Violets

As in my last post about Dutchman's Breeches, violets can vary in color, too. We were tickled to find some eaten violets on a couple plants. You can see them here with a complete flower on the left.

100 Species Challenge -- Species # 9

Specimen #9. Blue Violet

Viola sororia sororia

Photo details: Thomas Mitchell Park, April 2007.

We just hit the park at the right time of year. Not a lot of weeds. The brushy understory wasn't out of hand (or over my head) yet. And the flowers were abundant. The creek was cold and over the road. We also had the great pleasure of going to the park during a weekday afternoon. We were almost the only people in this part of the park.