Friday photo puzzle

April 9, 2021 by Linda Welch

Do you know this flower? Jennie sent this in last week. I missed last Friday…but can you identify?

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on April 9, 2021 at 6:56 am | Reply gk

could it be one of Jennie’s saw-toothed violets
on April 9, 2021 at 8:53 am | Reply Paul R

Cardamine douglassii (known by the common names limestone bittercress and purple cress) is a perennial forb native to the eastern and central United States as well as the province of Ontario in Canada, that produces white to pink or purple flowers in early spring. (Source: Wikipedia, Cardamine_douglassii, CC BY-SA 3.0)
- on April 9, 2021 at 9:17 am | Reply Linda Welch
  
  You got it…that didn’t take long
  Cardamine douglassii or C. pratensis Purple cress
on April 9, 2021 at 12:16 pm | Reply pzdila

A violet variety? The varied shape in the foliage is the real puzzle.

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