Purple and violet flowers
Lavender, iris, wisteria, jacaranda and orchids.
ButtercupRanunculus
A widespread group of bright, often shiny-petalled wild and garden flowers
Ranunculus · Wildflower
WaterlilyNymphaea
Floating aquatic flowers found in ponds and lakes worldwide
🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Water flower
Hairy Water LilyNymphaea pubescens
A night-blooming water lily with softly hairy leaves and large pink or white flowers
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 7 more · Water flower
Red water lilyNymphaea rubra
A red-flowered water lily found in rivers and ponds of South and Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 2 more · Water flower
Japanese irisIris ensata
A tall, rhizomatous iris with bluish-purple flowers and yellow-marked falls
🇯🇵 Japan and 3 more · Garden flower
Japanese irisIris laevigata
A water-loving Japanese iris with violet-blue blooms and historic garden ties
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Water flower
Blue water lilyNymphaea nouchali
A star-shaped aquatic bloom in white, blue and pink across South and Southeast Asia
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 7 more · Water flower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Buttercup: Hanay, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Waterlily: Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hairy Water Lily: Bernard Loison, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Red water lily: Rl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Japanese iris: Laitche, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Japanese iris: Dennis L. Lindwall, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue water lily: Nguyễn Tấn Phát, CC BY-SA 3.0, source