Blue flowers
Cornflower, gentian, bluebells, delphinium and the Himalayan poppy.
RosemarySalvia rosmarinus
A fragrant evergreen shrub with needle-like leaves and purple, blue, or white flowers
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 more · Flowering shrub
Common flaxLinum usitatissimum
The slender blue-flowered plant grown for linen and linseed
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Asteraceae
The vast family of daisies, asters, and sunflowers with star-like flower heads
Asteraceae · Wildflower
BorageBorago officinalis
A bristly blue-flowered herb from the Mediterranean, used in food and oil
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Herb or useful flower
Salvia
A vast group of aromatic herbs and shrubs known for their flowers and uses
Salvia · Wildflower
Common sageSalvia officinalis
A Mediterranean herb with grey-green leaves and blue to purple flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Herb or useful flower
BellflowersCampanula
Bell-shaped flowers from a wide-ranging and varied plant group
Campanula · Wildflower
GentianGentiana
Trumpet-shaped blue and yellow flowers of alpine meadows and temperate regions
Gentiana · Wildflower
Primula
A large genus of spring-blooming wild and garden flowers from cool and mountain regions
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
LupinLupinus
Tall, spiky-flowered legumes grown for gardens, food, and soil health
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Wildflower
BromeliadsBromeliaceae
A family of tropical flowering plants from the Americas, including the pineapple
🇨🇱 Chile and 7 more · Wildflower
Wild PansyViola tricolor
A small wildflower with purple, yellow, and white blooms found across Eurasia
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Centaurea
A large group of thistle-like wildflowers with many forms and colours
Centaurea · Wildflower
ColumbineAquilegia
A perennial wildflower with spurred, often blue or multicoloured blooms
Aquilegia · Wildflower
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
A blue-violet wildflower of damp meadows and heaths in Europe and western Asia
Succisa pratensis · Wildflower
Gentiana scabra
A blue-flowered gentian native to East Asia, valued in traditional medicine
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower
HeliotropeHeliotropium
A genus of fragrant, sun-tracking garden flowers that are highly toxic
🇨🇱 Chile and 2 more · Herb or useful flower
Plains eryngoEryngium planum
A spiky blue perennial with thistle-like flowerheads and silvery stems
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
CatmintNepeta
A group of aromatic herbs with tubular flowers, famed for their effect on cats
Nepeta · Wildflower
Eryngium
A spiny-leaved plant with blue or white flower heads, grown in gardens and used in cooking
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
African violetSaintpaulia
A small, velvety-leaved house plant with violet, blue or white flowers from East Africa
🇹🇿 Tanzania and 1 more · Wildflower
Hosta
Shade-loving perennial with bold leaves and summer flower spikes
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Garden flower
Blue water lilyNymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
The sky-blue water lily of ancient Egypt and African lakes
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 more · Water flower
Ipomoea
A large group of twining plants known as morning glories and sweet potatoes
Ipomoea · Wildflower
Verbena
A genus of small, spiked flowers grown in gardens and linked to ancient rituals
Verbena · Wildflower
Poppy
Bright-petalled flowers grown for gardens, seeds, and remembrance
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
NasturtiumTropaeolum
A South American genus with bright, edible flowers and rounded leaves
🇨🇱 Chile and 3 more · Garden flower
Wood anemoneAnemonoides nemorosa
A spring wildflower of European woodlands with star-shaped white or pale blooms
🇹🇷 Turkey and 1 more · Wildflower
Agapanthus
Blue to white summer flowers from southern Africa, grown worldwide in gardens
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
MulleinVerbascum
Tall flowering plants with a rosette of leaves and spikes of five-petalled blooms
Verbascum · Wildflower
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
A pale yellow spring flower of woods and hedgerows across Europe and North Africa
🇦🇹 Austria and 7 more · Wildflower
Thorny satin poppyMeconopsis aculeata
A rare blue poppy from the western Himalayas, valued in traditional medicine
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 1 more · Wildflower
Urn plantAechmea fasciata
A pink-bracted bromeliad from Brazil, grown for its striking rosette and blue flowers
🇧🇷 Brazil · Wildflower
LungwortPulmonaria
A clump-forming perennial with spotted leaves and spring flowers in blue, pink, or white
Pulmonaria · Wildflower
Mexican bush sageSalvia leucantha
A velvety purple-flowered sage from Mexico, grown for its showy garden blooms
🇲🇽 Mexico · Garden flower
Marsh blue violetViola cucullata
A small wild violet with blue, purple, or white blooms from eastern North America
Viola cucullata · Wildflower
Blue flagIris versicolor
A blue to purple wild iris of eastern North American wetlands
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 more · Wildflower
Blue passionflowerPassiflora caerulea
A climbing vine with intricate blue-and-white flowers and orange fruit
🇵🇾 Paraguay and 1 more · Climber
Virginia spiderwortTradescantia virginiana
A clump-forming wildflower with blue, purple, pink, or white blooms
🇺🇸 United States and 2 more · Wildflower
White pasqueflowerPulsatilla occidentalis
A spring-blooming wildflower with white or pale purple sepals
Pulsatilla occidentalis · Wildflower
Globe thistleEchinops
Spiny perennial with blue or white globe-shaped flower heads
Echinops · Wildflower
Hepatica
A woodland perennial with three-lobed leaves and early spring flowers
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Aristea
African evergreen perennials with short-lived blue morning flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower
Mexican morning gloryIpomoea tricolor
A blue-flowered climber grown as an annual in gardens and fields
🇲🇽 Mexico · Garden flower
Spring starflowerIpheion uniflorum
A small blue spring bulb with star-shaped, honey-scented flowers
🇦🇷 Argentina and 5 more · Bulb flower
Siberian columbineAquilegia sibirica
A hardy lilac-blue and white columbine from Siberia and Central Asia
🇲🇳 Mongolia and 3 more · Wildflower
Amorphophallus
Tropical tuber plants with striking, sometimes giant, unusual flowers
Amorphophallus · Wildflower
Gentian sageSalvia patens
A blue-flowered sage from central Mexico grown for its vivid blooms
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Garden flower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Blue passionflower: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Primula: No machine-readable author provided. Pokrajac assumed (based on copyri, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common sage: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- White pasqueflower: Bordgious, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Globe thistle: No machine-readable author provided. Victor M. Vicente Selvas assumed, Public domain, source
- Common flax: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hepatica: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aristea: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mexican morning glory: Russell E (Photograph of Ipomoea violacea, taken by rkundalini.), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Spring starflower: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rosemary: Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, CC BY 2.0, source
- Borage: Jengod, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Salvia: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Asteraceae: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bellflowers: Wilson44691, CC0, source
- Gentian: Dixi at Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bromeliads: MANOJTV at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wild Pansy: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Columbine: Python (Peter Rühr), CC BY 3.0, source
- Siberian columbine: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Amorphophallus: Obsidian Soul, CC0, source
- Gentian sage: T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Devil's-bit Scabious: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lupin: Jean-Claude Echardour [CC BY-SA], via Tela Botanica, CC BY 2.0, source
- Gentiana scabra: ~~, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Heliotrope: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Centaurea: Taken by Carsten Niehaus ( user:Lumbar )., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Plains eryngo: No machine-readable author provided. Bogdan assumed (based on copyrigh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Catmint: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, source
- Eryngium: The original uploader was Ramin Nakisa at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- African violet: Kor!An (Корзун Андрей), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hosta: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue water lily: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ipomoea: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Verbena: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Poppy: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source
- Nasturtium: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wood anemone: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Agapanthus: Hanay, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mullein: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Primrose: mattbuck ( category ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thorny satin poppy: Bob Witlox, aka Himalaja at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, source
- Urn plant: Paul & Aline Burland, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lungwort: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mexican bush sage: Netherzone, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Marsh blue violet: Bo Gordy-Stith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Blue flag: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Virginia spiderwort: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY-SA 3.0, source