Flora of Kamchatka

Arnica porsildiorum is an Arctic species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Russia, Alaska, Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory.

Cerastium aleuticum, common name Aleutian mouse-ear chickweed, is a plant species endemic to the US State of Alaska. It is found only on islands, not on the Alaskan mainland: Aleutian, St. Lawrence, St. Paul, Popof, and Kodiak Islands. It is found on rocky slopes and mountainsides up to an elevation of 700 m (2,300 ft). Cerastium aleuticum is a perennial herb spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Stems are branched, up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long, covered with soft hairs. Flowers are single or in groups of 2 or 3, white. Capsules are cylindrical, up to 11 mm long.

Carex diastena is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to eastern parts of Russia.

Leontopodium kamtschaticum is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.

Noccaeopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Noccaeopsis kamtschatica, which is endemic to the Kamchatka Peninsula and Commander Islands in the Russian Far East.

Noccaeopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Noccaeopsis kamtschatica, which is endemic to the Kamchatka Peninsula and Commander Islands in the Russian Far East.

Crataegus chlorosarca is an Asian species of hawthorn with black fruit. Although recommended as an ornamental and hardy in cold climates, it is rarely cultivated.

Carex hakkodensis is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of Kamchatka Krai, the Kuril Islands and Japan.

Bryanthus is a monotypic genus of ornamental plant in the flowering plant family Ericaceae, with the sole species Bryanthus musciformis, native to Japan, Kamchatka, and the Kuril Islands. The genus was created in 1769. In 2012, the new tribe Bryantheae was proposed based on genetic analysis, containing the genera Bryanthus and Ledothamnus.

Magadania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is the Russian Far East.

Abies sachalinensis, the Sakhalin fir, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is found in Sakhalin island and southern Kurils (Russia), and also in northern Hokkaido (Japan). The first discovery by a European was by Carl Friedrich Schmidt (1832-1908), the Baltic German botanist, on the Russian island of Sakhalin in 1866, but he did not introduce it to Europe. The plant was re-discovered by the English plant-collector, Charles Maries in 1877 near Aomori on the main Japanese island of Honshū, who initially thought it to be a variety of Abies veitchii. Abies nephrolepis (khingan fir)

Koenigia weyrichii (synonym Persicaria weyrichii), the Chinese knotweed or Weyrich's knotweed, is a large, perennial, rhizomatous herb native to northeastern Asia in Kamchatka, Sakhalin, and northern and central Japan. It is also locally naturalised in northern Europe. It is one of the parents of the cultivated hybrid Koenigia × fennica, the other being Koenigia alpina.

Carex nemurensis is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to Japan and eastern parts of Russia.

Carex jacutica is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of Siberia and eastern Russia.

Viola crassa is a species of flowering plant in the family Violaceae. It is native to Japan, Kamchatka Krai, the Kuril Islands, and Sakhalin.

Taraxacum carneocoloratum, also known as the pink dandelion or fleshy dandelion, is a perennial species of dandelion. The species is endemic to Yukon and Alaska, occurring only in unglaciated areas of western Yukon, specifically North Fork Pass in the Ogilvie Mountains and Ivvavik National Park. The species is characterized by the absence of horns or tubercles on the tips of the involucral bracts, a typically small height of less than 9 cm, pink to flesh-colored petals, and a yellowish pappus. It blooms between June and August. The species was first described in 1945.

Carex scita is a sedge that is native to parts of Japan and far eastern parts of Russia.

Arnica unalaschcensis, commonly known as Alaskan arnica, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found on both sides of the Bering Strait, being native to Alaska, the Pacific coast of Russia, and northern Japan. Its habitats include coastal tundra and alpine slopes. Varieties Arnica unalaschcensis var. unalaschcensis Arnica unalaschcensis var. tschonoskyi (Iljin) Kitam. & H.Hara

Lysichiton camtschatcensis, common name Asian skunk cabbage, white skunk cabbage, Far Eastern swamp lantern or Japanese swamp lantern, is a plant found in swamps and wet woods, along streams and in other wet areas of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin and northern Japan. The common name "skunk cabbage" is used for the genus Lysichiton, which includes L. americanus, the western skunk cabbage, noted for its unpleasant smell. The Asian skunk cabbage is more variable: plants have been reported in different cases to smell disgusting, not at all, and sweet. In Japanese it is known

Cypripedium yatabeanum, known as the spotted lady slipper or palomino lady's slipper, is a species of terrestrial orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It is native to Alaska (including the Aleutian Islands), to the Russian Far East (Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands), and northern Japan. It is distinguished from the closely related Cypripedium guttatum by its yellow-green flowers and narrower, longer lip. It is a perennial herb that grows up to 2 ft (0.61 m) tall. Its habitats include mesic tundra, marsh borders, and beach dune lag.

Salix nakamurana (Japanese: renge-iwa-yanagi) is a rare species of willow native to alpine slopes of central Japan. It is a deciduous small prostrate shrub.

Vaccinium praestans, the Kamchatka bilberry, is a perennial shrub in the family Ericaceae, which includes species like cranberries, blueberries, and huckleberries. In Russia this plant is known as the Klopovka, or stink-bug berry, due to its distinct, potent scent, resembling that of a secretion produced by bugs of Heteroptera genus. The plant is native to Kamchatka but can be found in North America to Eastern Asia. Mostly growing in the wild, it is also enjoyed as an ornamental plant, most commonly in Japan, where it is used to decorate home gardens. Like many other species in the family

Lilium debile is a herbaceous plant of the lily family, native to the Russian Far East (Khabarovsk, Sakhalin, Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands). It is related to the taller and more widespread species Lilium medeoloides.

Platanthera convallariifolia, the bog orchid, is a species of orchid native to the Aleutian Islands, far east Russia and northern Japan. It grows in wetlands such as fens and marshes.

Carex flavocuspis is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to northern and central parts of Japan, northern parts of China and far eastern parts of Russia.

Taraxacum ceratophorum, also known as the horned dandelion, is a species of flowering plant within the genus Taraxacum and family Asteraceae. This alpine species has a preference for mountainous habitat, where it can be found growing at elevations up to 3000 meters above sea level. It is native to a large portion of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting various countries within Asia, Europe and North America.

Cirsium kamtschaticum, the Kamchatka thistle, is an Alaskan and East Asian species of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. The species is found in eastern Russia (Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands), and on certain islands of the North Pacific: the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and Hokkaido Island in northern Japan. Cirsium kamtschaticum is a biennial or perennial herb up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall, with a thick underground rhizome. Leaves are up to 40 cm (16 inches) long with thin, bristly spines along the edges. There are a few flower heads, each

Hylotelephium cyaneum (syn. Sedum cyaneum), commonly known as the azure stonecrop, is a perennial mat-forming succulent groundcover plant of the family Crassulaceae. Its native range is in eastern Siberia and Russian Far East.

Anemonastrum villosissimum (Japanese: センカソウ, romanized: senkasou, Russian: Ветреник мохнатейший, romanized: Vetrenik moxnateyshiy) is a species of plant in the genus Anemonastrum, native to the Kuril Islands, Aleutian Islands, and, to a lesser extent, southern Kamchatka.

Aconitum fischeri is a species of flowering plant of the genus Aconitum, in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. It is native to forests, grasslands, and hilly slopes in the Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin, and in Korea and Siberia. It blooms in late summer. The plant contains poisonous aconitine, but according to ancient Chinese medical lore, if it is carefully measured, prepared, and used, it is believed to be beneficial in the treatment of colds, coughs, and fevers. If the measuring is in the slightest degree inaccurate, however, it is pure poison. The plant is susceptible to