Violet is amazing
Amazing violet (lat. Viola mirabilis) is a herbaceous low-growing perennial plant of the genus Violet (lat. Viola), belonging to the violet family (lat. Violaceae).
A kind of natural cute “matryoshka” from the word “violet”. The specific epithet “mirabilis” (“amazing”) very well demonstrates the plant’s abilities, which can be endlessly admired and surprised. The plant is not devoid of healing abilities used in traditional medicine.
What’s in your name
Although the Latin word “Viola” has several meanings, let’s assume that the name of the genus of low-growing fragrant plants got it for the purple color that most often colors the flower petals of these plants. Indeed, translated from Italian, the closest language to Latin, the word “viola” means “purple”. Although nature does not skimp on exceptions from the general order, and therefore plants of this genus also have other colors of delicate petals.
The specific epithet “mirabilis,” which is often found in the names of other plants, means “amazing,” which is not at all surprising, since the plant world is full of mysteries and delightful discoveries for an inquisitive person.
Description
Since people rarely look into the soil, Violet begins to surprise from the first appearance of its above-ground parts. A person notices that the compact, low-growing plant is virtually devoid of stems. From a thick underground rhizome, completely autonomous petiolate leaves immediately appear, forming a dense basal rosette, and peduncles with single flowers. Although there are subspecies with pronounced branched stems, on which sessile or short-petiolate leaves are located, and inflorescences are born from the axils of these leaves.
If you look into the soil, you will find a woody, intricate rhizome, on the surface of which, interspersed with black loose lumps of earth, rusty-brown scales and buds of future plants are visible. The healing abilities of the amazing Violet roots are used in traditional medicine.
The relatively large leaves of the Amazing Violet, having a broadly ovate or heart-shaped shape, dotted with a network of thin veins, covered with light short pubescence or bare, are very decorative. In addition, the leaves have medicinal properties.
Single flowers show caution, appearing into the world in early spring (from April to June). First, sterile flowers appear as scouts, as if they want to make sure that everything is calm in nature and that bisexual flowers, responsible for procreation, can also come out into the light of day. Since sterile flowers do not bear such a burden of responsibility, they are more frivolous and show the world their crafty faces, drawn by skillful nature on five wide-open petals of unequal size. In contrast, bisexual flowers are inconspicuous, smaller in size and more like flower buds than flowers. The basis of this “injustice” is the cleistogamous nature of fruit flowers, that is, their ability to be pollinated closed, without prying eyes. These are the shy and cautious children of the plant world.
The crown of the growing season is the capsule fruit. It has 3 flap sides, which, when the seeds are fully ripe, open with such energy that the seeds scatter a considerable distance from the mother plant.
Healing abilities
Although Viola tricolor is often referred to as a healer, nature has not stinted on the medicinal properties of the leaves and roots of the amazing Violet.
Folk healers use the leaves of the Amazing Violet to treat tumors, and potions from the roots of the plant help lower body temperature, expel cold viruses from the body, and act as a laxative.
When self-medicating with Amazing Violet, you should remember about the toxicity of the plant and adherence to doses.
