Viola sororia |
Viola adunca |
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northern blue violet, northern woodland violet |
early blue violet, wild dog violet |
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Habit | Glabrous to densely puberulent perennial from slender rhizomes, from stemless to 10 cm. tall. | |
Leaves | Leaves short- to long-petiolate, the blade cordate-ovate to lance-ovate, with fine, rounded teeth, 1-3 cm. long; stipules liner-lanceolate, 3-10 mm. long, entire to remotely slender-toothed. |
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Flowers | Flowers 5-15 mm. long, the spur on the lowest petal slender, over half the length of the petal; petals blue to deep violet, the lower three with a whitish base penciled in violet, the lateral pair white-bearded; style head bearded with thick hairs. Some flowers also cleistogamous (do not open up but do self-pollinate and produce seed). |
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Fruits | Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
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Viola sororia |
Viola adunca |
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Flowering time | May-July | April-August |
Habitat | Dry to moist forest openings, thickets, meadows, and stream banks at middle elevations. | Dry to moist meadows and open woods, from the lowlands to subalpine areas. |
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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Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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