Purple and violet flowers
Lavender, iris, wisteria, jacaranda and orchids.
RosemarySalvia rosmarinus
A fragrant evergreen shrub with needle-like leaves and purple, blue, or white flowers
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 more · Flowering shrub
Asteraceae
The vast family of daisies, asters, and sunflowers with star-like flower heads
Asteraceae · Wildflower
Opium poppyPapaver somniferum
A tall annual poppy grown for seeds, opium, and striking garden flowers
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Wildflower
Sensitive PlantMimosa pudica
A touch-sensitive plant whose leaves fold up when disturbed
🇧🇷 Brazil and 8 more · Wildflower
CarnationDianthus caryophyllus
A fragrant flower with ruffled petals, grown worldwide for decoration and meaning
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden 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
Crocus
Small corm-grown flowers in white, yellow, orange or purple
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Wildflower
Datura
A group of trumpet-shaped, highly toxic flowering plants in the nightshade family
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
BellflowersCampanula
Bell-shaped flowers from a wide-ranging and varied plant group
Campanula · 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
MallowMalva
Edible and ornamental flowering plants with pink, purple or white blooms
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Wildflower
Sweet VioletViola odorata
A scented violet with edible leaves and flowers, native to Eurasia
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Wild PansyViola tricolor
A small wildflower with purple, yellow, and white blooms found across Eurasia
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
BromeliadsBromeliaceae
A family of tropical flowering plants from the Americas, including the pineapple
🇨🇱 Chile and 7 more · Wildflower
ColumbineAquilegia
A perennial wildflower with spurred, often blue or multicoloured blooms
Aquilegia · Wildflower
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Tall spikes of bell-shaped, spotted flowers in purple, pink, white or yellow
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 more · Wildflower
Holy basilOcimum tenuiflorum
A fragrant herb central to Hindu worship and Southeast Asian cooking
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 6 more · Herb or useful flower
Saffron crocusCrocus sativus
The purple autumn flower whose red stigmas yield the spice saffron
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
HelleboreHelleborus
A group of perennial flowers that bloom in late winter and early spring
Helleborus · Garden flower
Woodland peonyPaeonia obovata
A woodland peony with white, pink or purple-red flowers from East Asia
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Wildflower
Osbeckia octandraහීන් බෝවිටියා
A pinkish-purple wildflower native to Sri Lanka, used in traditional medicine
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 1 more · Wildflower
Trillium
Woodland wildflowers with three-petalled blooms and whorled bracts
🇺🇸 United States and 4 more · Wildflower
Evening primroseOenothera
A group of night-blooming wildflowers native to the Americas
🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 more · Wildflower
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
A hardy wildflower with pale blue, saucer-shaped blooms
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Iris spuria
A tall, slender iris with lilac-blue flowers and grass-like leaves
🇸🇪 Sweden and 7 more · Wildflower
French lavenderLavandula stoechas
A Mediterranean lavender with purple bracts atop its flower spikes
🇪🇸 Spain and 2 more · Wildflower
White pasqueflowerPulsatilla occidentalis
A spring-blooming wildflower with white or pale purple sepals
Pulsatilla occidentalis · Wildflower
Chaste treeVitex agnus-castus
A Mediterranean shrub with lavender summer spikes and aromatic leaves
🇬🇷 Greece and 3 more · Flowering shrub
Smithia
A genus of legume herbs with pink or purple pea-like flowers
🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Herb or useful flower
Early Purple OrchidOrchis mascula
A wild orchid with purple flowers found across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East
🇮🇪 Ireland and 6 more · Wildflower
Peruvian lilyAlstroemeria pelegrina
A pink coastal lily from Chile, first of its genus to be described
🇨🇱 Chile and 2 more · Wildflower
Aster koraiensis벌개미취
A violet-flowered perennial native to the Korean peninsula
🇰🇷 South Korea and 1 more · Wildflower
Spring starflowerIpheion uniflorum
A small blue spring bulb with star-shaped, honey-scented flowers
🇦🇷 Argentina and 5 more · Bulb flower
PasqueflowerPulsatilla vulgaris
A spring-flowering perennial with silky purple blooms and feathery seed heads
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Amorphophallus
Tropical tuber plants with striking, sometimes giant, unusual flowers
Amorphophallus · Wildflower
Chaparral yuccaHesperoyucca whipplei
A tall, spiky-leaved plant with dramatic white flower spikes from dry slopes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower
Aristea
African evergreen perennials with short-lived blue morning flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower
Narrow-leaf pasque-flowerPulsatilla cernua
A bell-shaped wildflower with dark red-purple blooms and silky hairs
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Wildflower
Tricyrtis
A shade-loving Asian perennial with spotted, trumpet-shaped flowers
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Lilium ledebouriiسوسن چلچراغ
A rare wild lily with white, green and purple flowers from Iran and Azerbaijan
🇮🇷 Iran and 1 more · Wildflower
ToadshadeTrillium sessile
A woodland wildflower with stalkless, reddish-purple blooms
🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower
Sweet irisIris pallida
A Mediterranean iris grown for its scented roots and pale purple flowers
🇭🇷 Croatia and 4 more · Garden flower
Fringed pinkDianthus superbus
A wild pink flower with deeply fringed petals and a sweet scent
🇫🇷 France and 6 more · Wildflower
Yellow Himalayan fritillaryFritillaria cirrhosa
A rare Himalayan lily with bell-shaped, checkered flowers and prized medicinal bulbs
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
Small Pasque FlowerPulsatilla pratensis
A bell-shaped wildflower of meadows in central and eastern Europe
🇳🇴 Norway and 4 more · Wildflower
Felicia
A daisy-like African genus with purple, blue or white ray flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Opium poppy: tanja niggendijker, CC BY 2.0, 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
- Trillium: Ramin Nakisa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hellebore: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pasqueflower: Per A.J. Andersson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Early Purple Orchid: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mallow: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 2.5 es, source
- French lavender: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Osbeckia octandra: Anuragl19, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Woodland peony: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Small Pasque Flower: The original uploader was Walter Pfliegler at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Aristea: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chaparral yucca: Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Spring starflower: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Peruvian lily: Mar del Sur, CC BY 3.0, source
- Chaste tree: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Iris spuria: Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm ), Public domain, source
- Evening primrose: No machine-readable author provided. Bogdan assumed (based on copyrigh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rosemary: Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sensitive Plant: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dianthus: Darkone ( talk · contribs ), CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Salvia: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Asteraceae: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Datura: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bellflowers: Wilson44691, CC0, source
- Sweet Violet: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5, 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
- Foxglove: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saffron crocus: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Amorphophallus: Obsidian Soul, CC0, source
- Aster koraiensis: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Narrow-leaf pasque-flower: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tricyrtis: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Lilium ledebourii: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Toadshade: Kaldari, Public domain, source
- Sweet iris: Pamwik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fringed pink: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yellow Himalayan fritillary: Popolon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Meadow Crane's-bill: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Felicia: Stickpen, Public domain, source
- Holy basil: Shashidhara halady, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crocus: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lupin: Jean-Claude Echardour [CC BY-SA], via Tela Botanica, CC BY 2.0, source