272 BLUE AND PURPLE 



BIRD-FOOT VIOLET: Viola pedata. 



Violet Family. Apr. — June. 



Found in open, sunny fields and slopes. 

 Massachusetts to Minnesota and southward. 

 Flowers — Largest of all the violets, blue-violet or 

 lilac, orange center conspicuous, borne 

 on stalk 4—10 inches high. 

 Leaves — Variously divided and toothed. 



