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Violet marsh (lat. Viola palustris) - a perennial herb growing in marshy places, from the genus Violet (lat. Viola) of the family Violet (lat. Violaceae). The graceful flowers of the hardy dwarf plant adorn the gloomy marsh landscape, making it look more joyful. In cultural floriculture, Violet marsh feels good, decorating the shores of summer cottages with acidic or waterproof soil.
What's in your name
The marsh violet justifies its Latin generic name "Viola", which means "violet" in Russian, with its light purple delicate petals with pronounced dark purple veins on the lower petal, drawing a mysterious pattern on a light background.
The specific Latin epithet "palustris" indicates wet, swampy places where this species grows, because in translation from Latin into Russian the word "palustris" means "swamp".
Description
Perennial Violet marsh is supported by a horizontally spreading long and thin rhizome surrounded by a network of filamentous lateral roots. The plant is very short, it comes off from the surface of the ground only to a height of 5 to 15 centimeters.
The Violet marsh has no leafy stem. Leaves on long stalks form a basal rosette arising from the rhizome. The petioles are provided with free stipules with a solid leaf plate and a finely toothed margin. The sizes of the kidney-cordate leaves are almost equal in length and width. The wavy-toothed edge of the leaf plate, together with its oval shape, give the leaves a very decorative look. The surface of the leaves is bare on both sides. They do not have pubescence and leaf stalks and peduncles.
From the axils of the leaves of the root rosette, erect peduncles appear, the length of which reaches a maximum of 15 centimeters. The middle of the peduncle is marked by two stipules, sometimes descending slightly below the middle mark. The protective cup is formed by green petals of blunt-topped sepals in the amount of five pieces.
Flowering lasts from April to July. Single flowers are bisexual, devoid of aroma, with petals painted in a light purple hue, sometimes reaching a whitish color. Five loose petals form the corolla of a tiny and delicate flower. The surface of the lower petal is marked with a clear pattern created by its dark purple veins, and a blunt short spur forms at the base of this petal - a miniature pantry for flower nectar.
The reproductive organs of the Violet marsh consist of five stamens and one pistil, located on a curved column. After fertilization, a fetus appears that looks like a one-celled triangular box. When the seeds are fully ripe, the valves open, scattering the seeds around the mother plant. Therefore, the continuation of the life of the Violet marsh occurs both at the expense of germinating seeds and at the expense of the underground perennial rhizome.
Usage
The flower nectar accumulating in the spur of the lower flower petal is readily extracted by bees and other insects, pollinating the Marsh Violet along the way. Thus, the plant can be used by summer residents who have hives with bees on the site.
The low-growing, rapidly growing Violet marsh plant is an excellent ground cover plant for poorly permeable clay soils, for acidic soils, as well as for decorating the shores of a summer cottage with its decorative curly leaves and delicate light purple miniature flowers.
In nature, Violet marsh should be sought in damp meadows, along the banks of natural reservoirs, in forest bogs.
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