Woolly Blue Violet (Viola sororia)
A blue, violet flower with five hairless petals. Grows mostly in woody areas or old fields and lawns.
Last changed on 2024-12-16
Common Names
- Woolly Blue Violet 🇨🇦
- Violette de la Pentecôte 🇫🇷
- Pfingst-Veilchen 🇩🇪
- Viola Sororia 🇲🇽
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Characteristics & Identification
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 and When to Spot
I spot this flower in spring along pathways through forests or on meadows along forests.
Taxonomy
- Order: Malpighiales
- Family: Violaceae
- Species: Viola sororia
Morphology
Flowers
- Color: blue, violet
- Shape: zygomorphic
- Inflorescence:
Leaves
- Arrangement: basal
- Petiole: long
- Shape: cordate
- Margin: crenate
- Venation: palmate
Observations by Park and Season
| Location | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jardin Botanique de Montréal | x | - | - | - |
| Parc Angrignon | x | - | - | - |
| Parc Bernard-Landry | x | - | - | - |
| Parc Nature Pointe aux Prairies | x | - | - | - |
| Parc Île-de-la-Visitation | x | - | - | - |
"-" indicates no observation. It may not necessarily mean though that the species is absent from the park during that season.