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Blue and Purple Flowers

The following thumbnail photographs are arranged alphabetically by
scientific family name, then by genus, and lastly by species name. 
Common names are attached to each thumbnail photograph.
Click on a thumbnail for enlarged photographs and descriptive information.

The scientific names of the families shown on this page are:
Helleboraceae, Hydrophyllaceae, Iridaceae, Lamiaceae,
Linaceae, Orchidaceae, Orobanchaceae, Oxalidaceae

Click the following links for more families with blue thumbnail photographs:
Alliaceae - Asteraceae
Boraginaceae - Brassicaceae 
Campanulaceae - Gentianaceae 
Polemoniaceae - Violaceae

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see "Keys to Photographs and Descriptions".

 

Helleboraceae 
(Hellebore Family)		 Helleboraceae 
(Hellebore Family)
Aquilegia coerulea Aquilegia coerulea 
variety daileyae
Colorado Columbine,
the State Flower of Colorado		 Columbine

 

Helleboraceae 
(Hellebore Family)
Aconitum columbianum
Monkshood

 

Helleboraceae 
(Hellebore Family)		 Helleboraceae 
(Hellebore Family)		 Helleboraceae 
(Hellebore Family)
Delphinium barbeyi Delphinium nuttallianum Delphinium scaposum
Delphinium Larkspur Delphinium

 

Hydrophyllaceae 
(Waterleaf Family)		 Hydrophyllaceae 
(Waterleaf Family)		 Hydrophyllaceae 
(Waterleaf Family)		 Hydrophyllaceae 
(Waterleaf Family)
Phacelia sericea
Phacelia crenulata Phacelia glandulosa Phacelia integrifolia Phacelia sericea
Desert Phacelia Phacelia Phacelia Silky Phacelia 

 

Iridaceae (Iris Family) Iridaceae (Iris Family)
Iris missouriensis Sisyrinchium montanum
Wild Iris Blue-eyed Grass

 

Lamiaceae 
(Mint Family)		 Lamiaceae 
(Mint Family)		 Lamiaceae
(Mint Family)
Hedeoma drummondii Mentha arvensis Poliomintha incana
Pennyroyal Mint  

 

Lamiaceae 
(Mint Family)		 Lamiaceae
(Mint Family)		 Linaceae (Flax Family)
Prunella vulgaris Scutellaria galericulata Adenolinum lewisii
Self-heal Skullcap Blue Flax

 

Orchidaceae 
(Orchid Family)		 Orobanchaceae (Broomrape Family) Oxalidaceae 
(Wood Sorrel Family)
Corallorhiza striata Orobanche cooperi Oxalis violacea
Striped Coralroot Broomrape Wood Sorrel

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