Wildflowers of Rocky Mountain National Park

June/July-Alpine-Blue/Purple Flowers

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

Alpine Forget-me-not
Eritrichium nanum,
Borage Family,
Alpine,
June-Aug

Alpine Bluebells,
Alpine Chiming Bells
Mertensia alpine,
Brorage Family,
Alpine,
June-Aug

Sky Pilot
Polemonium viscosum,
Phlox Family,
Subalpine-Alpine,
June-Aug

Alpine Lousewort
Pedicularis sudetica,
Broomrape Family,
Subalpine-Alpine,
June-August

Subalpine Larkspur
Delphinium barbeyi,
Buttercup Family,
Subalpine-Alpine,
July-Sept

Little Gentian,
Northern Gentian,
Autumn Dwarf Gentian
Gentianella amarella,
Gentian Family,
Subalpine-Alpine,
July-September

Perennial Fringed Gentian
Gentianopsis barbellata,
Gentian family,
Subalpine-Alpine,
August-September

(Photo M. Borneman)

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