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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Number 524

Common Yellow Violet, Viola pubescens, is the 524th plant species found at Blue Jay Barrens. You wouldn’t think that something as showy as this could have eluded me for almost 25 years, especially since I’ve paid a lot of attention to the violets. That is really a beautiful bloom.

This is the view I experienced when I found the first plant. I sat and admired it for several minutes before taking any pictures. The only downside is that it’s located on the part of the property farthest from the house. I’ll see if I can collect some seeds and get a few growing nearer.

The brownish veins on the petals give a striking contrast. Having this violet described as being common doesn’t detract from the joy of discovery. I know there are still a lot of plants at Blue Jay Barrens that haven’t made it on to my list. I’m working hard to add to that list by being more systematic in my searches and becoming more proficient at plant identification.

There are several violet plants in this area. If I missed seeing the violets, I probably missed seeing some other plants. I’ll have to keep checking here periodically throughout the summer. I hope I wasn’t standing on number 525 while I was taking this picture.
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