Downy Yellow Violet

When I first came upon yellow violets, long ago when I first started roaming the woods up here on my mountain, it was such a surprise. Aren’t violets only purple, or purple and white, or blue.

These are Downy Yellow Violets (Viola pubescens). Not unusual at all. It was just a learning experience for me, something that happens every day. And these Downy Yellow Violets please me each spring as they emerge from the leaf litter to add color to the woodland.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.