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Answer: Spiderwort

Tradescantia.
Spiderwort or Dayflower family (Commelinaceae).
Violet flowers April-July
The scientific name is for 17th-century botanist John Tradescant.
The common name is either because sap filaments suggest a spider web or the angular leaves suggest a squatting spider.

See also Connecticut Botanical Society and Butler Prairie

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