Purple Flowers

Western wallflower, rare purple variation (Erysimum capitatum, v. purshii)

Western wallflower, rare two-toned variation (Erysimum capitatum, v. purshii)

Shooting star (Dodecatheon pulchellum)

Rocky mountain blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)

Monkshood (Aconitum columbianum)

Parry's primrose (Primula parryi)

Alpine harebell (Campanula uniflora)

Purple avens (Geum Rivale)

Sego lily, purple Variation (Calochortus nuttallii)

Purple fringe (Phacelia sericea)

Alpine kittentails (Besseya alpina)

Sugar bowl (Clematis hirsutissima)

Alpine primrose, Fairy Primrose (Primula Angustifolia)

Rock clematis (Clematis Columbiana)

Sky pilot

Grays Peak sky pilot

Fairy slippers (Calypso bulbosa), Rare Color Variation, Colorado

Scree penstemon (Penstemon harbourii; also: Harbour’s Penstemon, Harbour’s Beardtongue)

Star gentian (Swertia perennis)

Autumn dwarf gentian, aka Eyelash gentian (Gentianella acuta)

Rocky mountain fringed gentian (Gentianopsis thermalis)

Cleftleaf wild heliotrope (Phacelia crenulata)

Least Lewisia, Pygmy Bitterroot (Lewisia pygmaea)

Violet (Viola adunca)

Rocky mountain iris (Iris missouriensis)

Geyer’s onion (Allium geyeri)

Utah penstemon (Penstemon utahensis)

Showy locoweed (Oxytropis splendens)

Alpine lousewort (Pedicularis sudetica subspecies scopulorum)

Elephant heads (Pedicularis groenlandica)

Parry’s harebell (Campanula Parryi)

Great purple monkeyflower, British Columbia, Houston Lake, July 2015 (Mimulus lewisii)

Dwarf columbine (Aquilegia saximontana)