Question: I have thought that New England Violet 2017 Lee NH DSCN2973.png is just the Viola nephrophylla. (Larger image) We have …
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I have thought that New England Violet 2017 Lee NH DSCN2973.png is just the Viola nephrophylla. (Larger image) We have a lot of them in the back yard this time of year. Our yard is on the edge of a forest. But New England Violet 2017 Lee NH DSCN2980.png (first one uploaded, smaller image) seems to have pointier leaves than I am used to seeing. I'm just a guy with a back yard, not a botany person.
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Dear Ninetrees, good morning. Your plant is Viola sagitatta var. ovata (synonym: Viola fimbriatula), a common violet of dry to moist soils that flowers this time of year. This species will have leaf blades that have a relative length to width ratio longer than Viola novae-angliae once they have expanded a bit more. Notice also these leaf blades are truncate at the base (not cordate). Beautiful photographs, by the way.
