Saturday, August 3, 2013

Viola canina, Violets

The dog violet, Viola canina, is so named because it has no scent and has distinctive upper petals shaped like canine teeth or should that be ears.? So these violets I found the other day have the teeth and very little scent. Is it a hybrid?
Viola canina and Viola riviniana
Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (1856-1926)

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