She was considered an expert on Alaska native plants and wildflowers and produced several field guides on the topic.

Her fascination with plants and flowers began in her childhood, where she would often find herself compelled by the fields of wildflowers that surrounded the farm.

[citation needed] Frank Pratt, Verna's husband, was a boy she met in high school and married five years later.

As Verna Pratt delved into her exploration of Alaska's plants and wildflowers, she realized there was a lack of information present.

As a mission, Verna Pratt dedicated her time to documenting Alaska's plants and wildflowers with her husband, who took photographs of both.

In doing so, they produced their first book together: Field Guide to Alaskan Wildflowers Commonly Seen Along Highways and Byways, which was published in 1989 and has sold over 100,000 copies.

Upon realizing that there was no children's literature about Alaska's wild berries, wildflowers, and plants, Pratt wrote and published Linnaea’s World in 1996.

Pratt wrote Field Guide to Alaska Wildflowers due to information on flowers being too scientific and advanced for a household gardener.

Each plant in the book was identified based on color, family, habitat, blooming time, and general description.

What makes Alaska so special in terms of its plants and flowers is how large the state is, covering 586,400 square miles.

Many species don't have pictures, but the more complex plants with different variations are described when necessary, this includes flowers with a rare amount of petals.

[2] The Twin Flower (or the specific epithet, Linnaea Borealis meaning "northern") is part of the honeysuckle family.

[3] The Twin Flower isn't just seen in Alaska, it can also be found in northern Europe, Asia and parts of North America, however, the plant is slowly becoming endangered as its occurrence in these areas have dropped 50% since 1970.

The plant grows in the woods, low alpine meadows, and slopes on high elevation mountains over at the southeast and coastal Southcenter of Alaska.