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Plant – Violet Family (Violaceae)

Flowering Plants (Angiosperms)
   Dicotyledons (flowering plants with two seed-leaves)
      Violet Family (Violaceae)
         Genus – Viola

Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana), Whitwell Wood, Derbyshire.
Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana), Laughton Wood.
Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana), Melton Wood.
Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana), Melton Wood.
Early Dog Violet (Viola reichenbachiana), Laughton Wood.
Early Dog Violet (Viola reichenbachiana), Laughton Wood.
Field Pansy (Viola arvensis), Lound, Notts.
Field Pansy (Viola arvensis), Barrow Hills.
Field Pansy )Viola arvensis), Anston Stones Wood.
Hairy Violet (Viola hirta), Whitwell Wood, Derbyshire.
Hairy Violet (Viola hirta), Anston Stones Wood.
Mountain Pansy (Viola lutea), Deep Dale, Derbyshire.
Mountain Pansy (Viola lutea), Slaley Fields, Derbyshire.
Mountain Pansy (Viola lutea), Slaley Fields, Derbyshire.
Sweet Violet (Viola odorata var dumetorum), Lindrick Common.
Sweet Violet (Viola odorata), Lound, Notts
Sweet Violet (Viola odorata),  Cusworth Hall & Park.
Sweet Violet (Viola odorata) Bessacarr Bank 8 March
Teesdale Violet (Viola rupestris), Cow Green Reservoir, North Pennines

https://cambridgewildflowers.blogspot.com/2018/04/hairy-voilet-viola-hirta-identification.html

https://cambridgewildflowers.blogspot.com/2018/04/sweet-violet-viola-ordorata-and-variants.html

https://cambridgewildflowers.blogspot.com/search/label/Violet%20Identification

Recent Posts

  • South Yorkshire Natural History Day at Treeton on 21st February 2026 5 February 2026
  • Next Meeting – 12th February 2026 at Parklands Club 1.30 pm 5 February 2026
  • Next Meeting – Thursday 5th February 2026 to Old Moor RSPB Reserve. 2 February 2026
  • The AGM is on Saturday 31st January 2026 at St Catherine’s House, Woodfield Park, Tickhill Road, Balby, Doncaster, DN4 8QP. 25 January 2026
  • Next Meeting – Thursday 15th January 2026, at Parklands Club. 10 January 2026

Gallery

Libulella depressa - Broad-bodied Chasers, YWT Potteric Carr. Rhyacionia buoliana - Pine Shoot Moth, Austerfield.

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