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Tiny Blue Flower
Apr 12, 2018 17:57:21 #
While walking our dog in the yard, I came across this tiny blue flower about the size of the tip of my little finger. Housebound all winter long, I couldn't resist taking a photo of it. I suspect that it is a weed of some type.
Apr 12, 2018 18:48:00 #
looks like what we call periwinkle.but I may be incorrect.
Apr 12, 2018 19:30:52 #
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Apr 12, 2018 19:38:01 #
Very nice. That is a native wildflower. It is called "Missouri violet" down your way, Viola sororia. "Common blue violet" is another name for it.
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VISO
Mike
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VISO
Mike
Apr 12, 2018 19:42:35 #
dancers wrote:
looks like what we call periwinkle.but I may be incorrect.
Here is a photo of Periwinkle for comparison.
Mike
Apr 12, 2018 21:31:52 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
Here is a photo of Periwinkle for comparison.
Mike
Mike
thank you kindly!
Apr 12, 2018 22:24:34 #
Apr 13, 2018 01:00:19 #
dwmoar
Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley
Nice shot !
This is a tiny blue flour that grows in the lawn out here in the Pacific Northwest
They are called Speedwells
This is a tiny blue flour that grows in the lawn out here in the Pacific Northwest
They are called Speedwells
Apr 13, 2018 07:29:43 #
Very nice...i can see why you stopped to take the photos...good job.
Apr 13, 2018 09:43:47 #
Blenheim Orange, thank you for identifying this tiny blue flower for me. This gives me a perfect excuse now when my wife tells me that I need to cut the yard because it's getting out of control. I can tell her that our yard is now a refuge for "Missouri Wild Flowers" and should not be disturbed..!
Apr 13, 2018 14:40:39 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Blenheim Orange, thank you for identifying this tiny blue flower for me. This gives me a perfect excuse now when my wife tells me that I need to cut the yard because it's getting out of control. I can tell her that our yard is now a refuge for "Missouri Wild Flowers" and should not be disturbed..!
That plant does make for a great ground cover and it will out-compete weeds.
The three different flowers on this thread make for a good illustration of one of the keys for plant identification - number and arrangement of flower petals. the Speedwell has four petals. The Periwinkle (also called Myrtle) has five symmetrical petals. Violets have five irregular petals.
Mike
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Apr 13, 2018 23:28:02 #
This pretty little flower looks like a violet! Really pretty, sippyjug!
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