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Blue and purple spring flowers.

Species names are linked to individual pages.
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​Blue flag, southern - Iris virginica

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​​Blue-eyed grass - 
Sisyrinchium angustifolium

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​​Blue-eyed Mary - Collinsia verna

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​​Bluet, small - Houstonia pusilla

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​​Bluet, spring - Houstonia caerulea

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​​Carolina crane's bill - Geranium carolinianum

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​​Dame's rocket - Hesperis matronalis

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​​Dead-nettle, red  - Lamium purpureum

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​Field-madder  -  
Sherardia arvensis

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​​Geranium, wild - Geranium maculatum

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Germander - Teucrium canadense

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​​Ground-ivy - Glechoma hederacea

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​​​Heal-all - Prunella vulgaris

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​​Henbit - Lamium amplexicaule

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​​Iris,  dwarf crested - Iris cristata

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​​Jacob's ladder - Polemonium reptans

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​Larkspur  - Delphinium tricorne

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​​​Lily-leaved twayblade - Liparis liliifolia

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​​Lyre-leaved sage - Salvia lyrata

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​​​Miami mist - Phacelia purshii

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​Milkweed, purple -
Asclepias purpurascens

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​​Mint, perilla - Perilla fructescens

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Periwinkle - Vinca minor

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​​Phacelia, purple - Phacelia bipinnatifida

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​​Phlox, blue - Phlox divaricata

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​Purple rocket - Iodanthus pinnatifidus

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​Redstem filaree - Erodium cicutarium

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​Showy orchis - (Galearis spectabilis)

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Skullcap, little - Scutellaria parvula

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​Snakeroot, Sampson's - 
Orbexilum pedunculatum

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​Sorrel, violet wood - Oxalis violacea

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​​Speedwell, field - Veronica agrestis

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​Speedwell, birdseye - Veronica persica

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​Speedwell, heath - Veronica officinalis

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​​Speedwell, ivy-leaved - Veronica hederifolia

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​​Spiderwort, early - Tradescantia virginiana

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​Trillium, bent - Trillium flexipes

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​​Vetch, spring - Vicia sativa

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V​iolet, American dog - Viola labradorica

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Violet, arrow-leaved - Viola sagittata

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​Violet, bird's foot - Viola pedata

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​Violet, common blue - Viola papilionacea

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​Long-spurred violet - (Viola rostrata)

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​Violet, marsh blue - Viola cucullata

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​​Violet, three-lobed - Viola palmata

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​​Virginia bluebells - Mertensia virginica

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Waterleaf, lavender - Hydrophyllum appendiculatum

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​​Wood betony - Pedicularis canadensis

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