Purple Or Magenta Colored Flowers

Blue-eyed grass - 6-parted, white center......... 73

Sundew. - Raceme; leaves thread-like ......... 147

St. Johnswort. - Flesh color, 5 petals ...........207

Speedwell - Axillary racemes, 4 petals ..........311

Showy Orchis - Purple hood, white lip........... 93

Fringed Orchis - Showy spike; lips fringed ..... 87

Cinquefoil - 5-parted, calyx large .............159

Lupine - Pea-like; 8-palmated leaflets ...........167

False Indigo - Pea-like; 3-palmate leaflets........167

Flax - 5 large petals; tiny leaves................183

Vervain - 5 petals, tiny; slender spikes .........289

Self-heal - Short stout spike; hooded .........291

Skullcap - Spiked; tubular with hood and lip... 291

Ground Ivy - Prostrate;axillary flowers ........293

Monkey Flower - 2 lobed upper; 3 lobed lower. .. .309

Gerardia - Tubular, 5- lobed; linear leaves .......313

Hepatica - 6 petals; 3-lobed leaves; downy ....131

Spiderwort - Small cluster; 3 petals; hairy ..... 31

Violets - 5 petals; lower large, veined ..........211

Loosestrife - Showy spike; 5 long petals .......219

Milkweeds - Axillary clusters; milky juice ......277

Bittersweet - 5 petals; yellow cone center ......299

Cranesbill - 5 petals; palmate leaves ..........189

Virgin's Bower - Large bell-shaped; 4 sepals.....127

Meadow Beauty - 4 petals; long curved pistil.....221

Closed Gentian - Tubular, closed ..............271

Phlox - Corymbed; 5 spreading petals...........283

Bluebell - Bell-shaped, 5-toothed; slender.......331

Bellflower - Showy spike; 5 toothed corolla ...331 Thorn Apple - Funnel-form; 5-pointed lobes ....301

Morning Glory - Funnel-shaped; climbing .....281

Blue Flag - 3 petals; 3 sepals variegated........ 71

Wake-Robin - 3 petals, 3 sepals, 3 leaves ...... 61

Blue Or Magenta Composites

Iron-weed - Tubular florets; clustered .........337

Blazing Star - " " loose spike ......337

Joe Pye Weed - " " flat clusters...........339

Burdock - " " spiny involucre .....387

Thistles - " " spiny leaves .........389

Asters - 'Blue or purple rays ....................349

Robin Plantain - Purple rays .................367

Chicory - Blue rays, notched at tip .............393

Pink As The Chief Flower-Color

Persicaria - Tiny, in slender spikes ............103

Steeplebush - Steeple-like cluster ...............153

Red Clover - Trifoliate; round flowerhead....... .173

Twinflower - In pairs; crimson inside .........327

Dogbane - 5-toothed, bell-shaped; spreading......273

Arbutus - Creeping; 5-parted, fragrant ..........247

Milkwort - Round scaly heads; small leaves.....193

Fringed Polygala - 2 wing-like sepals ...........191

Pogonia - Solitary; broad, crested lip ........... 91

Calopogon - Several; fringed lip at top ........ 89

Arethusa - Solitary; broad crested lip; erect..... 89

Bouncing Bet - 5-parted, deeply lobed ...........111

Spring Beauty - 5-parted; grass-like leaves .....115

Willow Herb - 4 petals, slender pods; spike.....223

Azalea - Tubular, 5- lobed; long stamens; shrub..239

Laurel - Clustered; saucer-shaped ..............245

Moss Pink - Creeping; 5 notched petals .........283

Sabbatia - Large; 10-12 petals; 2 in. across .....265

Sea Pink - 5 petals, crimson marks; showy ...263 Rhododendron - 5 petals, yellow spots; shrub ...241 Rose Mallow - 5 petals; large, 3 in. across ....203

Wild Rose - 5 large petals; spiny stems ........163

Moccasin Flower - Large, slipper-shaped......... 79