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26th March 2011, quarry, Ballykelly, Campile, Co. Wexford, Eire | Photo: © Paula O'Meara |
With bluish-mauve flowers. Leaves which are longer than broad (as are many but not all Violets) and deeply cordate(Ace-of-Spades shaped) leaves. Grows up to 20cm high. There are both stem leaves and basal leaves, both are ovate to broadly ovate with a bluntish end are deeply cordate (Ace-of-Spades shaped). |
26th March 2011, quarry, Ballykelly, Campile, Co. Wexford, Eire | Photo: © Paula O'Meara |
All Violets gave a spur at the rear of the flower, but on Early Dog-violet it is darker shade than that of the petals. |
26th March 2011, quarry, Ballykelly, Campile, Co. Wexford, Eire | Photo: © Paula O'Meara |
With paler petals than those of Common Dog-Violet. |
26th March 2011, quarry, Ballykelly, Campile, Co. Wexford, Eire | Photo: © Paula O'Meara |
With white style in centre which has a beak at the end and wrapped around by something orangish. |
26th March 2011, quarry, Ballykelly, Campile, Co. Wexford, Eire | Photo: © Paula O'Meara |
Sepals pointed, as they are on most but not all Violets. The sepal appendages (tiny 'spurs' at rear of sepals) are less than 1.5mm long. |
26th March 2011, quarry, Ballykelly, Campile, Co. Wexford, Eire | Photo: © Paula O'Meara |
Leaves. |
26th March 2011, quarry, Ballykelly, Campile, Co. Wexford, Eire | Photo: © Paula O'Meara |
The Hydathodes at the tips of leaf teeth are not an identifying feature. They allow excess water to escape and are present on many differing plants, but not all. |
22nd April 2017, Loggerheads Country Pk, North Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
The spur is a darker shade than the petals. |
22nd April 2017, Loggerheads Country Pk, North Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
The flowers are a bluish-mauve. |
22nd April 2017, Loggerheads Country Pk, North Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
The basal leaves are from a central tuft. |
22nd April 2017, Loggerheads Country Pk, North Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
The leaves have short rounded teeth. |
Not to be semantically confused with : Dame's-Violet (Hesperis matronalis) nor with Water Violet (Hottonia palustris), Easily mistaken for : many other Dog-violets such as Common Dog-Violet (Viola riviniana) but see captions to help guide you. Hybridizes with :
It is native, common in Britain as far north as southern Scotland and found woods and hedgebanks. Common too in Ireland. Hybridises both with Common Dog-violet (Viola viviniana) and with Heath Dog-violet (Viola canina).
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