Blue & Purple

​vines, shrubs, trees --- elongated clusters --- rounded clusters --- odd-shaped flowers --- simple-shaped flowers --- daisy- and dandelion-like flowers 
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blue lettuce

Bigelow's tansyaster

Parry's harebell

common harebell

Front Range beardtongue

alpine forget-me-not

tall chiming bells

houndstongue

wild blue flax

Rocky Mountain iris

spiderwort

fringed gentian

Parry's gentian

bottle gentian

pleated gentian

star gentian

Britton's skullcap

pasque flower

sugarbowls

broadbeard penstemon

I.  blue l, Bigelow's t, Parry's h, common h, Front R b, alpine f, tall c b, houndstongue, wild b f, Rocky M i, spiderwort, fringed g, Parry's g, 
    bottle g, pleated g, star g, Britton's s, pasque f, sugarbowls, broadbeard p

blue clematis

largeflower tritelia

fuzzy-tongued penstemon

one-sided penstemon

Whipple's penstemon

Wilcox's penstemon

Cusick's speedwell

water speedwell

Colorado columbine

silvery lupine

American vetch

swamp verbena

threadleaf phacelia

sticky polemonium

Rocky Mountain bluebells

blue-eyed Mary

Nuttall's larkspur

purple avens

blue mustard

Front Range beardtongue

II.  blue c, largeflower t, fuzzy-tongued p, one-sided p, Whipple's p, Wilcox's p, Cusick's s, water s, Colorado c, silvery l, American v,
      swamp v, threadleaf p, sticky p, Rocky M b, blue-eyed M, Nuttall's l, purple a, blue m, littleflower p

field milkvetch

purple nightshade

bristly nama

Cusick's camas

alpine speedwell

hookedspur violet

purple fringe

Jacob's ladder

alpine chiming bells

alpine harebell

Rocky Mountain fringed gentian

Coulter's lupine

blue dicks

distant phacelia

hoary tansyaster

desertbells

miniature woollystar

rock gilia

Parry's false prairie clover

lesser yellowthroat gilia

III.  field m, silverleaf n, bristly nama, Cusick's c, alpine s, hookedspur v, purple f, Jacob's l, alpine c b, alpine h, Rocky M f g, 
       Coulter's l, blue d, distant p, hoary t, desertbells, miniature w, rock g, Parry's f p c, lesser y g

desert broomrape

prairie bluebells

purple peavine

strict blue-eyed grass

princess tree

violet wood sorrel

celestial lily

wild blue phlox

field pansy

bird's-foot violet

wood violet

starch grape hyacinth

Greek valerian

purple phacelia

tansyleaf tansyaster

harlequin blueflag

long-spurred violet

dwarf crested iris

true forget-me-not

American wisteria

IV.  desert b, prairie b, purple p, strict b g,  princess t, violet w s, celestial l, wild b p, field p, bird's-foot v, wood v, starch g p,
       Greek v, purple p, tansyleaf t, harlequin b, long-spurred v, dwarf c i, true f, American w

wild geranium

bird's-eye speedwell

beautiful fleabane

sticky gilia

lilac penstemon

Canada toadflax

manyflower stickseed

Geyer's larkspur

prairie turnip

slimflower scurfpea

bigbract verbena

shaggy dwarf morning glory

hairy purslane speedwell

upland beardtongue

sawsepal penstemon

chicory

Fuller's teasel

alpine leafybract aster

tall fleabane

monkshood

V.  wild g, bird's-eye s, beautiful f, sticky g, lilac p, Canada t, manyflower s, Geyer's l. prairie t, slimflower s, bigbract v, shaggy d m g, 
     hairy p s, upland b, sawsepal p, chicory, Fuller's t, alpine l a, tall f, monkshood

western polemonium

subalpine larkspur

blue stickseed

American speedwell

fleshy porterella

purple sage

intermountain lupine

climbing nightshade

Bigelow's tansyaster

Sierra gooseberry

California harebell

bigleaf lupine

Rocky Mountain blue columbine

featherleaf fleabane

tall morning glory

silverleaf nightshade

black prairie clover

smallflower tansyaster

fall tansyaster

Rocky Mountain larkspur

VI.  western p, subalpine l, blue s, American s, fleshy p, purple s, intermountain l, climbing n, Bigelow's t, Sierra g, California h, 
       bigleaf l, Rocky M b c, featherleaf f, tall m g, silverleaf n, black p c, smallflower t, fall t, Rocky M l

tailcup lupine

little larkspur

Rydberg's penstemon

cutleaf wild heliotrope

Brewer's lupine

common bugle

Great Basin langloisia

desert lavender

marsh skullcap

Hall's beardtongue

MacDougal vervain

Big Bend bluebonnet

Texas lignum-vitae

marked gilia

bearded prairie clover

caterpillars

madwort

rare loco milkvetch

snapdragon vine

water jacket

VII.  tailcup l, little l, Rydberg's p, cutleaf w h, Brewer's l, common b, Great B l, desert l, marsh s, Hall's b, MacDougal v, Big B b, Texas l-v, 
        marked g, bearded p c, caterpillars, madwort, rare l m, snapdragon v, water jacket

Fendler's penstemon

gypsum phacelia

dwarf lupine

alfalfa

Pacific lupine

glacial daisy

American water horehound

western aster

garden cornflower

smooth blue aster

western meadow aster

Eaton's thistle

New England aster

New Mexico thistle

fall tansyaster

tubular bluestar

Texas toadflax

Rydberg's penstemon

spurred lupine

low phacelia

VIII.  Fendler's p, gypsum p, dwarf l, alfalfa, Pacific l, glacial d, American w h, western a, garden c, smooth b a, western m a, Eaton's t, 
​         New E a,  New M t, fall t, tubular b, Texas t, Rydberg's p, spurred l, low p

mountain monardella

Alberta beardtongue

bluntlobe lupine

Mojave woodyaster

calthaleaf phacelia

prairie violet

Buckley's penstemon

false indigo bush

nodding locoweed

pale blue-eyed grass

nodding locoweed

Rocky Mountain penstemon

snowy bluebells

sticky polemonium

Rocky Mountain sky pilot

upland blue beardtongue

showy prairie gentian

lapland gentian

alpine larkspur

Fendler's aster

IX.   mountain m, Alberta b, bluntlobe l, Mojave w, calthaleaf p, prairie v, Buckley's p, false i b, nodding l, pale b g, nodding l, Rocky M p,
​        snowy b, sticky p, Rocky M s p, upland b b, showy p g, lapland g, alpine l, Fendler's a

Rocky Mountain alpine daisy

nose skullcap

royal penstemon

dwarf lupine

oblongleaf bluebells

velvet lupine

halfmoon milkvetch

shortstyle bluebells

granny's bonnets

   X.  Rocky M a d, nose s, royal p, dwarf l, oblongleaf b, velvet l, halfmoon m, shortstyle b, granny's b