Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Common dog violet (Viola riviniana) in flower, Gamlingay Wood, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April

Chris Mattison / Violet oil beetle (Meloe violaceus) on bark. Cadora Wood, Gloucestershire, England, UK. April.

Lorraine Bennery / Violet wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis) Lake Baringo, Kenya.

Stephen Dalton / Dog violets (Viola riviniana) Rookery Wood, Sussex, England, UK April.

Fabrice Cahez / Wild violet, (Viola riviniana), Vosges, France, April.

Stephen Dalton / Violets (Viola riviniana) Sussex, UK

Will Watson / Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana) in flower, Herefordshire, England, April.

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Alpine yellow-violet, (Viola biflora) Sachsische Schweiz / Saxon Switzerland National Park, Germany, May

Adrian Davies / Yellow-Tailed Scorpion (Euscorpius flavicaudis) under UV light, Provence, France.

Rod Williams / Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana) Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, South East London, England, UK, April

Chris Mattison / Common dog violet (Viola riviniana), Lancashire, UK. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Twin-flowered Violet (Viola biflora) above Lago Ritorto, Madonna di Campiglio, on acid rocks of Adamello Range, Dolomites, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Twin-flowered Violet (Viola biflora) in flower, Monte Spinale, alpine zone, Madonna di Campiglio, Brenta Dolomites, Italy, July

Paul Harcourt Davies / Twin-flowered Violet (Viola biflora) in flower, Monte Spinale, alpine zone, Madonna di Campiglio, Brenta Dolomites, Italy, July

Jim Brandenburg / Violet Wood-sorrel (Oxalis violacea) flower, Minnesota

Alex Hyde / Wood Violet / Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana) flowering in deciduous woodland. Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK, April.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Common dog violet (Viola riviniana) in flower, Gamlingay Wood, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Common dog violet (Viola riviniana) in flower, Gamlingay Wood, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April. Did you know? In Medieval times the dog violet was used as deodorant.

Philippe Clement / Wood Violet / Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana) in flower. Luxembourg, April.

Orsolya Haarberg / Two-flowered violet (Viola biflora) Norway

Inaki Relanzon / Yellow Wood Violet, (Viola biflora). Vallee d' Eyne Reserve Naturel, Haute Cerdagne, Pyrenees Orientales, Languedoc Roussillon, France. June

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Yellow wood violet (Viola biflora) flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Philippe Clement / Yellow wood / Arctic yellow violet {Viola biflora} Gran Paradiso NP, Italy

Philippe Clement / Yellow wood violet {Viola biflora} Gran Paradiso NP, Italy.

Philippe Clement / Yellow wood / Arctic yellow violet {Viola biflora} flowers and fern fronds. Gran Paradiso NP, Alps, Italy

Jim Brandenburg / Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea), tallgrass prairie, Minnesota.

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Yellow wood violet (Viola biflora), mosses and liverwort, Mugetso lake area, Sichuan Province, Tibet, China

Linda Pitkin / Common dog violet (Viola riviniana) in flower. Surrey, UK. April.

Linda Pitkin / Common dog violet (Viola riviniana) in flower. Surrey, UK. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Yellow wood violet (Viola biflora) in flower, Abetone, Emila Romana, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Common dog violet (Viola riviniana) in fower in woodland, nr Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. February.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Common dog violet / Wood violet (Viola riviniana) in flower, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy February 2021

Ross Hoddinott / Common dog-violet (Viola riviniana), Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. May .

Chris Mattison / Common dog violet (Viola riviniana) Catbrook, Monmouthshire, April

Fabrice Cahez / Wild violet, (Viola riviniana), Vosges, France, March.

Linda Pitkin / Common dog-violets (Viola riviniana) Selsdon Wood Nature Reserve, Surrey, England, April.

Linda Pitkin / Common dog-violets (Viola riviniana), growing wild in grassy area of garden. South Croydon, Surrey, England, April.

Linda Pitkin / Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana) Rhododendron Wood, Leith Hill, Surrey, England, April.