Curtis's Botanical Magazine | By color | Purples

Hyacinthus comosus Two-coloured hyacinth

Iris squalens Brown-flowered flag

Atragene americana American atragene

Salvia amoena Purple-flowered sage

Polygala stipulacea Stipuled milk-wort

Anchusa undulata Waved-leaved bugloss

Primula mistassinica Lesser American bird's-eye primrose

Primula pedemontana Piedmontese Primrose

Dianella caerulea Blue dianella

Scaphyglottis violacea Violet boat-lip

Allium narcissiflorum

Heliophyllum alberti

Glycine bimaculata Purple glycine

Browallia demissa Spreading browallia

Maranta zebrina Striped-leaved maranta

Vernonia flexuosa Zig-zag vernonia

Zygopetalon maxillare Tree-fern zygopetalon

Sparaxis pulcherrima Most beautiful sparaxis

Iris villosa Hairy flag

Iris lurida Dingy flag

Stevia pedata Seven-cleft stevia

Lebeckia nuda Naked lebeckia

Ipomaea speciosa Broad-leaved ipomaea

Thermopsis barbata Shaggy thermopsis

Impatiens bicolor Two-coloured balsam

Cyanotis nodiflora Nodose-flowered cyanotis

Phyllocactus biformis

Arisaema flavum

Verbascum phoeniceum Purple-flowered mullein

Aspidistra lurida Dingy-flowered aspidistra

Serratula pulchella Purple-scaled saw-wort

Podolepis gracilis Slender-stalked podolepis

Pleroma kunthianum Prof. Kunth's pleroma

Cosmos diversifolius var. atro-sanguineus Various-leaved cosmos, deep blood-flowered var.

Aspidistra punctata albo-maculata Dotted-flowered aspidistra, spotted-leaved var.

Syringa vulgaris Common lilac

Erica sanguinolenta Dark-flowered heath

Orobus sessilifolius Sessile-leaved bitter-vetch

Liparis walkeriae Mrs. Col. Walker's liparis

Cattleya intermedia variegata Variegated-lipped intermediate cattleya

Anthurium gustavi

Fritillaria obliqua Violet-flowered fritillary

Orchis longicornis Long-spurred orchis

Dodartia orientalis Oriental dodartia

Salpiglossis linearis Linear-leaved salpiglossis

Epidendrum evectum

Dentaria pentaphylla Five-leaved tooth-wort

Campanula latifolia (γ) macrantha Large-flowered giant bell-flower

Bletia shepherdii Deep purple-flowered bletia

Senecio pulcher

Fritillaria nobilis

Incarvillea variabilis

Mesembryanthemum barbatum Bearded fig-marigold

Allium descendens Purple-headed garlick

Iris tristis Dull-coloured flag

Polygala speciosa

Teucrium hyrcanicum Betony-leaved germander

Feuillea pedata Female pedate feuillea

Lobelia hypocrateriformis Salver-shaped lobelia

Aristolochia caudata Livid-flowered birth-wort

Batemannia colleyi Mr. Colley's batemannia

Thunbergia chrysops Purple golden-eyed thunbergia

Masdevallia fenestrata Windowed masdevallia

Chamaedorea ernesti-augusti (mas) Ernest-Augustus's chamaedorea (male)

Osbeckia aspera Rough-leaved osbeckia

Erigeron glabellum Smoothish-leaved erigeron

Lycioplesium pubiflorum Downy-flowered lycioplesium

Justicia speciosa Purple-flowered East Indian justicia

Cypripedium macranthon Large-flowered lady's-slipper

Tulbaghia violacea Violet-flowered tulbaghia

Iris reichenbachii

Scutellaria altissima Tall skull-cap

Centaurea sphaerocephala Prickly globe-headed centaury

Muscari latifolium

Dahlia superflua Fertile-rayed dahlia

Pothos macrophylla Large-leaved pothos

Salvia discolor

Ipomoea atropurpurea Puce-coloured ipomoea

Oxalis rosea (α) Rose-coloured oxalis

Selago gillii Dr. Gill's selago

Disa atropurpurea

Gladiolus recurvus Violet-scented corn-flag

Tradescantia subaspera Lyon’s new spider-wort

Mucuna sempervirens

Petalostemum violaceum Purple-flowered petalostemon

Vernonia acutifolia Sharp-leaved vernonia

Scorzonera purpurea (β) grandiflora Large purple-flowered viper's-grass

Iris brachycuspis Poisonous-rooted iris

Potentilla atro-sanguinea Deep blood-coloured potentilla

Bulbophyllum crenulatum

Fritillaria racemosa (α) Oriental fritillary

Serratula simplex One-flowered saw-wort

Cypripedium purpuratum Purple-stained lady's slipper

Amorphophallus leonensis

Dorstenia ceratosanthes Cleft dorstenia

Polygala cordifolia Heart-leaved milk-wort

Oenothera lindleyii Large-flowered four-spotted oenothera

Polygala myrtifolia var. grandiflora Myrtle-leaved milk-wort: large-flowered variety

Epidendrum aloides Aloe-leaved epidendrum

Fritillaria latifolia (α) Largest broad-leaved fritillary

Cypripedium barbatum Bearded lady's slipper

Antirrhinum triornithophorum Three-bird-bearing snap-dragon

Arethusa bulbosa Bulbous arethusa

Melastoma granulosa Commerson's melastoma

Sisyrinchium grandiflorum Large-flowered sisyrinchium

Apteranthes gussoniana Gussoni's apteranthes

Liparis atropurpurea Dark-purple-flowered liparis

Caralluma nebrownii

Peliosanthes violacea var. clarkei

Gladiolus viperatus Perfumed corn-flag

Cnicus afer Barbary cnicus, or twin-thorned thistle

Odontoglossum edwardi

Tupistra grandis

Brachystelma barberiae Mrs. Barber's brachystelma

Clematis viticella Purple virgin’s-bower