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Canadian violet explosion 💥✨
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Canadian violet explosion 💥✨
Flowers between Jack’s Creek trailhead and Truchas Peak
The dreary weather persisted today, so I blew off a planned trip to Ohiopyle and hiked several trails along Clay Run in Coopers Rock State Forest instead. The pink lady’s slipper orchids (Cypripedium acaule) are now coming into bloom, reminding me that May is just around the corner. From top: flowering dogwood (Cornus florida); the plummeting green-yellow flowers of striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum); broadleaf toothwort (Cardamine diphylla); Canada violet (Viola canadensis); two-leaf miterwort (Mitella diphylla); Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum); and pink lady’s slipper orchid.
Violets
1.Canada violet (white). ⚪️Endangered in Maine, New Jersey, and Illinois. Threatened in Connecticut. Edible (I think most violets are)
Mostly Common blue violets? From the eastern us. Easily hybridizes. Fritillary butterflies use them for nurseries , caterpillars depend on violets so do mining bees. High in vitamin A and C. Associated with lesbians.
Canada Violet
While all the other flowers in the garden have retired for the year, the humble violet continues to perform its modest task well into frosty November.
Viola canadensis / Tall White Violet at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC
Fuck yeah flowers !!! 🧚🏻♀️✨