Southwest Colorado Wildflowers, Blue Thumbnails Hydrophyllaceae

Blue and Purple Flowers

Click a thumbnail for large photographs and descriptive information.

Families shown on this page are:
Hydrophyllaceae, Iridaceae, Lamiaceae,
Linaceae, Orchidaceae, Orobanchaceae, Oxalidaceae

Click the following links for more blue flower photographs:
Apocynaceae - Asteraceae
Boraginaceae - Brassicaceae
Campanulaceae - Gentianaceae
Plantaginaceae - Violaceae

For more information about how to use this website,
see "Keys to Photographs and Descriptions".

For Helleboraceae (Hellebore Family)
see Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family).

Hydrophyllaceae
(Waterleaf Family)

Phacelia bakeri

Phacelia crenulata

Phacelia glandulosa

Phacelia howelliana

Phacelia integrifolia

Phacelia sericea

Baker's Phacelia

Notched-leaf Phacelia

Glandular Phacelia

Howell's Phacelia

Gypsum Phacelia

Silky Phacelia

Iridaceae
(Iris Family)

Iris missouriensis

Sisyrinchium montanum

Wild Iris

Blue-eyed Grass

Lamiaceae
(Mint Family)

Hedeoma drummondii

Mentha arvensis

Poliomintha incana

Drummond's Pennyroyal

Field Mint

Gray Mint

Lamiaceae
(Mint Family)

Linaceae
(Flax Family)

Prunella vulgaris

Scutellaria galericulata

Linum lewisii

Self-heal

Skullcap

Blue Flax

Orchidaceae
(Orchid Family)

Orobanchaceae
(Broomrape Family)

Oxalidaceae
(Wood Sorrel Family)

Corallorhiza striata

Aphyllon arizonicum

Orthocarpus purpureoalbus

Oxalis metcalfei

Striped Coralroot

Arizona Broomrape

Purple Owl-clover

Metcalfe's Wood Sorrel