Day 214: Although most of the Violets you'll find in Mount Rainier National Park are yellow (a fact which amuses me no end), the Alaska Violet (Viola langsdorfii, aka Aleutian Violet) comes closer to living up to the name. A soft lavender colour, threaded with deep violet veination on the lower three petals, this dainty flower loves streambanks and wetlands. Unlike Western Dog Violet and Marsh Violet (two other blue-flowered species), the Alaska Violet does not form runners (stolons).
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