Wisconsin became a state on May 29, 1848 and when the state flowers were first nominated in 1908, the school children voted for the wildflower on Arbor Day 1909. They selected the wood violet over the wild rose, trailing arbutus, and the white water lily.
The wood violet is commonly seen in wet woodland, meadow areas, along roadsides and on my lawn this year. They are also in my woods and it seemed like a fitting picture to have a wood violet near some wood.
Woodsy Wood Violets
