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Purple to Blue Wildflowers

Aster, Western Mountain

Aster occidentalis
Asteraceae

Baby Blue-eyes, Small

Nemophila heterophylla
Hydrophyllaceae

Bluebells, Mountain

Mertensia ciliata
Boraginaceae

Blue-Eyed Mary, Torrey's

Collinsia torreyi
Scrophulariaceae

Ceanothus, Littleleaf

Ceanothus parvifolius
Rhamnaceae

Chinese Houses, Purple

Collinsia heterophylla
Scrophulariaceae

False-gilia, Blue

Allophyllum gilioides
Polemoniaceae

Flax, Western Blue

Linum lewisii
Linaceae

California Harebell

Campanula prenanthoides
Campanulaceae

Large Hound's Tongue

Cynoglossum grande
Boraginaceae

Lupine, Broad-leaved

Lupinus polyphyllus
Fabaceae

Lupine, Dwarf

Lupinus nanus
Fabaceae

Nightshade, Purple

Solanum xanti
Solanaceae

Pea, Sierra Nevada

Lathyrus nevadensis
Fabaceae

Penstemon, Sierra

Penstemon heterodoxus var. heterodoxus
Scrophulariaceae

Shooting Star, Sierra

Dodecatheon jeffreyi
Primulaceae

Violet, Western Dog

Viola adunca
Violaceae

Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon californicum
Hydrophyllaceae

Aster, Long-leaved

Aster ascendens
Asteraceae

Blue Dicks

Dichelostemma capitatum
Liliaceae

Blue-Eyed Mary, Child's

Collinsia childii
Scrophulariaceae

Brodiaea, Harvest

Brodiaea elegans
Liliaceae

Chia

Salvia columbariae
Lamiaceae

Chinese Houses, Sticky

Collinsia tinctoria
Scrophulariaceae

Daisy, Sierra

Erigeron algidus
Asteraceae

Fiesta Flower

Pholistoma auritum
Hydrophyllaceae

Gilia, Bird's-eye

Gilia tricolor
Polemoniaceae

Ithuriel's Spear

Triteleia laxa
Liliaceae

Lupine, Brewer's

Lupinus breweri
Fabaceae

Lupine, Bush

Lupinus albifrons
Fabaceae

Lupine, Spider

Lupinus benthamii
Fabaceae

Onion, Swamp

Allium validum
Liliaceae

Penstemon, Showy

Penstemon speciosus
Scrophulariaceae

Rock Cress

Arabis holboellii var. retrofracta
Brassicaceae

Vetch

Vicia cracca
Fabaceae