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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]
Viola bellidifolia. Viola cascadensis. 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. [ 1][ 2]
The downward-pointing black triangle used to mark individuals considered "asocial". The category included homosexual women, nonconformists, sex workers, nomads, Romani, and others. The downward-pointing pink triangle overlapping a yellow triangle was used to single out male homosexual prisoners who were Jewish.
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.
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 ...
Viola bezdelevae Vorosch. Viola bhutanica H.Hara. Viola biflora L. – yellow wood violet, twoflower violet, arctic yellow violet. Viola binayensis Okamoto & K.Ueda. Viola × bissellii House – Bissell's violet. Viola bissetii Maxim. Viola blanda Willd. – sweet white violet, Willdenow's violet. Viola blandiformis Nakai.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Language of flowers. Floriography ( language of flowers) is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. Meaning has been attributed to flowers for thousands of years, and some form of floriography has been practiced in traditional cultures throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa.