Purple Wildflowers, Weeds & Invasives
Bee on Wild Geranium
Blueflag Iris
A native wildflower that grows in wetlands along rivers, lakes, and streams.
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Blue Vervain Wildflower
Candelabra-like spikes of blue vervain. The flowers at the bottom of the spike bloom first, and the ring of flowers appears to advance upward to the tips of the spike. The flower attracts butterflies,moths and hummingbird moths. Have a vampire problem? If you follow The Vampire Dairies - it states if you extract the seeds oil it repeals vampires.
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Wild Purple Asters
Purple Gaywing
This Gaywing wildflower is often mistaken for an orchid.
It goes by the names of Fringed Polygala, Gaywings or Flowering Wintergreen.
The plant usually flowers in spring and early summer. The plant produces compounds thought to increase milk production in nursing mammals.Purple Gaywingfringed polygalaflowering winter greenpurple wildflowerwisconsin wildflower
Ground Ivy - Invasive
Glechoma, Creeping Charlie, ground ivy, gill-on-the-ground or Creeping Jenny it doesn't matter what you call it - it is difficult to control this invasive plant. The lavender flowers are pretty though.
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Hepatica Wildflower in Wisconsin Woods
Found with pink, purple, blue, or white flowers.
This wildflower needs to have a cold snap with snow to grow.
You will find this wildflower growing anywhere it has moist soil. In Wisconsin, you can find it "hanging" around with the limestone.HepatichepaticaliverleafliverwortWisconsin WildflowerwildflowerpurplephotographyprintNative WildflowerFloralBotanicalWildflower of WisconsinPlantNative Plant
Fields of Lupines
Fields and fields and roadsides lined with lupines all around Lake Superior in Minnesota in July. I LOVE it!
Wild Lupines
Late June and early July mean there are plenty of chances to pull off and see lupines along the roadways. There are beautiful!
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Pretty In Purple
Found an entire lakeshore area blooming with these pretty in purple flowers known to me as perennial cornflower.
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Blue Vervain
Flowers are blue to violet and sometimes rose pink.
Having trouble with vampires? I know where we can find vervain.
The magic of vervain is said to be the strongest when it is gathered after sunset or before dawn on the dark of the moon.
Just be sure to leave a gift of honey after gathering.
Purple Bull Thistle
Bull thistles have earned the title of noxious wildflowers. They have short, sharp prickles on the upper part of the plant.
The thistle grows a rosette in its first year and blooms in its second year of life.
The rosettes can be steamed and the leaves of the plant eaten in salads. Just be sure to remove the prickers.
Bull Thistle
Noxious or invasive introduced to North America biennially growing plant.
The leaves and stems have sharp prickles and the flowers bloom in pretty shades of purple.Cotton ThistleCirsium vulgarethe spear thistlebull thistlecommon thistle
Wild Blueberries
Yum! I love finding wild blueberries. It is the small things that really hit home.
American Germander Wildflower
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Comfrey Wildflower
Unidentified
Must brush up on my damselflies and dragonflies. I find plenty but never seem to focus on them because I can only tell you what three different ones are.
Bull Thistle
Bull thistle is a native plant that has heads that are pink to purple, and approximately 1 inch tall and wide.
