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Blue and Purple Flowers

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Families shown on this page are:
Plantaginaceae, Polemoniaceae, Ranunculaceae,
Rhamnaceae, Themidaceae, Violaceae

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

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see "
Keys to Photographs and Descriptions".

 

Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Collinsia parviflora 
Blue-Eyed Mary

 

Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Penstemon angustifolius
Penstemon cyanocaulis
Penstemon angustifolius Penstemon breviculus Penstemon crandallii Penstemon cyanocaulis
Narrow-leaf Penstemon Short Penstemon Crandall's Penstemon Blue-stem Penstemon

 

Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Penstemon hallii
Penstemon lentus variety lentusPenstemon lentus variety albiflorus
Penstemon comarrhenus Penstemon hallii Penstemon harbourii Penstemon lentus variety lentus
Penstemon lentus
variety albiflorus
Hairy Penstemon Hall's Penstemon

Harbour's Penstemon

Handsome Penstemon &
Abajo Handsome Penstemon

 

Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Penstemon mensarum
Penstemon ophianthus
Penstemon linarioides Penstemon mensarum Penstemon ophianthus
Narrow-leaf Penstemon Mesa Penstemon Snake Penstemon

 

Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
  Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Penstemon rydbergi
Penstemon venustus
 
Penstemon rydbergii Penstemon strictus Penstemon venustus   Penstemon whippleanus
Rydberg's Penstemon Rocky Mountain Penstemon Venus' Penstemon   Whipple's Penstemon

 

Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Plantaginaceae 
(Plantain Family)
Veronica catenata
Besseya alpina
Veronica americana Veronica anagallis-aquatica Veronica besseya   Veronica serpyllifolia Veronica wormskjoldii
(Veronica nutans)
American Brooklime Water Speedwell Alpine Kitten Tails Thyme-leaf Speedwell Veronica

 

Polemoniaceae 
(Phlox Family)
Polemoniaceae 
(Phlox Family)
Polemoniaceae 
(Phlox Family)
Aliciella pinnatifida Eriastrum sparsiflorum Gilia ophthalmoides
Sticky Gilia Sparse Starflower Eyed Gilia

 

Polemoniaceae 
(Phlox Family)
Polemoniaceae 
(Phlox Family)
Polemoniaceae 
(Phlox Family)
Polemoniaceae 
(Phlox Family)
Ipomopsis gunnisonii
Gilia sinistra
Ipomopsis gunnisonii Ipomopsis longiflora Ipomopsis polyantha Navarretia sinistra
Gunnison's Skyrocket Long-flowered Skyrocket Pagosa Skyrocket Alva Day's Gilia

 

Polemoniaceae 
(Phlox Family)
Polemoniaceae 
(Phlox Family)
Polemoniaceae 
(Phlox Family)
Polemoniaceae 
(Phlox Family)
Polemonium confertum
Polemonium foliosissimum Polemonium pulcherrimum Polemonium confertum Polemonium viscosum
Leafy Jacob's Ladder Beautiful Jacob's Ladder Dense Sky Pilot Sticky Sky Pilot

 

Ranunculaceae
(Buttercup Family)
Ranunculaceae
(Buttercup Family)
Ranunculaceae
(Buttercup Family)
Aconitum columbianum Aquilegia coerulea Aquilegia coerulea 
variety daileyae
Monkshood Colorado Columbine,
the State Flower of Colorado
Spurless Columbine

 

Ranunculaceae
(Buttercup Family)
Ranunculaceae
(Buttercup Family)
Clematis hirsutissima Clematis occidentalis
Sugarbowls Western Clematis

 

Ranunculaceae 
(Buttercup Family)
Ranunculaceae 
(Buttercup Family)
Ranunculaceae 
(Buttercup Family)
Ranunculaceae 
(Buttercup Family)
Ranunculaceae 
(Buttercup Family)
Delphinium robustum
Pulsatilla patens
Delphinium barbeyi Delphinium nuttallianum Delphinium robustum Delphinium scaposum Pulsatilla nuttalliana
Barbey's Larkspur Dwarf Larkspur Robust Larkspur Desert Larkspur Pasqueflower

 

Many species formerly in the Scrophulariaceae (Snapdragon Family) are now in Plantaginaceae (Plantain Family) or Orobanchaceae (Broomrape Family).

 

Rhamnaceae 
(Buckthorn Family)

Violaceae 
(Violet Family)
Violaceae 
(Violet Family)
Violaceae 
(Violet Family)
Ceanothus pauciflorus
Viola adunca var. bellidifolia

Ceanothus pauciflorus

Viola adunca
variety adunca
Viola adunca
variety bellidifolia
Viola nephrophylla

Desert Buckthorn

Blue Violet Alpine Blue Violet Bog Violet


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