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Viola sororia ( / vaɪˈoʊlə səˈrɔːriə / vy-OH-lə sə-ROR-ee-ə ), [5] known commonly as the common blue violet, is a short-stemmed herbaceous perennial plant native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names, including common meadow violet, purple violet, woolly blue violet, hooded violet, and wood violet. [5]
Butterflies are beautiful, but what do they mean? Here's a guide to the history and symbolism of the gorgeous winged creatures.
Various species of native violets have reported to serve as a larval host plant for the great spangled fritillary, including the native round-leaf violet ( Viola rotundifolia ), the arrow-leaf violet ( Viola fimbriatula) and the common blue violet ( Viola sororia ).
Viola adunca is a species of violet known by the common names hookedspur violet, early blue violet, sand violet, and western dog violet. It is native to meadows and forests of western North America, Canada, and the northern contiguous United States.
Campanula rapunculoides, known by the common names creeping bellflower, rampion bellflower, rover bellflower, garden bluebell, creeping bluebell, purple bell, garden harebell, and creeping campanula, [2] is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Campanula, belonging to the family Campanulaceae. Native to central and southern Europe and west ...
Butterflies are winged ... especially in some species in the blue/violet range. ... a lingering black or dark butterfly or moth in the house is taken to mean an ...
The common blue butterfly or European common blue [2] ( Polyommatus icarus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and subfamily Polyommatinae. The butterfly is found throughout the Palearctic and has been introduced to North America. Butterflies in the Polyommatinae are collectively called blues, from the coloring of the wings. Common blue males usually have wings that are blue above with a ...
The nectar and pollen of Dalea purpurea attract many bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, and skippers. Several plasterer bees (genus Colletes) are specialist pollinators of Dalea species, and other insects eat the seeds and leaves. [11] It is a larval host to the southern dogface ( Zerene cesonia ). [12]