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Purple Flowers Found in the Southwest

The Southwest has so many gorgeous flowers that when I go hiking probably two-thirds of my photos are of animals and flowers.

Below are all the purple flowers and shrubs that have purple flowers found in the Southwest that I know of and will keep updating the list as I find more and add photos as I identify the ones from my hikes.

I keep wanting to visit a “super bloom” area but they never appear when I go visit the areas that have the amazing fields carpeted with beautiful wildflowers.

Note that some of these flowers may be a “variation” of a purple flower by various shades of red, blue, and pink.

Is your favorite purple flower not list? If so, drop us an email or comment below and we will add it.

Alfalfa aka Lucerne Medicago sativa

Purple Flowers

Alfalfa aka Lucerne | Medicago sativa

American pasqueflower | Anemone patens

American vetch | Vicia americana

Arizona blue-eyes | Evolvulus arizonicus

Arrowweed | Pluchea sericea

Ashen milkvetch | Astragalus tephrodes

Bajada lupine | Lupinus concinnus

Bear river fleabane | Erigeron ursinus

Beardless sidebells penstemon | Penstemon virgatus

Beautiful fleabane | Erigeron formosissimus

Big bend bluebonnet | Lupinus havardii

Bigelow’s tansy aster | Machaeranthera bigelovii

Bigleaf periwinkle | Vinca major

Blue dicks | Dichelostemma capitatum

Blue lettuce | Mulgedium oblongifolium

Blue sage | Salvia dorrii

Blue witch | Solanum umbelliferum

Bluebowls | acerosum

Bolander’s phacelia | Phacelia bolanderi

Bonker hedgehog | Echinocereus Bonkerae

Brewer’s lupine | Lupinus breweri

Broadleaf lupine | Lupinus latifolius

Bulbous spring parsley | Cymopterus bulbosus

Bull thistle | Cirsium vulgare

Caltha-leaved phacelia | Phacelia calthifolia

Cane cholla | Cylindropuntia Spinosior

Chinese houses | Collinsia concolor

Chinese lantern | Quincula lobata

Climbing milkweed | Funastrum cynanchoides

Cobwebby thistle | Cirsium occidentale

Cochise penstemon | Penstemon dasyphyllus

Common blue-eyed grass | Sisyrinchium montanum

Common self-heal | Prunella vulgaris

Common vetch | Vicia sativa

Cord-root beardtongue | Penstemon montanus

Creeping milkvetch | Astragalus troglodytus

Crescent milkvetch | Astragalus amphioxys

Cutleaf daisy | Erigeron pinnatisectus

Davidson’s penstemon | Penstemon davidsonii

Death valley blue-eyed grass | funereum

Death valley sage | Salvia funerea

Desert broomrape | Orobanche cooperi

Desert Fivespot | Eremalche rotundifolia

Desert lavender | Hyptis emoryi

Dune lupine | Lupinus chamissonis

Dusty penstemon | Penstemon comarrhenus

Emory’s milkvetch | Astragalus emoryanus

Field mint | Mentha arvensis

Fiesta flower | Pholistoma auritum

Fort miller clarkia | Clarkia williamsonii

Franciscian bluebells | Mertensia franciscana

Fremont’s indigo bush | Psorothamnus fremontii

Fremont’s phacelia | Phacelia fremontii

Fringed onion | Allium fimbriatum

Front range beardtongue | Penstemon virens

Grape soda lupine | Lupinus excubitus

Gray aster | Herrickia glauca

Gregg’s tubetongue | Justicia pilosella

Grey mint | Poliomintha incana

Gypsum scorpionweed | Phacelia integrifolia

Hairy yerba santa | Eriodictyon trichocalyx

Halfmoon milkvetch | Astragalus allochrous

Hall’s milkvetch | Astragalus hallii

Harbour’s beardtongue | Penstemon harbourii

Heartleaf twistflower | Streptanthus cordatus

Hill’s lupine | hillii

Hoary tansy aster | Machaeranthera canescens

Holzinger’s venus’ looking glass | Triodanis holzingeri

Intermountain indian breadroot | Pediomelum megalanthum

Kelvin cholla | Cylindropuntia x Kelvinensis

Largeleaf lupine | Lupinus polyphyllus

Leafy aster | Symphyotrichum foliaceum

Littleleaf ratany | Krameria erecta

Lobed fleabane | Erigeron lobatus

Low beardtongue | Penstemon humilis

Mexican skullcap | Scutellaria platyphylla

Minthorn’s milkvetch | Astragalus minthorniae

Missouri milkvetch | Astragalus missouriensis

Mojave indigo bush | Psorothamnus arborescens

Mojave lupine | Lupinus odoratus

Mojave lupine | Lupinus sparsiflorus

Moss verbena | Glandularia pulchella

Mountain coyote mint | Monardella odoratissima

Mountain jewelflower | Streptanthus tortuosus

Musk thistle | Carduus nutans

Narrowleaf beardtongue | Penstemon angustifolius

Nevada blue-eyed grass | Sisyrinchium halophilum

Nevada gilia | brecciarum

Northern gentian | Gentianella amarella

Notch-leaved phacelia | Phacelia crenulata

Oneside penstemon | Penstemon unilateralis

Palmer’s milkvetch | Astragalus palmeri

Paper bag bush | Salazaria mexicana

Parish’s horse-nettle | Solanum parishii

Parish’s larkspur | Delphinium parishii

Parry’s bellflower | Campanula parryi

Parry’s false prairie-clover | Marina parryi

Pedicellate phacelia | Phacelia pedicellata

Pennyroyal | Mentha pulegium

Perennial rockcress | Boechera perennans

Pin-leaf vervain | Verbena perennis

Pinpoint clover | Trifolium gracilentum

Preuss’ milkvetch | Astragalus preussii

Purple clematis | Clematis pitcheri

Purple desert lupine | Lupinus shockleyi

Purple fringe | Phacelia sericea

Purple locoweed | Oxytropis lambertii

Purple mat | Nama demissum

Purple nightshade | Solanum xanti

Purple prairie verbena | Glandularia bipinnatifida

Purplenerve springparsley | Cymopterus multinervatus

Rimrock milkvetch | Astragalus desperatus

Robust hedgehog cactus | Echinocereus Fasciculatus

Rocky mountain fringed gentian | Gentianopsis thermalis

Rocky mountain iris | Iris missouriensis

Rocky mountain penstemon | Penstemon strictus

Rosy gilia | sinuata

Roundleaf leatherroot | Hoita orbicularis

Rydberg’s penstemon | Penstemon rydbergii

Sacramento waxydogbane | Cycladenia Humilis

Sagebrush mariposa lily | Calochortus macrocarpus

Satin lupine | Lupinus obtusilobus

Sheep milkvetch | Astragalus nothoxys

Shortstem lupine | Lupinus brevicaulis

Showy jacob’s ladder | Polemonium pulcherrimum

Showy locoweed | Oxytropis splendens

Sierra penstemon | Penstemon heterodoxus

Silver-leaved phacelia | Phacelia hastata

Sky pilot | Polemonium eximium

Sky pilot | Polemonium viscosum

Slender dwarf morning-glory | Evolvulus alsinoides

Slender penstemon | Penstemon gracilentus

Smallflower fishhook cactus | Sclerocactus Parviflorus

Smooth aster | Symphyotrichum laeve

Snapdragonvine | Maurandella antirrhiniflora

Spanish needle | Palafoxia arida

Splendid daisy | Erigeron eximius

Splendid gilia | Saltugilia splendens

Star gentian | Swertia perennis

Sticky gilia | Aliciella pinnatifida

Subalpine larkspur | Delphinium barbeyi

Sugarbowls | hirsutissima

Swamp vervain | Verbena hastata

Tailcup lupine | Lupinus caudatus

Tansyleaf aster | Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

Texas lignum-vitae | Guajacum angustifolium

Texas mountain laurel | Dermatophyllum secundiflorum

Texas stork bill | Erodium texanum

Texas toadflax | Nuttallanthus texanus

Thick stemmed aster | Eurybia integrifolia

Thick-stem wild cabbage | Caulanthus crassicaulis

Threenerve fleabane | subtrinervis

Toadflax penstemon | Penstemon linarioides

Torrey’s milkvetch | Astragalus calycosus

Tower larkspur | Delphinium glaucum

Towering jacob’s ladder | Polemonium foliosissimum

Twocolor phacelia | bicolor

Water speedwell | Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Western aster | Symphyotrichum ascendens

Western blue-eyed grass | Sisyrinchium bellum

Western mountain aster | Symphyotrichum spathulatum

Western showy aster | Eurybia conspicua

Western spiderwort | Tradescantia occidentalis

Whipple’s penstemon | Penstemon whippleanus

White horsenettle | Solanum elaeagnifolium

White-leaf bush lupine | Lupinus albifrons

Widow’s milkvetch | Astragalus layneae

Wild canterbury bells | Phacelia minor

Woodland sage | Salvia sylvestris

Woolly locoweed | Astragalus mollissimus

Yelloweyes | Lupinus flavoculatus

Purple Flowers