WILD FLOWERS BLUE AND PURPLE 



light purple or pale violet in colour, rarely white. 

 The stamens are tipped with orange. The lateral 

 petals are slightly bearded, and the lower one is 

 marked with fine violet lines. The smooth, light 

 green, rounding, heart-shaped leaves have finely 

 toothed edges and grow in pairs. The base of the 

 stems is sheathed with a small, pointed and toothed 

 leaf-like stipule. The early leaf stems later develop 

 creeping branches, and increase from two to six 

 inches in length. In the fall this Violet bears flower- 

 less buds on very short stems. It is fairly common 

 in moist, shady situations, from Labrador to Min- 

 nesota, and south to North Carolina and Kentucky. 



SEA LAVENDER. MARSH ROSEMARY. CANKER- 

 ROOT. SEA THRIFT. INK-ROOT. 



Limontum caroltntanum. Leadwort Family. 



The misty, spray-like bloom of the Sea Lavender 

 fits in nicely with the azure stars of the Chicory in an 

 endeavour to harmonize the colour scheme of the 

 sea and sky with that of the sandy shores. It grows 

 abundantly in the salt meadows along the Atlantic 

 seaboard from Labrador to Florida and to Texas. 

 The slender, grooved, leafless stalk is much branched 

 at the top, and grows one or two feet high from a 

 thick, smooth, fleshy, perennial rootstock. The thick, 

 narrow, oblong leaf is bluntly pointed, and tapers into 

 a long, slender, margined stem, which rises from the 

 root. The margin is slightly wavy, and the midrib is 

 strong. The minute, solitary, pale purple flowers are 



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