Purple
Tuberous Thistle
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: tuberosum
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Mountain Milk-vetch
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Fabaceae
Genus: Astragalus
Species: jacquinii
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Mountains
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Velvetbells
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Bartsia
Species: alpina
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Mountains
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Meadow Cranesbill
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species: pratense
Flower_Colour:Lilac, Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Waysides
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW & RKS
Status: Main
Large Self-heal
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Lamiaceae
Species: grandiflora
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains, Waysides
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Common Monkshood
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aconitum
Species: napellus
Flower_Colour:Black, Purple
Habitat: Mountains
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Alpine Milk-vetch
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Fabaceae
Genus: Astragalus
Species: alpinus
Flower_Colour:Purple, White
Habitat: Mountains
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Status: Main
Small Scabious
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Dipsacaceae
Genus: Scabiosa
Species: columbaria
Flower_Colour:Lilac, Purple
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Bearded Bellflower
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Campanulaceae
Species: barbata
Flower_Colour:Lilac, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW & RKS
Status: Main
Alpine Aster
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Aster
Species: alpinus
Flower_Colour:Lilac, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains, Rocks
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Blue Wanderer
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Paederota
Species: bonarota
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Mountains, Rocks
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW & RKS
Status: Main
Dragonmouth
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Horminum
Species: pyrenaicum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Tuberous Thistle
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: tuberosum
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Clustered Bellflower
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Campanulaceae
Genus: Campanula
Species: glomerata
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Mountains
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW&RKS
Status: Main
Round-headed Rampion
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Campanulaceae
Genus: Phyteuma
Species: orbiculare
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Mountains
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW & RKS
Status: Main
Mountain Milk-vetch
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Fabaceae
Genus: Astragalus
Species: jacquinii
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Mountains
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Dark Columbine
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aquilegia
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Mountains, pastures
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
German Gentian
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentianella
Species: germanica
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Alpine Fleabane
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: borealis
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Mountains
Site: Italy, San Cassiano
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW & RKS
Status: Main
Wood Cranesbill
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species: sylvaticum
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple, White
Habitat: Woodlands
Site: Engadine, Switzerland
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Purple Gromwell
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Boraginaceae
Genus: Lithospermum
Species: purpurocaeruleum
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Mountains, Woodlands
Site: Engadine, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Alpine Milk-vetch
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Fabaceae
Genus: Astragalus
Species: alpinus
Flower_Colour:Purple, White
Habitat: Meadows, Rocks
Site: Engadine, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Alpine Toadflax
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Linaria
Species: alpina
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Grassland, Mountains, Rocks
Site: Engadine, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Pyramidal Bugle
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Ajuga
Species: pyramidalis
Flower_Colour:Purple, White
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Engadine, Switzerland
Month Taken: June
Status: Main
Round-headed Rampion
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Campanulaceae
Genus: Phyteuma
Species: orbiculare
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Rocks
Site: Engadine, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Blue-spiked Rampion
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Campanulaceae
Genus: Phyteuma
Species: betonicifolium
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains, Woodlands
Site: Engadine, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Status: Main
Whole-leaved Scabious
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Dipsacaceae
Genus: Knautia
Species: integrifolia subsp. mimica
Flower_Colour:Lilac, Purple
Habitat: Grassland, Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Jersey Toadflax
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Linaria
Species: pelisseriana
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Grassland, Meadows, Scrubland
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
French or Spanish Lavender
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lavandula
Species: stoechas
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Sand Dunes, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Common Salsify
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Tragopogon
Species: porrifolius
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Grassland, Maritime, Scrubland, Waysides, Woodlands
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Mediterranian Linseed
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Bellardia
Species: trixago
Flower_Colour:Purple, White
Habitat: Grassland, Maritime, Rocks, Waysides
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: DW & RKS
Status: Main
Hairy Broomrape
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Orobanche
Species: pubescens
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Sand Dunes, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Hemp Broomrape
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Orobanche
Species: ramosa
Flower_Colour:Blue, Lilac, Purple
Habitat: Arable land, Coast, Grassland, Hedgerows, Sand Dunes, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Barbary Nut or Poor Man’s Iris
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Iridaceae
Genus: Moraea
Species: sisyrinchium
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Rocks, Sand Dunes
Site: Crete, Kissamos
Month Taken: April
Photographer: DW & RKS
Status: Main
Teasel
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Dipsacaceae
Genus: Dipsacus
Species: fullonum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Arable land, Meadows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Russian Comfrey
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Boraginaceae
Genus: Symphytum
Species: x uplandicum
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Arable land, Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Creeping Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: arvense
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Arable land, Grassland, Hedgerows, Meadows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Spear Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: vulgare
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Arable land, Grassland, Meadows
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Small Scabious
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Dipsacaceae
Genus: Scabiosa
Species: columbaria
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Badbury Rings, Dorset, UK
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Carline Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Carlina
Species: vulgaris
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Badbury Rings, Dorset, UK
Month Taken: August
Photographer: DW & RKS
Status: Main
Woolly Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: eriophorum ssp. britannicum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Badbury Rings, Dorset, UK
Month Taken: August
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Field Scabious
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Dipsacaceae
Genus: Knautia
Species: arvensis
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Waysides
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Wood Cranesbill
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species: sylvaticum
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains, Woodlands
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Alpine Bartsia
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Bartsia
Species: Bartsia
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Dusky Crane’s-bill or Mourning Widow
Family: GeraniaceaeGenus: Geranium
Species: phaeum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Dark Rampion
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Campanulaceae
Genus: Phyteuma
Species: ovatum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Alpine Milk Vetch
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Fabaceae
Genus: Astragalus
Species: alpinus
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Wild Pansy
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species: tricolor ssp. tricolor
Flower_Colour:Purple, Yellow
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Sea Aster
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Aster
Species: tripolium
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Salt Marsh
Site: East London, Ripple Nature Reserve, UK
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Alpine Fleabane
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: alpinus
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Rock Speedwell
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Veronica
Species: fruticans
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains, Rocks
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Matted Globularia
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Globulariaceae
Genus: Globularia
Species: cordifolia
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Mountains, Rocks
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Alpine Toadflax
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Linaria
Species: alpina
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Mountains, Rocks
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Field Gentian
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentianella
Species: campestris
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Common Globularia
Family: PlantaginaceaeGenus: Globularia
Species: vulgaris
Flower_Colour:Lilac, Purple
Habitat: Rocks
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Mountain Beaked Milk Vetch
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Fabaceae
Genus: Oxytropis
Species: montana
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Rocks
Site: Schynige Platte, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Eyebright
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Euphrasia
Species: nemorosa
Flower_Colour:Purple, White
Habitat: Grassland, Meadows
Site: Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: mai
Field Madder
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Rubiaceae
Genus: Sherardia
Species: arvensis
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Waysides
Site: City of London Cemetery, East London, UK
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Mallow Bindweed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Convolvulus
Species: althaeoides
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Crete, Fournes
Month Taken: April
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Cretan Solenopsis
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Campanulaceae
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: minuta
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Maritime, Mountains, Rocks
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
White or Kandia’s Orchid
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Orchidaceae
Genus: Ophrys
Species: candica
Flower_Colour:Brown, Purple
Habitat: Maritime, Sand Dunes, Scrubland
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Jersey Toadflax
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Linaria
Species: pelisseriana
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Waysides
Site: Crete, Laki
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Purple Viper’s-bugloss or Paterson’s Curse
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echium
Species: plantagineum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Maritime, Sand Dunes, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Crete, Kissamos
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Three-horned Stock
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Brassicaceae
Genus: Mattiola
Species: tricuspidata
Flower_Colour:Purple, White
Habitat: Maritime, Sand Dunes
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Purple Milk Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Galactites
Species: tomentosa
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Crete, Kissamos
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Cretan Whole-leaved Scabius
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Dipsacaceae
Genus: Knautia
Species: integrifolia subsp. mimica
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Crete, Kissamos
Status: Main
Cretan Bee Orchid
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Orchidaceae
Genus: Ophrys
Species: cretica
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Maritime, Sand Dunes, Scrubland
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Sawfly Orchid
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Orchidaceae
Genus: Ophrys
Species: tenthridinifera
Flower_Colour:Purple, Yellow
Habitat: Maritime, Sand Dunes, Scrubland
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Marengo Orchid
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Orchidaceae
Genus: Ophrys
Species: episcopalis
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Maritime, Sand Dunes, Scrubland
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Hemp Broomrape
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Orobanche
Species: ramosa
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Waysides
Site: Agioi Apostoloi, Crete
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Bee Orchid
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Orchidaceae
Genus: Ophrys
Species: Ophrys
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Waysides
Site: East London, Lea Valley Country Park, UK
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Purple Milk Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Galactites
Species: tomentosa
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Tiny Bells
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Campanulaceae
Genus: Campanula
Species: lusitanica var lusitanica
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Great Meadow Rue
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Thalictrum
Species: aquilegifolium
Flower_Colour:Lilac, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains, Waysides
Site: Pyrenees, Spain
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Dwarf Snapdragon
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Chaenorhinum
Species: villosum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Pyrenees, Spain
Month Taken: July
Wood Cranesbill
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species: sylvaticum
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Waysides, Woodlands
Site: Pyrenees, Spain
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Blue Grass Lily
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Liliaceae
Genus: Aphyllanthes
Species: monospeliensis
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Mountains, Rocks
Site: Pyrenees, Spain
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Deadly Nightshade
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Solanaceae
Genus: Atropa
Species: bella-donna
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Woodlands
Site: Pyrenees, Spain
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Meadow Cranesbill
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species: pratense
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Woodlands
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Field Gentian
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentianella
Species: campestris
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Blue Fleabane
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: acer
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Mountains
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Small Scabious
Type: HerbFamily: Dipsacaceae
Genus: Scabiosa
Species: columbaria
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Schynige Platte, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Field Gentian
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentianella
Species: campestris
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Mannlichen, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Common Monkshood
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aconitum
Species: napellus
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Schynige Platte, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Alpine Eryngo or Queen of the Alps
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Apiaceae
Genus: Eryngium
Species: alpinum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Mountains, Rocks
Site: Mannlichen, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW
Status: Main
Alpine Cat’s Tail
Type: Flowering Plant, Grass, HerbFamily: Poaceae
Genus: Phleum
Species: alpinum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Schynige Platte, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Gipsywort
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lycopus
Species: europeus
Flower_Colour:Purple, White
Habitat: Meadows, Open Water, Wetlands
Site: East London, Leyton Flats, UK
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Water Mint
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Mentha
Species: aquatica
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Open Water, Streams & Rivers, Wetlands
Site: East London, Leyton Flats, UK
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Tufted Vetch
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Fabaceae
Genus: Vicia
Species: cracca
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: East London, Leyton Flats, UK
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Greater KnapWeed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Centaurea
Species: scabiosa
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Waysides
Site: East London, Leyton Flats, UK
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Smooth Tare
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Fabaceae
Genus: Vicia
Species: tetrasperma
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Waysides
Site: East London, Leyton Flats, UK
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Cymbalaria
Species: muralis
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Walls, Waysides
Site: East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Early Purple Orchid
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Orchidaceae
Genus: Orchis
Species: mascula
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Waysides, Woodlands
Site: Kent, UK, Yocklett'sBank & Park Wood
Month Taken: May
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Russian Comfrey
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Boraginaceae
Genus: Symphytum
Species: x uplandicum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: East London, UK, Walthamstow Marshes
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Michaelmas Daisy
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Symphyotrichum
Species: lanceolatum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: East London, UK, Walthamstow Marshes
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Purple-loosestrife
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lythraceae
Genus: Lythrum
Species: salicaria
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Wetlands
Site: East London, UK, Walthamstow Marshes
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Goat’s Rue
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Papilionaceae
Genus: Galega
Species: officinalis
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: East London, UK, Walthamstow Marshes
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Goat’s Rue
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Papilionaceae
Genus: Galega
Species: officinalis
Flower_Colour:Purple, White
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: East London, Ripple Nature Reserve, UK
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Duke of Argyll’s Tea Plant
Type: Flowering Plant, ShrubFamily: Solanaceae
Genus: Lycium
Species: barbarum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: East London, Ripple Nature Reserve, UK
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Opium Poppy
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Papaveraceae
Genus: Papaver
Species: somniferum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: East London, Ripple Nature Reserve, UK
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Marsh Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: palustre
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Wetlands
Site: East London, Ripple Nature Reserve, UK
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Buddleia
Type: Flowering Plant, ShrubFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Buddleia
Species: davidii
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: East London, Ripple Nature Reserve, UK
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Sea Aster
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Aster
Species: tripolium
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Salt Marsh
Site: East London, Ripple Nature Reserve, UK
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Deadly Nightshade
Type: Flowering Plant, ShrubFamily: Solanaceae
Genus: Atropa
Species: belladonna
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Waysides
Site: East London, Ripple Nature Reserve, UK
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Viper’s Bugloss
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echium
Species: vulgare
Flower_Colour:Blue, Pink, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: East London, Ripple Nature Reserve, UK
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Teasel
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Dipsacaceae
Genus: Dipsacus
Species: fullonum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: East London, Ripple Nature Reserve, UK
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Hedge Woundwort
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Stachys
Species: sylvatica
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Scrubland, Waysides, Woodlands
Site: East London, UK, Wanstead Park
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Skullcap
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Scutellaria
Species: galericulata
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Waysides
Site: East London, UK, Wanstead Park
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Marsh Woundwort
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Stachys
Species: palustris
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: East London, UK, Wanstead Park
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Woody Nightshade
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species: dulcamara
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Scrubland, Waysides, Woodlands
Site: East London, UK, Wanstead Park
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Selfheal
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Prunella
Species: vulgaris
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Waysides
Site: East London, UK, Wanstead Park
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Salsify
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Tragopogon
Species: porrifolius
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Waysides
Site: East London, UK, Wanstead Park
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Thyme-leaved Speedwell
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Veronica
Species: serpyllifolia
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Waysides, Woodlands
Site: East London, Epping Forest, UK
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Butcher’s-Broom
Type: Flowering Plant, ShrubFamily: Liliaceae
Genus: Ruscus
Species: aculeatus
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Woodlands
Site: East London, Epping Forest, UK
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Black Knapweed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Centauria
Species: nigra
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: East London, UK, Wanstead Flats
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Cotton Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Onopordum
Species: acanthium
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: East London, UK, Wanstead Flats
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Creeping Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: arvense
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: East London, UK, Wanstead Flats
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Lesser Burdock
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Arctium
Species: minus
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: East London, UK, Wanstead Flats
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Stinking Iris
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris
Species: foetidissima
Flower_Colour:pale purple, Purple
Habitat: Waysides, Woodlands
Site: East London, UK, Wanstead Flats
Month Taken: September
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Lizard Orchid
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Orchidaceae
Genus: Himantoglossum
Species: hircinum
Flower_Colour:Purple, Yellow
Habitat: Meadows, Waysides
Site: France, La Brenne
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Spreading Bell-flower
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Campanulaceae
Genus: Campanula
Species: rapunculoides
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Waysides, Woodlands
Site: France, La Brenne
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Field Scabious
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Dipsacaceae
Genus: Knautia
Species: arvensis
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Arable land, Meadows, Waysides
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Wood Vetch
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Papilionaceae
Genus: Vicia
Species: sylvatica
Flower_Colour:Purple, White
Habitat: Waysides, Woodlands
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Alpine Skullcap
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Scutellaria
Species: alpina
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains, Waysides
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Large Self-heal
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Prunella
Species: grandiflora
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Waysides
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Common Butterwort
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Pinguicula
Species: vulgaris
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Waysides, Wetlands
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Dark Rampion
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Campanulaceae
Genus: Phyteuma
Species: ovatum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Dusky Cranesbill or Mourning Widow
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species: phaeum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Alpine Bartsia
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Bartsia
Species: alpina
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Champagny le Haut, France
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Spotted Dead-nettle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lamium
Species: maculatum
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Grindlewald, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Quaking Grass
Type: Flowering Plant, Grass, HerbFamily: Poaceae
Genus: Briza
Species: media
Flower_Colour:Green, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Pyramidal Bugle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Ajuga
Species: pyramidalis
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Purple Saxifrage
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Saxifraga
Species: oppositifolia
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Mountains, Rocks
Site: Mannlichen, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Monk’s Hood
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aconitum
Species: napellus
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Mountain Knapweed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Centauria
Species: montana
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: Pfingstegg, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Many-coloured Lousewort
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Pedicularis
Species: oederi
Flower_Colour:Purple, Red, Yellow
Habitat: Meadows, Mountains
Site: First, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main
Mountain Milk-vetch
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Papilionaceae
Genus: Astragalus
Species: jacquinii
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Mountains, Waysides, Woodlands
Site: Schynige Platte, Switzerland
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main