Common Blue Violet

Common Blue Violet

Viola sororia, known commonly as the common blue violet, is a short-stemmed herbaceous perennial plant that is native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names, including common meadow violet, purple violet, the lesbian flower, woolly blue violet, hooded violet, and wood violet.
It is the state flower of Illinois, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Wisconsin.
Self-seeding freely, in lawns and gardens it can become a weed. Cleistogamous seed heads may also appear on short stems in late summer and early autumn.  Wikipedia

I think they are beautiful. 

 I just read on Wikipedia that it was known as the lesbian flower in the early 1900's.  That thought bought about a memory that my uncle had a silk one in his car.  I don't suppose he or grandma knew of its meaning.  It was used in lesbian courtship.

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