Question: Hello Mr. Botanist, Is this Viola blanda? See pictures. Thanks, JuliaB
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Hello Mr. Botanist, Is this Viola blanda? See pictures. Thanks, JuliaB
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Dear JuliaB, good afternoon. You look like you may have photographed Viola striata. The plant in the pictures has an aerial stem (Viola blanda does not). I can't see the margins of the sepals, given the resolution, but they should have tiny hairs (cilia) along the margin. If you look with some magnification, you should be able to see them to confirm the identification. If the sepals are eciliate, then we need another hypothesis. Feel free to contact me at ahaines@nativeplanttrust.org to continue the conversation.
