Viola odorata |
Viola praemorsa |
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sweet blue violet |
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Habit | Low, fragrant, creeping, soft-hairy perennial with stolons that root at the nodes. | Perennial from short, erect rhizomes, the stems up to 15 cm. long. |
Leaves | Leaves tufted, cordate and rounded, petiolate, enlarging in summer. |
Leaf blades conspicuously hairy, thick and fleshy, entire, ovate-lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long; petiole 5-15 cm. long; stipules attached to the petiole, the free portion few-toothed. |
Flowers | Flowers blue-violet or white, rarely lilac, pink or yellow; sepals blunt. |
Flowers with peduncles shorter than the leaves; flowers 8-15 mm. long, yellow, the upper petals brownish-backed, the lower 3 penciled with brownish-purple, the lateral pair bearded; style head bearded, rounded. |
Fruits | Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Fruit a hairy, 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Viola odorata |
Viola praemorsa |
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Flowering time | March-September | April-July |
Habitat | Sheltered, disturbed areas in somewhat moist soil. | Grassland, shrub-steppe, open slopes and ridges, and coniferous forest openings. |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho; also in eastern North America.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah.
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Origin | Introduced from Europe | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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