Wildflowers of Rocky Mountain National Park

April/May-Montane-Blue/Purple Flowers

Each Wildflower includes:
Common Name,
Latin Name,
Family Name,
Life Zone,
and Season

Mountain Blue Violet,
Hook-Spurred Violet
Viola adunca,
Violet Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
May-Aug

Mountain Blue Violet,
Hook-spurred violet
Viola adunca,
Violet Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
May-August

Pasque Flower
Pulsatilla patens,
Buttercup Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
April-Jun

Fewflower Loco,
Nuttall’s Oxytrope
Oxytropis multiceps,
Pea Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
April-June

Early Blue Daisy,
Early Bluetop Daisy
Erigeron vetensis,
Sunflower Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
May-July

Rocky Mountain Penstemon
Penstemon strictus,
Plantain Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
May-August

Rocky Mountain Blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium montanum,
Iris Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
May-August

Mountain Lupine,
Silvery Lupine
Lupinus argenteus,
Pea Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
May-September

Nelson's Larkspur,
Nuttal's Larkspur
Delphinium nuttallianum,
Buttercup Family,
Foothills-Montane,
April-Jun

Blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia parviflora,
Plantain Family,
Foothills-Montane,
April-July

Rocky Mountain Iris
Iris missouriensis,
Iris Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-July

Britton's Skullcap
Scutellaria brittonii,
Mint Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-July

Bearded Sidebells Penstemon
Penstemon secundiflorus,
Plantain family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-July

Lanceleaf Chiming Bells,
Prairie Bluebells
Mertensia lanceolata,
Borage Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-Aug

Blue Flax
Linum lewisii,
Flax Family,
Foothills-Montane,
May-Aug

Western Stickseed
Lappula occidentalis,
Borage Family,
Foothills-Montane,
April-Aug