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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Violas

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, CCREDUX wrote:

> I have a couple of violas in my garden. One is V. lab and the other has white
> flecking.
> Anyone know the name of the latter? Roots are not tenacious but it self-seeds
> prolifically.

Do the flower stalks (pedicels) seem to come up directly from the
soil?  If so, it's probably something in the Viola soraria complex,
a group of "stemless blue violets" that are taxonomically so confused
no one even tries to name them.  ;-)

Kay Lancaster    kay@fern.com
just west of Portland, OR; USDA zone 8
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