Bellona Times
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It ranges from Nova Scotia to Northwest Territory south to Florida and Texas and ascends to high altitudes in the Alleghenies and the Rocky Mountains.
It was first described and figured by Camuti in 1635, and was called Octalesia canadensis by Linnaeus in 1753.
The generic name refers to a fancied resemblance of the spurs to the talons of an eagle.
On this account, and the wide range of the genus throughout the United States, it has been strenuously advocated for the honor of being called the national flower.
About 15 species of Aquilegia are known from the United States, ranging through the Rocky Mountains into Mexico and the western states.
All have showy flowers varying from white to yellow and blue, and are greatly prized in cultivation.
This genus belongs to the crowfoot family, Ranunculaceae, of which about 35 genera and 1,050 species are distributed throughout the temperate regions of the world.
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BIRDSFOOT VIOLET
reprinted from the journal of the new york botanical garden september nineteen twelve bird's-foot violet viola
after the spring is well advanced and most of the other violets have been in bloom for nearly two weeks the bird foot violet comes to show how lovely a violet can be its flowers are larger and more delicate in color than any other of our wild species the petals spread with a jaunty air like a pansy and vary in color from deep violet to pale lavender or white
They stand above the leaves on long stout pedicels, and when growing in masses, as they used to on the Hempstead Plains of Long Island and Tot Hill on Staten Island, are as showy as any of the alpine violets of Europe.
Comparing favorably with the long-spurred pansy of the Alps, Viola calcarata, the leaves give the plant its specific and common name from a fancied resemblance to a bird's foot.
they are palminately divided almost to the base into narrow segments which are entire or again divided into three to five wedge-shaped subdivisions there is greater variability in the shape and size of the leaves and they also vary from nearly smooth to quite hairy
The rootstocks are erect and stout, scaly above, and bear a large number of leaves and flowers on each, so that the temptation is to pull up the whole plant at once.
when growing luxuriantly they sometimes reach a foot in height with a dozen or more flowers open at once the leaf stocks and pedicels are tinted with purple and vary from two to six inches or more in length the two upper petals are bent backwards over the short spur
the two lateral ones are spreading and the lower is broader and keeled paler and veined with dark purple stripes the base projecting to form a spur in which a fragrant honey is found
The stamens are five, the two lower ones spurred, and all bear an orange-colored prolongation beyond the anthers, which project and surround the green club-shaped stigma, with a very small central stigmatic surface.
The ovary is superior, one called, three angled, three parted, one ripe, and bears the seeds in three rows on the walls.
The five sepals also are unequal, thickened at base and oracled.
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