Sweet violet | Violet family |
Viola odorata | Violaceae |
Sweet Violet is a sweetly-scented spring-flowering perennial of hedges and woodland,
often naturalised from gardens.
The flowers are variable in colour, being violet, white or lilac.
It is similar in appearance to Dog-violet,
but is scented, has blunt sepals,
and the flowers arise from a central rosette of leaves.