Purple Minnesota Wildflowers
These wildflowers are in the color range of pale lavender to deep blue-violet or reddish purple. Color is subjective, however, so if you don't see what you're looking for here you might try another color or the advanced plant search. If you still can't find it post it on our Facebook page.
Number of results: 277
- Ruellia humilisWild Petunia
- Alisma gramineumNarrow-leaved Water Plantain
- Allium schoenoprasumWild Chives
- Allium stellatumPrairie Onion
- Suaeda calceoliformisSeablite
- Asclepias purpurascensPurple Milkweed
- Asclepias speciosaShowy Milkweed
- Asclepias sullivantiiSullivant's Milkweed
- Asclepias viridifloraGreen Milkweed
- Cynanchum louiseaeBlack Swallow-wort
- Vinca minorPeriwinkle
- Symplocarpus foetidusSkunk Cabbage
- Arctium lappaGreat Burdock
- Arctium minusCommon Burdock
- Arctium tomentosumWoolly Burdock
- Canadanthus modestusModest Aster
- Carduus acanthoidesPlumeless Thistle
- Carduus nutansNodding Thistle
- Centaurea cyanusCornflower
- Centaurea jaceaBrown Knapweed
- Centaurea montanaPerennial Cornflower
- Centaurea nigrescensAlpine Knapweed
- Centaurea stoebeSpotted Knapweed
- Centaurea X moncktoniiMeadow Knapweed
- Cirsium altissimumTall Thistle
- Cirsium arvenseCanada Thistle
- Cirsium discolorField Thistle
- Cirsium flodmaniiFlodman's Thistle
- Cirsium muticumSwamp Thistle
- Cirsium palustreMarsh Thistle
- Cirsium pumilum var. hilliiHill's Thistle
- Cirsium vulgareBull Thistle
- Echinacea angustifoliaNarrow-leaved Purple Coneflower
- Echinacea pallidaPale Purple Coneflower
- Echinacea purpureaEastern Purple Coneflower
- Erigeron glabellusSmooth Fleabane
- Erigeron pulchellusRobin's Plantain
- Eurybia macrophyllaLarge-leaved Aster
- Eutrochium maculatumSpotted Joe-pye Weed
- Eutrochium purpureumSweet Scented Joe Pye Weed
- Lactuca floridanaWoodland Lettuce
- Lactuca ludovicianaLouisiana Lettuce
- Liatris asperaRough Blazing Star
- Liatris cylindraceaCylindric Blazing Star
- Liatris ligulistylisNorthern Plains Blazing Star
- Liatris punctataDotted Blazing Star
- Liatris pycnostachyaPrairie Blazing Star
- Nabalus albusWhite Rattlesnake-root
- Nabalus racemosusPurple Rattlesnake-root
- Onopordum acanthiumScotch Thistle
- Shinnersoseris rostrataAnnual Skeletonweed
- Symphyotrichum cordifoliumBlue Wood Aster
- Symphyotrichum drummondiiDrummond's Aster
- Symphyotrichum firmumShining Aster
- Symphyotrichum laeveSmooth Blue Aster
- Symphyotrichum novae-angliaeNew England Aster
- Symphyotrichum oblongifoliumAromatic Aster
- Symphyotrichum prenanthoidesCrooked Aster
- Symphyotrichum puniceumPurple-stemmed Aster
- Symphyotrichum sericeumSilky Aster
- Symphyotrichum shortiiShort's Aster
- Vernonia fasciculataPrairie Ironweed
- Cynoglossum officinaleGypsy Flower
- Cynoglossum virginianumWild Comfrey
- Echium vulgareViper's Bugloss
- Hydrophyllum appendiculatumAppendaged Waterleaf
- Hydrophyllum virginianumVirginia Waterleaf
- Mertensia virginicaVirginia Bluebells
- Myosotis sylvaticaWood Forget-me-not
- Phacelia frankliniiFranklin's Phacelia
- Symphytum officinaleCommon Comfrey
- Hesperis matronalisDame's Rocket
- Iodanthus pinnatifidusPurple Rocket
- Brasenia schreberiWater-shield
- Coryphantha viviparaPincushion Cactus
- Campanula cervicariaBristly Bellflower
- Campanula rapunculoidesCreeping Bellflower
- Campanula rotundifoliaHarebell
- Campanulastrum americanumAmerican Bellflower
- Triodanis perfoliataClasping-leaved Venus' Looking-glass
- Humulus japonicusJapanese Hops
- Triosteum aurantiacumEarly Horse Gentian
- Dianthus barbatusSweet William
- Gypsophila muralisLow Baby's Breath
- Spergularia rubraRed Sand Spurrey
- Peritoma serrulataRocky Mountain Beeplant
- Geocaulon lividumNorthern Comandra
- Tradescantia bracteataLong-bracted Spiderwort
- Tradescantia occidentalisSpiderwort
- Tradescantia ohiensisOhio Spiderwort
- Hylotelephium telephiumOrpine
- Dipsacus fullonumCommon Teasel
- Knautia arvensisField Scabious
- Empetrum nigrumBlack Crowberry
- Amorpha canescensLead Plant
- Amorpha fruticosaFalse Indigo
- Amorpha nanaFragrant False Indigo
- Amphicarpaea bracteataAmerican Hog Peanut
- Astragalus adsurgensPrairie Milkvetch
- Astragalus agrestisField Milkvetch
- Astragalus alpinusAlpine Milkvetch
- Astragalus crassicarpusGround Plum
- Astragalus flexuosusSlender Milkvetch
- Astragalus lotiflorusLotus Milkvetch
- Astragalus missouriensisMissouri Milkvetch
- Astragalus racemosusCream Milkvetch
- Dalea purpureaPurple Prairie Clover
- Dalea villosaSilky Prairie Clover
- Desmodium canadenseShowy Tick-trefoil
- Desmodium illinoenseIllinois Tick-trefoil
- Desmodium nudiflorumNaked-flower Tick-trefoil
- Lathyrus japonicusBeach Pea
- Lathyrus palustrisMarsh Vetchling
- Lathyrus sylvestrisNarrow-leaved Everlasting Pea
- Lathyrus tuberosusEarthnut Pea
- Lathyrus venosusVeiny Pea
- Lupinus perennisWild Lupine
- Lupinus polyphyllusLarge-leaved Lupine
- Medicago sativaAlfalfa
- Oxytropis borealis var. viscidaSticky Locoweed
- Oxytropis lambertiiLambert's Locoweed
- Pediomelum argophyllumSilverleaf Scurfpea
- Pediomelum esculentumPrairie Turnip
- Psoralidium tenuiflorumSlenderleaf Scurfpea
- Securigera variaCrown Vetch
- Trifolium incarnatumCrimson Clover
- Vicia americanaAmerican Vetch
- Vicia craccaTufted Vetch
- Vicia sativaCommon Vetch
- Vicia villosaHairy Vetch
- Centaurium pulchellumBranching Centaury
- Gentiana affinisPleated Gentian
- Gentiana andrewsiiBottle Gentian
- Gentiana puberulentaDowny Gentian
- Gentiana rubricaulis Great Lakes Gentian
- Gentianella quinquefoliaStiff Gentian
- Gentianopsis crinitaGreater Fringed Gentian
- Gentianopsis virgataLesser Fringed Gentian
- Halenia deflexaAmerican Spurred Gentian
- Geranium bicknelliiBicknell's Cranesbill
- Geranium carolinianumCarolina Cranesbill
- Geranium maculatumWild Geranium
- Iris versicolorHarlequin Blueflag
- Iris virginicaSouthern Blueflag
- Sisyrinchium montanumMountain Blue-eyed Grass
- Sisyrinchium mucronatumNeedle-pointed Blue-eyed Grass
- Juncus alpinoarticulatusNorthern Green Rush
- Juncus balticusBaltic Rush
- Juncus compressusRound-fruited Rush
- Triglochin maritimaSeaside Arrowgrass
- Triglochin palustrisMarsh Arrowgrass
- Agastache foeniculumBlue Giant Hyssop
- Agastache scrophulariifoliaPurple Giant Hyssop
- Blephilia hirsutaHairy Woodmint
- Clinopodium vulgareWild Basil
- Dracocephalum parviflorumAmerican Dragonhead
- Galeopsis tetrahitBrittlestem Hemp-nettle
- Glechoma hederaceaGround Ivy
- Hedeoma hispidaRough False Pennyroyal
- Lamium amplexicauleHenbit
- Leonurus sibiricusSiberian Motherwort
- Mentha arvensisWild Mint
- Mentha spicataSpearmint
- Monarda fistulosaWild Bergamot
- Physostegia virginianaObedient Plant
- Prunella vulgarisSelf-heal
- Salvia reflexaLance-leaved Sage
- Scutellaria galericulataMarsh Skullcap
- Scutellaria laterifloraMad-dog Skullcap
- Scutellaria leonardiiLeonard's Skullcap
- Scutellaria ovataHeart-leaved Skullcap
- Stachys hispidaHairy Hedge Nettle
- Stachys palustrisMarsh Hedge Nettle
- Teucrium canadenseGermander
- Trichostema brachiatumFalse Pennyroyal
- Pinguicula vulgarisButterwort
- Utricularia purpureaPurple-flowered Bladderwort
- Utricularia resupinataLavender Bladderwort
- Streptopus lanceolatusRose Twisted-stalk
- Linum perennePerennial Flax
- Linum usitatissimumCommon Flax
- Lindernia dubiaFalse Pimpernel
- Lobelia inflataIndian Tobacco
- Lobelia kalmiiKalm's Lobelia
- Lobelia siphiliticaBlue Lobelia
- Ammannia robustaGrand Redstem
- Decodon verticillatusSwamp Loosestrife
- Lythrum alatumWinged Loosestrife
- Lythrum salicariaPurple Loosestrife
- Callirhoe triangulataClustered Poppy-mallow
- Chamaenerion angustifoliumFireweed
- Epilobium ciliatumFringed Willowherb
- Aplectrum hyemalePutty-root
- Calypso bulbosa var. americanaFairy Slipper
- Coeloglossum virideLong-bract Frog Orchid
- Corallorhiza odontorhizaAutumn Coralroot
- Corallorhiza striataStriped Coralroot
- Cypripedium arietinumRam's-head Lady's-slipper
- Epipactis helleborineHelleborine
- Galearis spectabilisShowy Orchis
- Liparis liliifoliaLily-leaved Twayblade
- Listera cordataHeart-leaved Twayblade
- Platanthera psycodesLesser Purple Fringed Orchid
- Agalinis asperaRough False Foxglove
- Agalinis auriculataEarleaf False Foxglove
- Agalinis gattingeriRound-stemmed False Foxglove
- Agalinis purpureaPurple False Foxglove
- Agalinis tenuifoliaSlender-leaved False Foxglove
- Euphrasia hudsonianaHudson Bay Eyebright
- Euphrasia officinalisTartary Eyebright
- Odontites vernusRed Bartsia
- Orobanche fasciculataClustered Broomrape
- Orobanche ludovicianaLouisiana Broomrape
- Orobanche unifloraOne-flowered Broomrape
- Oxalis violaceaViolet Wood Sorrel
- Mimulus ringensAllegheny Monkey Flower
- Hippuris vulgarisMare's Tail
- Penstemon gracilisSlender Beardtongue
- Penstemon grandiflorusLarge Beardtongue
- Penstemon pallidusPale Beardtongue
- Plantago eriopodaAlkali Plantain
- Veronica americanaAmerican Speedwell
- Veronica arvensisCorn Speedwell
- Veronica catenataWater Speedwell
- Veronica longifoliaLong-leaved Speedwell
- Veronica officinalisCommon Speedwell
- Veronica persicaBird's-eye Speedwell
- Veronica vernaSpring Speedwell
- Collomia linearisTiny Trumpet
- Phlox divaricataWild Blue Phlox
- Phlox maculataWild Sweet William
- Phlox paniculataGarden Phlox
- Phlox pilosaPrairie Phlox
- Phlox subulataCreeping Phlox
- Polemonium lacustreGreat Lakes Jacob's Ladder
- Polygala polygamaRacemed Milkwort
- Polygala sanguineaBlood Milkwort
- Polygaloides paucifoliaGaywings
- Persicaria careyiCarey's Smartweed
- Persicaria orientalisPrince's Feather
- Polygonum douglasiiDouglas' Knotweed
- Heteranthera limosaBlue Mud Plantain
- Pontederia cordataPickerelweed
- Dodecatheon amethystinumJeweled Shooting Star
- Dodecatheon meadiaPrairie Shooting Star
- Primula mistassinicaMistassini Primrose
- Anemone acutilobaSharp-lobed Hepatica
- Anemone americanaRound-lobed Hepatica
- Anemone carolinianaCarolina anemone
- Anemone patensAmerican Pasqueflower
- Clematis occidentalisPurple Clematis
- Comarum palustreMarsh Cinquefoil
- Geum rivalePurple Avens
- Rubus arcticusArctic Raspberry
- Sarracenia purpureaPurple Pitcher Plant
- Chrysosplenium americanumAmerican Golden Saxifrage
- Scheuchzeria palustrisRannoch-rush
- Chaenorhinum minusDwarf Snapdragon
- Datura stramoniumJimsonweed
- Datura wrightiiSacred Thorn-apple
- Solanum carolinenseHorse Nettle
- Solanum dulcamaraBittersweet Nightshade
- Solanum ptychanthumBlack Nightshade
- Verbena bracteataBig-bract Verbena
- Verbena hastataBlue Vervain
- Verbena simplexNarrow-leaved Vervain
- Verbena strictaHoary Vervain
- Viola aduncaSand Violet
- Viola cucullataMarsh Blue Violet
- Viola griseaGreat Lakes Violet
- Viola labradoricaDog Violet
- Viola nephrophyllaNorthern Bog Violet
- Viola pedataBirdfoot Violet
- Viola pedatifidaPrairie Violet
- Viola sagittataArrow-leaved Violet
- Viola selkirkiiGreat-spurred Violet
- Viola sororiaCommon Blue Violet