Purple and violet flowers
Lavender, iris, wisteria, jacaranda and orchids.
LilyLilium
Tall bulb flowers with large, colourful blooms in many gardens and cultures
Lilium · Wildflower
RosemarySalvia rosmarinus
A fragrant evergreen shrub with needle-like leaves and purple, blue, or white flowers
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 more · Flowering shrub
Wild cherryPrunus avium
A tall flowering tree native to Europe, grown for its sweet fruit and spring blossom
🇮🇹 Italy and 6 more · Flowering tree
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
Rhododendron
A vast group of shrubs and trees with showy blooms in many colours
🇳🇵 Nepal and 4 more · Wildflower
Helianthus
Tall North American plants with large, bright flower heads called sunflowers
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 more · Wildflower
ButtercupRanunculus
A widespread group of bright, often shiny-petalled wild and garden flowers
Ranunculus · Wildflower
Iris
A large group of perennial flowers with striking, six-lobed blooms
Iris · Wildflower
Hydrangea
Flowering shrubs with large heads that change color with soil pH
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Flowering shrub
ElderSambucus nigra
A tall shrub or small tree with clusters of white flowers and dark berries
🇩🇪 Germany and 6 more · Wildflower
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
A bright blue wildflower once common in European grain fields
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more · Wildflower
LilacSyringa
Fragrant spring-flowering shrubs and small trees grown for their showy clusters
Syringa · Flowering shrub
Common sageSalvia officinalis
A Mediterranean herb with grey-green leaves and blue to purple flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Herb or useful flower
PeonyPaeonia
Large spring flowers in pink, red, white, yellow and purple, grown in gardens worldwide
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Begonia
A vast group of colourful, shade-loving flowering plants from warm climates
Begonia · Wildflower
Clematis
A climbing vine with showy flowers, prized in gardens worldwide
Clematis · Wildflower
Wild PansyViola tricolor
A small wildflower with purple, yellow, and white blooms found across Eurasia
🇨🇳 China and 3 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
Delphinium
Tall garden flowers with spurred blooms in blue, purple, pink, and white
Delphinium · Wildflower
Balloon flowerPlatycodon grandiflorus
A perennial with balloon-shaped buds and bell-like blue or white flowers
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
French lavenderLavandula stoechas
A Mediterranean lavender with purple bracts atop its flower spikes
🇪🇸 Spain and 2 more · Wildflower
Argyranthemum
Daisy-like flowers from the Macaronesian islands, grown for summer colour
Argyranthemum · Garden flower
Common knapweedCentaurea nigra
A tough meadow flower with purple blooms and dark-tipped bracts
Centaurea nigra · Wildflower
Lampranthus
A succulent with large, vivid flowers from southern Africa
🇳🇦 Namibia and 1 more · Wildflower
Golden everlastingXerochrysum bracteatum
Papery yellow or white daisy flowers native to Australia, lasting long after picking
🇦🇺 Australia 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
Cotton thistleOnopordum acanthium
Tall, spiny thistle with pink to lavender globe-shaped flowers
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Spear thistleCirsium vulgare
Tall, spiny thistle with purple flowers and a symbol of Scotland
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower
Iris afghanica
A rare mountain iris from Afghanistan with creamy yellow or white veined flowers
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 2 more · Wildflower
Fringed pinkDianthus superbus
A wild pink flower with deeply fringed petals and a sweet scent
🇫🇷 France and 6 more · Wildflower
China roseRosa chinensis
Shrub rose from China, key ancestor of modern garden roses
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
White pasqueflowerPulsatilla occidentalis
A spring-blooming wildflower with white or pale purple sepals
Pulsatilla occidentalis · Wildflower
Lilium ledebouriiسوسن چلچراغ
A rare wild lily with white, green and purple flowers from Iran and Azerbaijan
🇮🇷 Iran and 1 more · Wildflower
Tricyrtis
A shade-loving Asian perennial with spotted, trumpet-shaped flowers
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
African lilyAgapanthus praecox
A long-lived perennial with blue, purple, or white umbels from South Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Garden flower
Iris tectorum鸢尾
A blue or white iris once grown on rooftops in China and Japan
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
Formosa lilyLilium formosanum
A tall, white, fragrant lily native to Taiwan with trumpet-shaped blooms
🇹🇼 Taiwan and 3 more · Wildflower
HaberleaHaberlea rhodopensis
A rare Balkan flower that revives after years without water
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 1 more · Wildflower
Aster koraiensis벌개미취
A violet-flowered perennial native to the Korean peninsula
🇰🇷 South Korea and 1 more · Wildflower
Blood irisIris sanguinea
A wild iris of East Asia with purple to blue-red blooms
🇯🇵 Japan and 3 more · Wildflower
Marguerite daisyArgyranthemum frutescens
A bushy daisy shrub from the Canary Islands with white, yellow or pink blooms
🇪🇸 Spain and 3 more · Flowering shrub
Cooktown orchidDendrobium bigibbum
A lilac-purple orchid from Queensland, the floral emblem of the state
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Wildflower
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum
A Southeast Asian slipper orchid with blue-green leaves and striped flowers
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Wildflower
Common spotted orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
A wild orchid with spotted leaves and pale purple flowers across Europe and Asia
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Wildflower
Hubei AnemoneEriocapitella hupehensis
A late-summer flowering perennial with purple, pink or white blooms
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
Camassia
A North American wildflower with star-shaped blue to white blooms and edible bulbs
Camassia · Wildflower
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
- Begonia: Juni, CC BY 2.0, source
- Delphinium: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Helianthus: Արարատ Թրվանց, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Golden everlasting: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common sage: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rhododendron: Eiffel, Public domain, source
- Camassia: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wild cherry: MPF, CC BY 2.5, source
- White pasqueflower: Bordgious, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lampranthus: Bilby, CC BY 3.0, source
- Argyranthemum: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- French lavender: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Balloon flower: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hubei Anemone: William Brockelsby, CC BY 4.0, source
- Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum: Secundum naturam, Public domain, source
- German iris: Za, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Haberlea: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- African lily: Craig Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0 au, source
- Hydrangea: 3268zauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Elder: Willow, CC BY 2.5, source
- Cornflower: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rosemary: Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, CC BY 2.0, source
- Buttercup: Hanay, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sensitive Plant: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lily: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lilac: Marisa DeMeglio, CC BY 2.0, source
- Peony: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5, source
- Clematis: Jolly Janner, Public domain, 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
- Cooktown orchid: No machine-readable author provided. John Hill assumed (based on copyr, CC BY 2.5, source
- Marguerite daisy: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aster koraiensis: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Formosa lily: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris tectorum: 清水五月, 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
- China rose: Sakurai Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fringed pink: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blood iris: katorisi, CC BY 2.5, source
- Spear thistle: Sciadopitys, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cotton thistle: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yellow Himalayan fritillary: Popolon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common spotted orchid: Uoaei1, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common knapweed: Julie Anne Workman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source