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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.
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 ...
Color theory, or more specifically traditional color theory, is the historical body of knowledge describing the behavior of colors, namely in color mixing, color contrast effects, color harmony, color schemes and color symbolism. [ 1] Modern color theory is generally referred to as Color science. While there is no clear distinction in scope ...
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 color Japanese violet or Sumire is shown at right. This is the color called "violet" in the traditional Japanese colors group, a group of colors in use since beginning in 660 CE in the form of various dyes that are used in designing kimono. [20] [21] The name of this color in Japanese is sumire-iro, meaning "violet color".
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.
magni-. tude. (MV) A B-type main-sequence star (B V) is a main-sequence ( hydrogen -burning) star of spectral type B and luminosity class V. These stars have from 2 to 16 times the mass of the Sun and surface temperatures between 10,000 and 30,000 K. [ 1] B-type stars are extremely luminous and blue. Their spectra have strong neutral helium ...
Violaceae is a family of flowering plants established in 1802, consisting of about 1000 species in about 25 genera. It takes its name from the genus Viola, the violets and pansies . Older classifications such as the Cronquist system placed the Violaceae in an order named after it, the Violales or the Parietales.