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monkshood (Aconitum columbianum)Aconitum columbianum
Common Names Monk's Hood
Family Buttercup
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Herb
Short Description 1.5 to 7 feet tall.
Location McCall, ID
Native Yes
Weed No
tapertip onion(Allium acuinatum)Allium acuinatum
Common Names tapertip onion, taper-tip onion
Family Lily
Flower Color Purple
Location Council, ID
Native Yes
Weed No
indigo bush, false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)
Amorpha fruticosa
Common Names indigo bush, false indigo
Family Legume or Pea
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Shrub - Tree
Native Yes
Weed Yes
showy aster, alpine aster, mountain aster (Aster alpigenus var. haydenii)Aster alpigenus var. haydenii
Common Names showy aster, alpine aster, mountain aster
Family Composites, Sunflower
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Herb
Location McCall, ID
Native Yes
Weed No
musk thistle (Carduus nutans)Carduus nutans
Common Names musk thistle
Family Sunflower
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Forb
Introduced Yes
Weed Yes
Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Cirsium arvense
Common Names Canada thistle
Family Composites, Sunflower
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Herb
Short Description Perennial, deep-seated creeping underground roots. Leaves: Spiny, pinnatifid
Location McCall, ID
Native No
Weed Noxious
bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Cirsium vulgare
Common Names bull thistle
Family Composites, Sunflower
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Herb
Short Description Biennial.
Location McCall, ID
Native No
Weed Noxious
rocky mountain beeplant (Cleome serrulata)
Cleome serrulata
Common Names rocky mountain beeplant
Family Caper
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Herb
Location Malheur River Plain, west of Vale, OR
Native Yes
Weed Can be
Searl's prairie clover (Dalea searlsiae)
Dalea searlsiae
Common Names Searl's prairie clover
Family Legume or Pea
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Forb
shootingstar (Dodecatheon pulchellum)
Dodecatheon pulchellum
Common Names shootingstar
Family Primrose
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Herb
Native Yes
Weed No
showy downiniga (Downiniga elegans)
Downiniga elegans
Common Names showy downiniga
Family Harebell
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Herb
Native Yes
Weed No
fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

Epilobium angustifolium
Common Names fireweed
Family Evening Primrose
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Herb
Location McCall, ID
Native Yes
Weed No
Epilobium watsonii
Common Names Watson's willow -herb
Family Evening Primrose
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Herb
henbit, henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)Lamium amplexicaule
Common Names henbit , henbit deadnettle
Family Mint
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Forb
Introduced Yes
fewflower pea, few-flowered peavine (Lathyrus pauciflorus)
Lathyrus pauciflorus
Common Names few-flowered peavine, fewflower pea
Family Legume or Pea
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Vine
Elevation 3800'
Location Jenkins Rd. north of Weiser ID, Mann Creek, ID
Native Yes
Weed No
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)Lythrum salicaria
Common Names purple loosestrife
Family Loosestrife
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Herb
Native No
Weed Noxious
tall purple aster, hoary aster, hoary tansyaster (Machaeranthera canescens)
Machaeranthera canescens
Common Names tall purple aster, hoary aster, hoary tansyaster
Family Composites, Sunflower
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Herb
Native Yes
Weed No
Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthuim) Onopordum acanthium
Common Names Scotch thistle
Family Composites, Sunflower
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Forb
Weed Noxious
globe penstemon (Penstemon globosus)

Penstemon globosus
Common Names globe penstemon
Family Figwort or Snapdragon
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Forb
Short Description Globe Penstemon
threadleaf phacelia, linear-leafed phacelia (Phacelia linearis)Phacelia linearis
Common Names linear-leafed phacelia, threadleaf phacelia
Family Waterleaf
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Herb
Location Honeycombs, OR, Jenkins Rd. north of Weiser ID, Owyhee Reservoir, OR, Sage Hen Reservoir, ID
Native Yes
Weed No
daggerpod, wallflower phoenicaulis (Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides)Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
Common Names wallflower phoenicaulis, daggerpod
Family Mustard
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Forb
Elevation 3300'
Location Jordan Craters, OR, Mann Creek, ID, Midvale Hill between Mann Creek and Midvale, ID
Native Yes
purple sage (Salvia dorrii var. carnosa)
Salvia dorrii var. carnosa
Common Names purple sage
Family Mint
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Shrub
Native Yes

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Dr. Clinton C. Shock
Clinton.Shock@oregonstate.edu

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