Photographs: Co. Cork

Common Dog-violet Viola riviniana Sailchuach chon Family: Violaceae Flowering: March-May, sometimes again August-October. Perennial. Native. Scentless violet-blue flowers with branched purple veins on lower petals, the spur notched, pale violet or whitish. Flowers on leafy shoots rising from central leaf-rosette. Leaves long-stalked, cordate (heart-shaped) with toothed stipules. Fruit 3-angled, 3-seeded. Frequently hybridises with other violet species. Common on all soils in woods and on banks, grassland and roadsides

Common Dog-violet, Viola riviniana, Sailchuach chon