Viola pedata
Violets, Viola pedata, may be directly sown into the garden at anytime from spring through fall. If they are started indoors they need darkness for germination (cover the flat with black poly).
Viola pedata
This species seems to be everyone's favorite violet. The large, flat-faced flowers with prominent orange stamens and the very finely cut leaves distinguish birdfoot violet.
Violaceae / Violet Birdfoot Violet (Viola pedata)
Plant Type: This is a herbaceous plant which can reach 18cm in height (7inches).
Leaves: This plant has basal leaves only. Leaves can reach 5cm in length (2inches).
Viola pedata is known locally as the "Birds Foot Violet". This common name comes from the fact that the foliage resembles the shape of a birds foot.
Viola pedata : Birdsfoot Violet - Whole Plant
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Birdsfoot violet (Viola pedata) is native throughout the state and common in all of the eastern states. It usually occurs in large colonies in open places in the woods or along roadside cuts where light is better.
Birds-foot Viola (Viola Pedata) - The most beautiful of the American Violets, with handsome flowers 1 inch across, pale or deep lilac, purple or blue, the two upper petals being sometimes velvety and deep violet like the petals of a Pansy.
Crow Foot Violet [English]: Viola pedata
Crow Garlic [English]: Allium vineale
Crow Garlic [English]: Allium vineale vineale
Crow Garlic [English]: Allium vineale kochii
Crow Poison [English]: Zigadenus densus ...
Viola pedata (Birdfoot Violet)
Viola sororia (Common Blue Violet, Confederate Violet)
Viola tricolor (Johnny-Jump-Up)
Viola wittrockiana (Pansy)
Viola × festata synonym of Viola palmata (Early Blue Violet) ...
Their many species and different blooming times allow for a long season: the native bird's-foot violet (Viola pedata, Zone 5), which likes a sandy soil, is followed by the tiny Labrador violet (V. labradorica, Zone 5), suited to moist beds, ...
 See also: Violet, Viola, May, Pansy, Lavender
  
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