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  2. Viola sororia - Wikipedia

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    Viola sororia is a short-stemmed, herbaceous perennial plant that grows in well-drained and shady habitats. [5] This 15–25 centimeters (6–10 in) wide violet has glossy, heart-shaped leaves and are topped with purple flowers with white throats. The lower three petals are hairy and the stem of the flower droops slightly. [7]

  3. Viola odorata - Wikipedia

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    Viola odorata is a species of flowering plant in the family Violaceae, native to Europe and Asia. This small hardy herbaceous perennial is commonly known as wood violet, [1] sweet violet, [2] English violet, [2] common violet, [2] florist's violet, [2] or garden violet. [2] It has been introduced into the Americas and Australia.

  4. Viola (plant) - Wikipedia

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    Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae. It is the largest genus in the family, containing over 680 species. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere; however, some are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes. Some Viola species are perennial plants, some are ...

  5. Elizabeth Blackadder - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Blackadder. Dame Elizabeth Violet Blackadder, Mrs Houston, DBE, RA, RSA, HonRWA, (24 September 1931 – 23 August 2021) [1] [2] was a Scottish painter and printmaker. She was the first woman to be elected to both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy of Arts . In 1962, she began teaching at Edinburgh College of Art where ...

  6. Viola blanda - Wikipedia

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    Willd. Synonyms. Viola incognita Brainerd [1] Viola blanda, commonly called the sweet white violet, [2] is a flowering perennial plant in the Violet family ( Violaceae ). [2] It is native to parts of south-eastern and south-central Canada and the eastern, and north-central, United States. [2] Its natural habitat is in cool, mesic forests.

  7. Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background - Wikipedia

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    Dimensions. 73,5 cm × 92 cm (289 in × 36 in) Location. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background is an oil painting on canvas made in 1889 by the painter Vincent Van Gogh. It is preserved in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. It is one of the works done while he was admitted to the psychiatric clinic in Saint ...

  8. List of plants known as violet - Wikipedia

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    Violet identifies various plant taxa, particularly species in the genus Viola, within which the common violet is the best known member in Eurasia and the common blue violet and common purple violet are the best known members in North America, but also: Various species of Barleria, including: Barleria cristata, Philippine violet

  9. Viola cucullata - Wikipedia

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    The purple violet is a low-growing perennial herbaceous plant up to 20 cm (8 in) tall. The leaves form a basal cluster; they are simple, up to 10 cm (4 in) broad, with an entire margin and a long petiole. The flowers are violet, dark blue and occasionally white. with five petals. The fruit is a capsule 10–15 mm ( – in) long, which splits ...