angelica  ______
     Angelica archangelica
     
     
114. Wild Angelica  (*)  ______  jun
     Angelica sylvestris
     
     
115. Scots Lovage  ______
     Ligusticum  scoticum
     
     
116. Caraway  ______
     Carum carvi
     
     
117. Sweet Cicely  ______
     Myrrhis odorata
     
     
118. Cow Parsley  ______
     Anthriscus sylvestris
     
     
119. Yarrow  ______
     Achillea millefolium
     
     
120. Sneezewort  ______
     Achillea ptarmica
     
     
121. Alpine Rock-cress  ______
     Arabis alpina
     
     
122. Northern Rock-cress  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Mustard family, Brassicaceae, formerly Cruciferae) 
     (One of the most common wildflowers in Iceland in both the lowlands & highlands; 
      it occurs in areas of gravel hills, screes, sand and lava fields.)
     Cardaminopsis petraea
     
     
     
     
     Northern Rock-cress
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
     
     
123. Sea Rocket  ______
     Cakile arctica
     
     
124. Hoary Whitlowgrass  ______
     Draba incana
     
     
125. Rock Whitlowgrass  ______
     Draba norvegica
     
     
126. Snow Whitlowgrass  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Mustard family, Brassicaceae, formerly Cruciferae)
     (Rather rare in Iceland, found at rock outcrops and cairns in the northern & eastern parts of the island.)   
     Draba nivalis 
     
     
     
     
     Snow Whitlowgrass
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
     
     
127. Alpine Whitlowgrass  ______
     Draba alpina 
     
     
128. Shepherd's Purse  ______
     Capsella bursa-pastoris
     
     
129. Hairy Bitter-cress  ______
     Cardamine hirsuta
     
     
130. Alpine Bitter-cress  ______
     Cardamine bellidifolia
     
     
131. Common Scurvygrass  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Mustard family, Brassicaceae, formerly Cruciferae)
     (Widespread in Iceland, found at bird-cliffs and rocky shores.)
     Cochlearia officinalis
     
     
     
     
     
     Common Scurvygrass
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
     
     
     
132. Awlwort  ______
     Subularia aquatica
     
     
133. Common Whitlowgrass  ______
     Erophila verna 
     
     
134. Milky Willowherb  ______
     Epilobium lactiflorum
     
     
135. Snow Pearlwort  ______
     Sagina nivalis
     
     
136. Blinks  ______
     Montia fontana
     
     
137. Scottish Asphodel  ______
     Tofieldia pusilla
     
     
138. Northern Bedstraw  ______
     Galium boreale
     
     
139. Slender Bedstraw  ______
     Galium normanii
     
     
140. Fen Bedstraw  ______
     Galium uliginosum
     
     
141. Small Bedstraw  ______
     Galium trifidum
     
     
142. Cassiope  ______
     Cassiope hypnoides
     
     
143. Bearberry  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Heath family, Ericaceae) 
     Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
     
     
     
     
     Bearberry
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
     
     
144. Common Wintergreen  ______
     Pyrola minor
     
     
145. Arctic Wintergreen  ______
     Pyrola grandiflora
     
     
146. Serrated Wintergreen  ______
     Orthilia secunda
     
     
147. Autumn Gentian  ______
     Gentianella amarella
     
     
148. Cold Eyebright  ______
     Euphrasia frigida
     
     
149. White Dead-nettle  ______
     Lamium album
     
     
150. White Clover  ______
     Trifolium repens
     
     
     Those with a YELLOW coloration:
     
     
151. Marsh-marigold  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Buttercup family, Ranunculaceae)
     Caltha palustris
     
     
     
     
     Marsh-marigold
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, from during the FONT June 2009 Iceland tour)
     
     
152. Alpine Cinquefoil  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Rose family, Rosaceae)
     Potentilla crantzii
     
     
     
     
     Alpine Cinquefoil
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, from during the FONT June 2009 Iceland tour)
     
     
153. Silverweed  (*)  ______  jun
     Potentilla anserina
     
     
154. Meadow Buttercup  ______
     Ranunculus acris
     
     
155. Creeping Buttercup  ______
     Ranunculus repens
     
     
156. Marsh Saxifrage  ______
     Saxifraga hirculus
     
     
157. Yellow Saxifrage  ______
     Saxifraga aizoides
     
     
158. Arctic Poppy  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Poppy family, Papaveraceae)
     Papaver radicatum
     
     
     
     
     Arctic Poppy
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during the FONT June 2009 Iceland tour)
     
     
159. Iceland Poppy  ______
     Papaver nudicaule
     
     
160. Biting Stonecrop  ______
     Sedum acre
     
     
161. Annual Stonecrop  ______
     Sedium annuum
     
     
162. Creeping Spearwort  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Buttercup family, Ranunculaceae)
     (Found in moist soil.)
     Ranunculus reptans
     
     
     
     
     Creeping Spearwort
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
     
     
163. Pygmy Buttercup  ______
     Ranunculus pygmaeus
     
     
164. Arctic Buttercup  ______
     Ranunculus hyperboreus
     
     
165. Creeping Sibbaldia  ______
     Sibbaldia procumbens
     
     
166. Northern Yellowcress  ______    
     Rorippa islandica
     
     
167. Hawkweed-leaved Treaclemustard  ______
     Erysimum hieraciifolium
     
     
168. Roseroot  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Stonecrop family, Crassulaceae)
     Rhodiola rosea
     
     
     
     
     Roseroot
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during the FONT June 2009 Iceland tour)
     
     
169. Meadow Vetchling  ______
     Lathyrus pratensis
     
     
170. Small Cow-wheat  ______
     Melampyrum sylvaticum
     
     
171. Upright Lousewort  ______
     Pedicularis flammea
     
     
172. Yellow-rattle  ______
     Rhinanthus minor
     
     
173. Kidney Vetch  ______
     Anthyllis vulneraria
     
     
174. Dandelion  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Daisy family, Asteraceae, formerly Composite)
     Taraxacum spp.
     
     
     
     
     Dandelion
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, from during the FONT June 2009 Iceland tour)
     
     
175. Hawkweed  ______
     Hieracium spp.
     
     
176. Alpine Hawkweed  ______
     Hieracium alpinum
     
     
177. Icelandic Hawkweed  ______
     Pilosella islandica
     
     
178. Autumn Hawkbit  ______
     Leontodon autumnalis
     
     
179. Colt's-foot  ______
     Tussilago farfara
     
     
     Mostly GREEN:
     
     
180. Alpine Lady's-mantle  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Rose family, Rosaceae)
     (Found in depressions in slopes, snowbeds, screes, and erosive soil.) 
     Alchemilla alpina
     
     
     
     
     Alpine Lady's-mantle
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
     
     
181. Northern Green Orchid ______
     Platantherea hyperborea
     
     
182. Small-white Orchid  ______
     Pseudorchis albida  
     
     
183. Mare's-tail _____
     Hippuris vulgaris
     
     
184. Water Horsetail _____
     Equisetum fluviatile
     
     
185. Marsh Horsetail _____
     Equisetum palustre 
     
     
186. Field Horsetail _____
     Equisetum arvense
     
     
187. Shady Horsetail _____
     Equisetum pratense
     
     
     
     
     Shady Horsetail
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
     
     
188. Variegated Horsetail ______
     Equisetum variegatum
     
     
189. Rough Horsetail ______
     Equisetum hymale
     
     
190. Dwarf Willow  (*) ______  jun  (in the Willow family, Salicaceae) 
     Salix herbeacea
     
     
     
     
     Dwarf Willow
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
     
     
191. Woolly Willow  (*)  ______  jun  (in the Willow family, Salicaceae) 
     Salix lanata 
     
     
     
     
     Woolly Willow
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
     
     
192. Bluish Willow ______
     Salix callicarpaea
     
     
193. Mountain Sorrel  (*) ______  jun  (in the Dock family)
     (Occurs commonly in Iceland, at ravines, cliffs, gravelly slopes, and rocky ground.) 
     Oxyria digyna
     
     
     
     
     Mountain Sorrel
     (photo courtesy of Gerin Hood, during FONT Iceland June '09 Tour)
     
     
194. Frog Orchid ______
     Coeloglossum viride
     
     
195. Coralroot Orchid ______
     Corallorhiza trifida
     
     
196. Lesser Twayblade ______
     Listeria cordata
     
     
197. Common Twayblade ______
     Listera ovata
     
     
198. Small Adder's-tongue ______
     Ophioglossum azoricum 
     
     
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