UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Viola langsdorffii

Viola sororia

Alaska violet, Aleutian violet

northern blue violet, northern woodland violet

Viola langsdorffii

Viola sororia
Flowering time April-July May-July
Habitat Peatlands, shores, snowmelt communities, and wet meadows, from lowlands to middle elevations. Dry to moist forest openings, thickets, meadows, and stream banks at middle elevations.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northeastern Washington; Yukon Territory to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
V. adunca, V. arvensis, V. canadensis, V. flettii, V. glabella, V. howellii, V. lanceolata, V. macloskeyi, V. nephrophylla, V. nuttallii, V. odorata, V. orbiculata, V. palustris, V. pluviae, V. purpurea, V. renifolia, V. riviniana, V. selkirkii, V. sempervirens, V. sheltonii, V. sororia, V. tricolor, V. trinervata, V. ×wittrockiana
V. adunca, V. arvensis, V. canadensis, V. flettii, V. glabella, V. howellii, V. lanceolata, V. langsdorffii, V. macloskeyi, V. nephrophylla, V. nuttallii, V. odorata, V. orbiculata, V. palustris, V. pluviae, V. purpurea, V. renifolia, V. riviniana, V. selkirkii, V. sempervirens, V. sheltonii, V. tricolor, V. trinervata, V. ×wittrockiana
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