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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
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