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Woolly Blue Violet Viola sororia

Woolly Blue Violet Viola sororia

Flores > Malpighiales > Violaceae

Names in different Languages

GermanPfingst-Veilchen
EnglishWoolly Blue Violet
FrenchViolette de la Pentecôte
SpanishViola Sororia

Description

A blue, violet flower with five hairless petals. Grows mostly in woody areas or old fields and lawns.

How to Identify

This is a low growing plant. The color, form and number of petals and the hairy white inner part of the flower help to identify.

Where When to Spot

I spot this flower in spring along pathways through forests or on meadows along forests.

Photos

Observations

2022-05-24Jardin Botanique de Montréal
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2019-05-25Parc Bernard-Landry
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