BLUE AND PURPLE FLOWERS 
GROUP II 
Leaves mostly opposite. Stem not four-sided. 
Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata). Polemonium family. May, 
June. 
A perennial, averaging one foot. Flowers " pale lilac or 
bluish " (Gray), in open cluster; edge of corolla five-parted; 
stamens five. Leaves, oblong to lance-shaped, pointed, with- 
out stalks. Damp woods. West Quebec, West and South. 
Wild Geranium. Wild Cranesbill {Geranium maculatum). 
Geraniiun family. April to July. 
An upright perennial with hairy stem, one to two feet high. 
The branching flower-stalk bears from one to three flowers, 
each an inch or more across, with five light magenta-purple 
rounded petals; ten stamens. The bud is hairy. The leaf is 
cleft into five lobes whose edges are deeply toothed and cut. 
Common in open places and woods. Greek name for crane. 
Myrtle. Periwinkle {Vinca minor). Dogbane family. 
February to May. 
A creeping perennial with soHtary (one-fourth to one and 
one-fourth inches) flowers. The bell-shaped corolla has five 
lobes I stamens five. The leaves are shiny, more or less egg- 
shaped, pointed, short-stalked. Woods and roadsides. An 
escape. This specimen was found in deep woods at the head of 
Willoughby Lake, northern Vermont. 
Com Cockle {Agrostemma Githago). Pink family. July 
to September. 
Annual or biennial, under three feet, with long, soft hairs. 
Flowers (one to one and one-half inches), soHtary, long-stalked, 
with five magenta-purple petals; stamens ten. T^e hairy calyx 
is inflated and has five long, narrow teeth. Wheat fields, etc. 
Greek signifies crown of the field. 
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