Violets and others

  Fen Violet ( Viola stagnina ) or a hybrid?.   This was one species of Violet that I had never seen. The local population in Wicken Fen ha...

Common ( V. riviniana ) and Early Dog ( V. reichenbachiana ) violets have been a much debated subject in regard to intermediate plants bein...

Hairy and Sweet Violet, how to tell them apart. A good clue is in the names of these close species, Hairy Violet has hairy leaf stems wher...

Sweet Violet  ( Viola odorata ) Sweet and Hairy Violets form a pair of species that are distinct from the Dog Violets in having very blun...

Pale Dog Violet ( Viola lactea) is a rare violet in County Cork and Lough Allua is its only inland site, with some costal records from the ...

Heath Dog Violet ( V. canina)  The search continues. Armed with the new BSBI Viola Book (recently published ) I though it was time to find...