Viola rostrata |
Viola palustris |
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marsh violet |
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Habit | Glabrous perennial from slender, widespread rhizomes, with creeping stolons, the petioles and peduncles rising from the rhizomes. | |
Leaves | Leaf blades cordate to reniform, 2.5-3.5 cm. broad, with coarse, rounded teeth; petioles up to 15 cm. long; stipules chaffy, lanceolate, entire. |
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Flowers | Flowers 10-13 mm. long, the peduncle about the same length as the leaves; petals white to lilac, the lower 3 purple-penciled, the lateral pair sparsely bearded; style head glabrous, lobed. |
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Fruits | Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal, seeds dark brown. |
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Viola rostrata |
Viola palustris |
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Flowering time | May - July | |
Habitat | Moist meadows and streambanks, low to mid-elevations in the mountains | |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, northeastern North America, and Eurasia.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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