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Copyright: Randy Dillinger (Dillinger)
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| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-04-23 |
| Categories: Flowers |
| Exposure: f/6.3, 1/125 seconds |
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| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-04-23 11:44 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
I believe this is a common blue violet (Viola sororia). However, I may be wrong, and if so, I hope someone will correct me.
This photo was taken with a borrowed 100mm Canon Macro EF lens, in advance of a much-anticipated purchase of a new camera and lenses. I have a lot to learn, having relied so long on my point-and-shoot camera's automatic everything. This was shot with full manual exposure, but with the help of autofocus. I had to adjust the exposure in Photoshop as I had underexposed the original.
Anyway, back to the subject... If my assumption is correct and this is a common blue violet, here are some details from Wikipedia about this plant:
Viola sororia, also known as the Common Blue Violet, is a stemless 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, Woolly Blue Violet, Hooded Violet, and Wood Violet.
The species name was formerly Viola papilionacea.
It is the state flower of Wisconsin, Illinois, Rhode Island, and New Jersey.
Beyond its use as a common lawn and garden plant, Viola sororia has historically been used for food and for medicine. The flowers and leaves are edible, and some sources suggest the roots can also be eaten. The Cherokee used it to treat colds and headaches. Rafinesque, in his Medical Flora, a Manual of the Medical Botany of the United States of North America(1828-1830), wrote of Viola sororia being used by his American contemporaries for coughs, sore throats, and constipation. |
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