Linda's Alpine Flowers Page

Mauve and Purple Flowers
(except Orchids)

This page is part of Linda's collection photographs of flowers in European mountains, mostly alpine (roughly 1800-2500m) and sub-alpine (roughly 1200-1800 m), but with a few from lower altitudes. The collection includes shots of over 600 species. The main page contains additional information, and links to the other pages in the set.

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Adenostylis
alliariae ...
... Cropped – Dol'10
See also under Red/Pink!
Again – Dol'22
  
Again – HS'22 ...
... below Col du Bonhomme ...
... and close-up
Alkanet – Dol'16 ...
... Anchusa officinalis ...
... in the meadows ...
... and cropped
so's to speak
Alpine Aster
Aster alpinus – Oss'11
Alpine Aster – Salz'12
... in situ
Again – Eng'14
Again – Dol'17 ...
... and cropped
Again, leaves – Zrm'17
Again – Dol'22 ...
... and cropped
Alpine Bartsia – Dol'10
Bartsia alpina again
– Eng'14
Again ...
... and cropped
Again – OT'15
Again – BOb'16
Alpine Betony
Stachys monieri – Slo'16 ...
... and cropped
Purple (or Wood) Betony – Bag'22 ...
... Stachys officinalis ...
... and its leaves
Bittercress ?trifolia
Cardamine trifolia – Oss'11
Bittersweet – HS'22 ...
... Solanum dulcamara
Purple Broom – Iseo'19 ...
... Cystis purpurea
Butterwort – Picos'08
with squill and gentian ...
... Pinguicila vulgaris
cropped 
Butterwort – Picos'08
Butterwort – Oss'11
Pinguicila vulgaris
And again – Pyr'11
And again – Picos'13
And again – Ktz'13
And again – Ork'13
Again ...
... – Scot'14
Large-flowered Butterwort
Pinguicula grandiflora ...
... and cropped – Pyr'11
And again, in the cliff ...
... close-up ...
... and cropped – Pyr'11
Again – Pyr'16 ...
... and cropped

Alpine Calamint
Calamintha alpina ...
... Cropped – Dol'10
Again – Slo'12
... cropped
Alpine Calamint – Salz'12
... Cropped
Again – Ktz'13
And again
Alpine Calamint
Acinos alpina
– Slo'14
Again – Dol'17 ...
... and more closely
Wood Calamint
– Cw'15 ...
... Calamintha sylvatica ...
... cropped
Again – Tux'16 ...
... and again ...
... and cropped
Again – BOb'16 ...
... and cropped
For mauve Campanulas
see Blue page
Chaenorhinum
– Picos'08
Chaenorhinum
– Picos'08 ...
... cropped ...
... and again
     
Chaenorhinum
– Picos'08 ...
      
Chaenorhinum
origanifolium
– Oss'13 ...
... in Bilheres ...
... cropped ...
... cropped again
Again – Picos'13 ...
... cropped ...
... again ...
... and cropped
Chives – Van'18
Meadow Clary
– Tarn'11
Again – Slo'13
Salvia pratensis ...
And again
And again
And again ...
... and cropped
Again – Dol'15
Again – Slo'19 ...
... and its leaf/div>
Clematis, with
Alpenrosen ...
... Ditto – Dol'10
Again – Slo'12
Again – Dol'15
Again – Van'18
Clover – Brg'22 ...
... Trifolium Sp.
Common Columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris
– St'07
Aquilegia vulgaris
–Slo'14 ...
... and cropped
Columbine – Picos'08 ...
... cropped
Columbine – Slo'12 ...
... cropped
Aquilegia
– Oss'13 ...
... in the bank ...
... just above Bilheres ...
... during a stroll
Dark Columbine
Aquilegia atrata ...
... cropped – St'07
Again – BOb'16
... and cropped
Again – Iseo'19 ...
... with Veronica
   
Einsels Columbine
Aquilegia einseliana ...
... and cropped
– Eng'14
    
Comfrey – Tux'16 ...
... and cropped
Again – Cw'18 ...
... and cropped
Meadow Cranesbill
with Mountain Sainfoin
– Dol'09
Meadow Cranesbill
Geranium pratense
– Dol'10
Meadow Cranesbill – Oss'11
Meadow Cranesbill – Pyr'11
Geranium pratense
Again – Sänt'14 ...
... and cropped
Again – Sänt'14 ...
... and cropped
Wood Cranesbill ...
... Geranium sylvaticum
cropped – Salz'12
Cranesbill Sp. ...
... Cropped – Dol'10
Again – Zill'14 ...
... cropped
Again – OT'15 ...
... and again
Again – BOb'16 ...
... and cropped ...
... Again ...
... cropped again
Again – Aos'19
Pyrenean Cranesbill ...
... and cropped
– Picos'13
And again – HA'14
Again – Oss'16
Again – Pyr'16
Dusky Cranesbill
Geranium phaeum
– Dol'17' ...
... and cropped
Autumn Crocus – Ecr'22 ...
... Colchicum autumnale
Devil's Claw – Bag'22 ...
... Phyteuma comosum,
in its lair ...
... the sole specimen
of a rare species ...
... we engaged in ...
... an unseemly scramble ...
... for shot of the day
   
Dragonmouth – Picos'08
Horminum pyrenaicum
Dragonmouth – Oss'11
Horminum pyrenaicum
    
Again – Dol'17 ...
... its leaves ...
... and again
Again – Iseo'19 ...
Again – Bag'22 ...
... and cropped
Again – Bag'22
Epilobium – Tux'16 ...
... and cropped
Neglected Fleabane
Erigeron neglectus – Dol'10
Neglected Fleabane
Erigeron neglectus – Dol'10
 
Fritillarias
but which? ...
... Cropped – Dol'10
  
Fritillaria pyrenaica – Oss'11 ...
... cropped ...
... another view ...
... and another ...
... and view
A crowd, a host ...
... of Fritallaria ...
... pyrenaica ...
... – Oss'16
Possible Fritillaria
leaves – Oss'13
For Gentians,
incl. mauve ones,
see the Blue Page
Wall Germander – Salz'12
... and bee, cropped
... and bee settled
... and cropped
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea ...
... cropped
– Zill'14
Heartsease – Salz'12
Viola tricolour
... and again
Again – Auv'14
HempNettle – Pyr'23
Galeopsis bifida
Black Horehound
Ballota nigra ...
... Cropped – BOb'10
Black Horehound – Oss'11
And again – Pyr'11 ...
... cropped
And again –Picos'13...
... and cropped
And again
– Oss'13 ...
... in sunlight ...
... and with a
very obliging
bumblebee
Again,
so obliging ...
... we could
take another
Again – Ktz'13
Mountain Houseleek
Sempervivum montanum ...
... Cropped – BOb'10
Again – BOb'16 ...
... and cropped
Ground Ivy
GlechomaHederacea ...
... and Wild Strawberry,
Cropped – Dol'10
Knapweed
Also in Blue ...
... cropped – Ktz'13
A Knapweed sp.?
with different leaves?
– Dor'14
Common Knapweed
– BOb'16 ...
... Centaurea nigrescens
and closer
Again – Bag'22
(or Doubtful or Short-fringed) ...
... and a dead head
Again – Bag'22 ...
... closer up
Again – Bag'22 ...
... again ...
... close-up
Wig Knapweed
Centaurea phrygia
– Bag'22 ...
... black, feathery, involucre
Giant Knapweed – Bag'22 ...
... again ...
... close-up
Doubtful Knapweed – Dol'22 ...
... Centaurea nigrescens ...
... and closer
Ladies Smock
Cardamine pratensis ...
... cropped – St'07
Again
– Picos'13 ...
... and cropped
Again
– Oss'13 ...
... Cardamine pratenses,
cropped ...
... and cropped
differently
Again – Ork'13
Again
– Auv'14
Again
– OT'15
... and again
Again – BOb'16 ...
... and cropped
Alpine Milk Vetch – Dol'12
... again ...
... again, with Sanfoin ...
... and cropped
Again – BOb'16
... and leaves
? Silky Milk Vetch
Oxytropis halleri
– AM'16
Again – Zrm'17'
Northern Milk-vetch
Oxytropis lapponica
– VdU'17 ...
... again ...
... and cropped
Milk Vetch Sp.
– CdE'17 ...
... again ...
... again
Sprawling Milk-Vetch
Astragalus depressus
– Zrm'17' ...
... and cropped
Mountain Milk-vetch – Dol'22 ...
... Oxytropis jacquinii,
cropped
Bitter Milkwort – Salz'12
... Polygala amara
Again – Pyr'13
Again – Zill'14
Again – Dol'15
with Moss Campion
Thyme-leaved Milkwort
Polygala serpyllifolia
– Scot'14
Again – Cw'18 ...
... and cropped
Dwarf Milkwort
(at bottom) ...
... Polygala amarella
– OT'15 ...
... and cropped
Again – Dol'19 ...
... and cropped
Common Monkshood
Aconitum napellus ...
... cropped – BOb'10
Again – Bag'22
Again – Dol'22 ...
... above Penia ...
... cropped ...
... and again
Variegated Monkshood
– Dol'22 ...
Aconitum variegatum,
cropped
Rosette Mullein
Ramonda pyrenaica
– Pyr'16 ...
... Pyrenean-violet,
cropped – RARE
Bittersweet Nightshade – Cw'18 ...
... Solanum dulcamara, cropped
Again – Bag'22 ...
... and its leaves
Again – Bag'22
Orpine – Van'22 ...
... Sedum telephium
Pansy ...
... Cropped – BOb'10
Horned Pansy
Viola cornuta – Pyr'11
A Pansy – HA'14
possibly Long-Spurred
Again – Aos'19 ...
... and again
Mountain Pansy – BOb'16
But also in Yellow (and sometimes both)
Pea Family
– Oss'13 ...
... and cropped
Broad-Leafed
Everlasting Pea
Lathyrus latifolius
– Pro'17
 
Round-leaved Pennycress
– Dol'09
Round-leaved Pennycress
Thlaspi cepaefolium ...
... Cropped – Dol'10
  
Again – Slo'13 ...
... and again
Again – Dol'15 ...
... and again, cropped
Again – Dol'16
Again – BOb'16
Again – BOb'16 ...
... and cropped
Again – CdE'17
Again – Dol'19
Hoary Plantain
Plantago media – HA'14
(with Mountain Sanfoin)
Again – Aos'19
     
Prunella grandiflora – Picos'08
      
Prunella ?vulgaris – BOb'10
Prunella vulgaris ...
... Cropped – BOb'10
Again – Picos'13
Again – BOb'16
All Rampions are here,
Mauve and Blue
(except White!)
Round-Headed Rampion
– Dol'10 ...
... Phyteuma obiculare
Cropped
Again – Salz'12
Again – Ktz'13 ...
... and cropped
And again ...
... and cropped
And again
– Pyr'11
– Ktz'13 ...
... and cropped ...
... and cropped again
Phyteuma obiculare
Again – Slo'14 ...
... and cropped
And another
– Slo'14
Again – BOb'16 ...
... and again
Again – Dol'17' ...
... closer ...
... closer again ...
... and its leaf
Again – Van'18 ...
... and its leaves
Again – Iseo'19
Dark Rampion
Phyteuma ovatum
– BOb'10
Again – Dol'17' ...
... close-up ...
... and its leaves
Scorzonera-leaved
Rampion ...
... Cropped – BOb'10
Again – HS'17 ...
... and cropped
Sieber's Rampion
Phyteuma sieberi
– Dol'17' ...
... and its leaves
Rampion Sp. ...
... Cropped – Dol'10
Spiked Rampion
See also the white form
– Salz'12
Phyteuma spicatum
Again – Slo'16 ...
... and cropped
Betony-Leaved Rampion – Ktz'13
Phyteuma betonicifolium,
again ...– Zill'14
... cropped
Again – Sänt'14 ...
... and its leaves
Again – Sr'15 ...
... And its leaves
Again – BOb'16
Again – HS'17
Black Rampion
Phyteuma nigrum
– Slo'14
Again – CdE'17 ...
... and again
Again – Zill'18 ...
Horned Rampion – Bag'22 ...
... Phyteuma scheuchzeri ...
... close-up
Globe-headed Rampion – Bag'22 ...
... Phyteuma hemisphaericum,
cropped ...
... and again
Rosette-Leaved Rampion
– Dol'22 ...
... again ...
... cropped
... and cropped again
Wood Scabious
Scabiosa sylvatica ...
... Cropped
(also Knautia dipsacifolia)
– BOb'10
Again – Salz'12
Again – Slo'13
Again – Dor'14
Again – Dor'14 ...
... cropped
Again – Zrm'17 ...
... closer-up ...
... cropped ...
... cropped closer
And friend – Iseo'19
Again – Aos'19 ...
... and its stems
Again – Dol'22 and Marmolad
Shining Scabious
Scabiosa lucida
– CdE'17 ...
... and cropped
Alpine Skullcap
– CdE'17 ...
... Scutellaria
alpina, cropped ...
... again ...
... and again
Again – Aos'19 ...
... closer ...
... closer again ...
... and skullcapped
Rock Snapdragon
– Oss'11
Alpine Snowbell
Soldanella alpina
– Dol'09
Again – Slo'13
And again ...
... and cropped
Again – Dol'14
Again – Dol'16
Again – VdU'17 ...
... and again
And again – Dol'19 ...
... and further cropped
Dwarf Snowbell – Salz'12 ...
... Soldanella pusilla ...
... and cropped
Again – OT'15 ...
... and their leaves
Again – Dol'16 ...
... and again ...
... and again
Again – Tux'16 ...
... closer up ...
... and again
Alpine Sow-Thistle
Cicerbita alpina
...
... again – BOb'10...
... and cropped
Alpine Sow-Thistle
Lactuca alpina ...
... its leaves – Pro'17...
... and cropped
Again – Dol'22 ...
... and its leaf
Musk Thistle
Carduus nutans – Dol'10
Great Marsh Thistle
– Ktz'13 ...
... Carduus personata ...
... the first cropped ...
... and the second cropped
Again – HS'22
Brook Thistle
– Ktz'13 ...
... Cirsium rivulare,
cropped
Again – Van'18 ...
... closer ...
... and cropped
Again – Bag'22 ...
... in a flock ...
... and another
Stemless Thistle – Dol'22 ...
... Cirsium acaule,
cropped again
An unnamed Thistle – Dol'22 ...
... Carduus carlinifolius,
and cropped
Spiniest Thistle – Dol'22 ...
Cirsium spinosissimum ...
Italian Thistle – Brg'22 ...
... Carduus litigiosus ...
... closer up
Thistle sp. – Iseo'19
Thyme – BOb'10
Again – Ktz'13
Again – Sr'15
Again – Aos'19
Hairy Thyme – Tux'16 ...
... with round leaves
Thyme Sp. – Tux'16 ...
... glabrous, round leaves
Alpine Toadflax
Linarea alpina – Picos'08
Alpine Toadflax
– Picos'08
Alpine Toadflax ...
... Cropped – BOb'10
Alpine Toadflax
Linaria alpina ...
... Cropped – Dol'10
Alpine Toadflax
Linarea alpina ...
... Cropped – Oss'11
Alpine Toadflax
Linarea alpina ...
... Cropped – Pyr'11
Again – Zill'14 ...
Again
Again ...
... cropped
Again – BOb'16
Again – Zill'18
Again – HS'22
Purple Toothwort
– Oss'16 ...
... Lathraea
clandestina
Vetch Sp. ...
... Cropped – Picos'08
Vetch Sp. ...
... Cropped – Dol'10
     
Bush Vetch – Dol'12
Vica sepium
      
Tufted Vetch
Vicia cracca – Tarn'11
And again – Pyr'11
And again – Picos'13'13
Again – VdU'17 ...
... again, cropped
 
Pyrennean Vetch
Vicia Pyrenaica – Pyr'11
Again – Oss'16 ...
... and cropped
  
Vetch Sp.
– Pyr'11
Again – Pyr'16 ...
... cropped ...
... And again ...
... cropped
? Sanfoin Vetch
– AM'16
... Vicia onobrychioides
Wood Vetch
Vicia sylvatica
– Dol'17 ...
... closer ...
... closer still ...
... and its leaves
PurpleVetch – Van'18 ...
... and its leaves
Spring Vetchling
– Picos'13 ...
Again, Lathyrus vernus
– Cw'15 ...
... and cropped
Again – OT'15 ...
... again ...
... again ...
... again ...
... and cropped
Again – Dol'15 ...
... again, cropped ...
... and seed-pods
Again – Oss'16 ...
... and cropped
Viola cenisia ...
... Cropped – BOb'10
Violets ...
... Cropped – BOb'10
Again – Aos'19
with Trumpet Gentians ...
... close-up ...
... and in context
Dame's Violet
Hesperis matronalis ...
... Cropped – Pyr'11
See also the White page
Again – HS'18 ...
... and cropped
Maritime Alps Pansy
– AM'16 ...
... Viola valderia ...
... location, flowers ...
... and cropped
Long-spurred Pansy
Viola calcarata
– BOb'16
Violet sp.
– Auv'14
And other leaves
Wulfenia, with Vetch – Dol'10
Wulfenia, with
Vetch ...
... Wulfenia oxytropis,
Cropped – Dol'10
Wulfenia – Salz'12
Wulfenia carinthiaca – Dol'12
... cropped
Wulfenia carinthiaca – Salz'12
Unknown – Dol'10
Unknown – Cw'15

This is a page within the Clarke-Spinaze Alpine Flower Photo Gallery. The site home-page is here
Contact: Linda or Roger
Created: 9 August 2010; Last Amended: 10 February 2024