Viola primulifolia |
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primrose-leaf violet, western bog violet, western white bog violet |
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Habit | Plants perennial, acaulescent, stoloniferous, (3–)5–20(–36) cm; stolons pale, often rooting and leafy at nodes; rhizome thick or slender, fleshy. | ||||
Leaves | basal, 4–8, prostrate to ascending; stipules linear-lanceolate, margins ± crenate-serrate, sometimes glandular, apex acute; petiole (1–)3–13(–29) cm, glabrous or pubescent; blade unlobed, elliptic to narrowly or broadly ovate, (1.5–)3–7(–9) × 1–3(–3.5) cm, longer than wide, base broadly cordate to attenuate, rarely ± truncate, margins crenulate to serrulate, sometimes glandular, mostly eciliate, apex acute to rounded, mucronulate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent. |
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Peduncles | (3–)6–18(–28) cm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | sepals lanceolate to ovate, margins usually eciliate, auricles 1–2 mm; petals white on both surfaces, lower 3 purple-veined, lateral 2 bearded or beardless, lowest 9–14(–16) mm, spur white, gibbous, 1–2 mm; style head beardless; cleistogamous flowers present or absent. |
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Capsules | ellipsoid, (5–)8–9 mm, glabrous. |
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Seeds | beige to bronze, 1.5–2 mm. |
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2n | = 24. |
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Viola primulifolia |
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Distribution |
AL; AR; CA; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MS; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WV
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). Viola primulifolia occurs in small colonies; individual plants are interconnected by stolons. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 148. | ||||
Parent taxa | Violaceae > Viola | ||||
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 934. (1753) | ||||
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