Ohio Wildflower? Mustard-like purple flower and escaped from garden leaves
 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/7004255857

What's this baby, emerging in Central Ohio
probably a couple weeks early.

I don't find it in Newcomb's.

Mustard-like flower but leaves all wrong for a
mustard.
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Ohio Wildflower? Mustard-like purple flower and escaped fromgarden leaves
 

On Mar 21, 8:30*pm, Ron Hardin wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/7004255857

What's this baby, emerging in Central Ohio
probably a couple weeks early.

I don't find it in Newcomb's.

Mustard-like flower but leaves all wrong for a
mustard.
--


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

It is Vinca minor.
Here is a link to Ohio states page on V. minor.
http://hcs.osu.edu/hcs/tmi/plantlist/vi_minor.html

Ohio Wildflower? Mustard-like purple flower and escaped fromgarden leaves
 

Kenneth Ueckert wrote:

On Mar 21, 8:30 pm, Ron Hardin wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/7004255857

What's this baby, emerging in Central Ohio
probably a couple weeks early.

I don't find it in Newcomb's.

Mustard-like flower but leaves all wrong for a
mustard.
--


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

It is Vinca minor.
Here is a link to Ohio states page on V. minor.
http://hcs.osu.edu/hcs/tmi/plantlist/vi_minor.html

Myrtle was my first guess - other years
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/tags/myrtle

but this baby has four petals not five, as do all its neighbors
(not shown).

The leaves are right for myrtle, though. Is four petals a variant?
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Ohio Wildflower? Mustard-like purple flower and escaped fromgarden leaves
 

On Mar 22, 9:02*am, Ron Hardin wrote:
Kenneth Ueckert wrote:

On Mar 21, 8:30 pm, Ron Hardin wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/7004255857

What's this baby, emerging in Central Ohio
probably a couple weeks early.

I don't find it in Newcomb's.

Mustard-like flower but leaves all wrong for a
mustard.
--


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

It is Vinca minor.
Here is a link to Ohio states page on V. minor.
http://hcs.osu.edu/hcs/tmi/plantlist/vi_minor.html

Myrtle was my first guess - other yearshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/tags/myrtle

but this baby has four petals not five, as do all its neighbors
(not shown).

The leaves are right for myrtle, though. *Is four petals a variant?
--


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

Since carpel number takes precedence over petal number, without
dissecting the flower it is impossible to say with certainty.
However, I have seen a variation on occasion that results in a four
petaled flower.