Thanks Marco, this is quite interesting. So might the VM's tricolor actually be a combination of odorata and some "viola alba"?
Edited to add: I split this thread off the terminology discussion after JKP noted that viola in medieval manuscripts is usually V. odorata.
Edited to add: I split this thread off the terminology discussion after JKP noted that viola in medieval manuscripts is usually V. odorata.


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