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northern blue violet, northern woodland violet

Viola sororia

Flowering time May-July
Habitat Dry to moist forest openings, thickets, meadows, and stream banks at middle elevations.
Distribution
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
Conservation status Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
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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