What is Viola sororia?
{{italic title}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Viola sororia'' | image = Viola sororia in Wisconsin.jpg | image_width = 240px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Malpighiales]] | familia = [[Violaceae]] | genus = ''[[Violet (plant)|Viola]]'' | species = '''''V. sororia''''' | binomial = ''Viola sororia'' }} '''''Viola sororia''''', also known as '''''Viola papilionacea''''', '''blue violet''', '''common violet''', '''meadow violet''' or '''purple violet''', is a [[species]] of [[violet (plant)|violet]]. It is a [[perennial]] [[flowering plant]] that lives in most of eastern [[North America]]. The common blue violet is the [[state flower]] of the [[U.S. state]]s of [[Rhode Island]], [[Illinois]], and [[New Jersey]]. In developed areas it is often said to be a [[weed]] because it grows well in [[lawn]]s. ==References== *[http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/violasoro.html Viola sororia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516120113/http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/violasoro.html |date=2006-05-16 }} from the Connecticut Botanical Society *[http://ipm.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/viopp.htm Viola sororia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529054952/http://ipm.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/viopp.htm |date=2007-05-29 }} from the Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Violets]] [[Category:Perennials]]