Blue, Purple and Dark Wildflowers
Alpine Aster
Where: Alpine, subalpine, meadow
When: Summer
Size: 4-12 inches
Alpine Speedwell
Where: Wetlands, disturbed grounds, alpine, subalpine
When: Summer
Size: 2-12 inches
Ballhead Waterleaf
Where: East-side forest
When: Spring
Size: 4-16 inches
Canada Thistle (Creeping Thistle)
Where: Coastal, disturbed grounds, meadows
When: Summer
Size: 20-40 inches
Cushion Fleabane
Where: Meadow, shrub-steppe
When: Late spring
Size: 3-6 inches
Elegant Polemonium
Where: East-side forest, alpine, subalpine
When: Summer
Size: Up to 12 inches
Gairdner's Penstemon
Where: Dry rocky sites, shrub-steppe
When: Late spring
Size: Up to 12 inches
Large-Flowered Brodiaea
Where: Meadows, shrub-steppe
When: Late spring-early summer
Size: 12-20 inches
Large Leaf Lupine
Where: East-side forest, meadow
When: Late spring-early summer
Size: 1-2 feet
Leafy Bluebells (Trumpet Lungwort)
Where: West and east-side forests, shrub-steppe
When: Early spring
Size: 2-8 inches
Meadow Forget Me Not (Blue Stickseed, Jessica Stickseed)
Where: Meadow, shrub-steppe, subalpine
When: Summer
Size: 12-40 inches
Meadow Larkspur (Dwarf Larkspur)
Where: Shrub-steppe, alpine, subalpine
When: Early summer
Size: Up to 16 inches
Oregon Anemone
Where: West and east-side forests, coastal
When: Spring
Size: 3-10 inches
Pincushion Penstemon (Small-Flowered Penstemon)
Where: Alpine, subalpine, shrub-steppe
When: Summer
Size: 2-12 inches
Rainier Gentian (Mountain Bog Gentian, Explorer's Gentian)
Where: Wetlands, streambanks, meadow, alpine, subalpine
When: Late summer-fall
Size: 8-20 inches
Shrubby Penstemon
Where: East-side forest, shrub-steppe, alpine
When: Summer
Size: Up to 12 inches
Stony Ground Lupine
Where: Shrub steppe
When: Spring
Size: 6-10 inches
Swale Desert Parsley
Where: Meadow, east-side forests
When: Late spring-early summer
Size: 2-16 inches
Note: These flowers turn purple as they age. In their initial bloom, they are yellow
Western Dog Violet (Early Blue Violet)
Where: Coastal, streambanks, meadow, alpine, subalpine
When: Spring
Size: Up to 4 inches