Common Name: common blue violetScientific Name: Viola papilionacea Pursh.Family Name: Violaceae - Violet FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes Stemsbasal crown Leaves heart-shaped, hairless, long petioles, margins round, irregularly toothed Flowers5-petaled, purple or blue sometimes white, long stalked; cleistogamous flowers, inconspicuous near ground, self-pollinating, do not open Seed Podsthree-sectioned capsule