Question: Growing under shrubs & in grass is I think(?) a Violet (Falmouth MA Cape Cod). Flower stalks arise from axils …
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Growing under shrubs & in grass is I think(?) a Violet (Falmouth MA Cape Cod). Flower stalks arise from axils of the toothed leaves, which have an unusual spreading shape. There are spreading rhizomes(? see photo), but also upright stalks with flower buds growing from the axils. White flower (violet like) this spring, but from a small plant and didn't pay attention. Have a whitish flower bud growing on several plants now. Several photos uploaded. Lots of these plants in a small area.
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Dear Carol, you have photographed Viola arcuata, which is the first record of this plant in New England. This is an Asian species that is becoming naturalized in North America. Thank you for submitting the images, I will get this added to the second edition of the Flora Novae Angliae manual. Best wishes.
