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And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day" (Genesis 1:31)
Wild Flowers of Sleepy Hollow Lake
- Violets (Viola papilionaceae) -
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This common violet actually
becomes quite exotic looking when viewed in this enlarged photo.
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This small patch of violets
gives us the opportunity to view the leaf and flower structure. Note that the
flowers rise on separate stems and not from a common stem with the leaves.
Note the way the violet leaves
"unroll" as they develop. The leaf structure makes it relatively easy to
identify the violet when it is not in bloom.
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Note the way the flower stems
of the violet rise independently from the leaves.
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The flowers of the violet are
said to be high in vitamin C and have been used to make a colorful and nutritious garnish
on salads. It was also used for medicinal purposes by the early settlers, which we
presume they learned to do from the Native Americans.
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We could not specifically
identify this smaller and lighter blue variety of the common violet. The flowers of
this variety also seem to be more numerous, and the two upper flower petals overlap more
than those of the larger variety in the earlier photos in this series.
| Wild Flowers of SHL | Art and Photos |
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