Wildflowers of Rocky Mountain National Park

August/September-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

Purple Fringe,
Silky Phacelia
Phacelia sericea,
Borage Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
Jun-Aug

Tall Chiming Bells,
Streamside Bluebells
Mertensia ciliata,
Borage Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
June-Aug

Colorado Blue Columbine
Aquilegia coerulea,
Buttercup Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
Jun-Aug

Clustered Penstemon
Penstemon procerus,
Plantain Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
June-August

Whipple’s Penstemon
Penstemon whippleanus,
Plantain Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
June-September

Star Gentian,
Felwort
Swertia perennis,
Gentian Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
July-Aug

Parry's Gentian
Gentiana parryi,
Gentian Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
July-Sept

Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian
Gentianopsis thermalis,
Gentain Family,
Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
July-Sept

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

Mountain Harebell
Campanula rotundifolia,
Bellflower Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine-Alpine,
Jun-Aug

Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium pulcherrimum,
Phlox Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
Jun-Aug

Columbian Monkshood
Aconitum columbianum,
Buttercup Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
Jun-Aug

Aspen Daisy,
Showy Daisy
Erigeron speciosus,
Sunflower Family,
Montane-Subalpine,
Jun-Sept

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

Parry’s Harebell,
Rocky Mountain Bellflower
Campanula parryi,
Bellflower Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
June-August

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

Pleated Gentian,
Rocky Mountain Gentian,
Bottle Gentian
Gentiana affinis,
Gentian Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
July-Sept

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

One-sided Penstemon
Penstemon virgatus,
Plantain Family,
Foothills-Montane,
June-August

Bigelow's Tansyleaf Aster
Dieteria bigelovii
Asteraceae Family,
Foothills-Montane-Subalpine,
July-October

Photo by Marlene Borneman