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| habit in early Spring--Viola missouriensis is an herbaceous perennial, and one of our earliest bloomers | leaves in late Winter--V. missouriensis overwinters as a basal rosette. Do you see how the leaf lobes (at the base of each leaf) unfurl? |
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| flower clsoeup--is this flower zygomorphic or actinomorphic? The lines on the petals help guide the pollinator to the nectar at the base of the flower, and thus are called "nectar guides". | |