312 BLUE AND PURPLE 



COMMON VIOLET: Purple, Meadow or Hooded 

 Blue Violet. Viola papilionacea. 



Violet Family. Apr. — June. 



Plant 3-7 inches high, found in low ground. 

 Massachusetts to Minnesota and southward. 



Flowers — Light purple, .variable, divisions yellow- 

 ish or white at the base. 



Leaves — Heart-shaped, scallop-toothed. 



WILD BLUE PHLOX: Phlox divaricata. 



Polemonium Family. May — June. 



Plant 1-2 feet high, easily recognized by its 

 likeness to the cultivated Phloxes; found in 

 moist, thin woods. Western Quebec to Minne- 

 sota and southward. 

 Flowers — Pale violet or lilac, in loose, spreading 



clusters, 5 lobes, notched at the tips. 

 Leaves — Those of flowering stem opposite, ob- 

 long, tapering to a point; those of 

 sterile shoots oblong or egg-shaped, not 

 pointed. Plant stem finely coated with 

 rather sticky hairs. 



