Viola Papilionacea

Christy Hetzel

The common blue violet or wood violet

                                                                                                                  Class               Magnoliopsida      

Order               Parietals                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Family              Violaceae                                                                                                                                              

Sub-family        Flacourtiineae                                                                                          

Genus               Viola

Species             papilionaceae

Identification

Rickett says this may be the most common violet in the east. It has heart-shaped, often serrated, leaves of which the side petals have beards.  The flowers range in color from white to light or deep violet.  It likes to grow in moist soils in areas stretching from Massachusetts to Minnesota and south to Georgia and Alabama,

Viola Papilionacea

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STATUS

REFERENCES

North America

Continental United States; Canada

Yes Rickett, 1966
Eastern North America

United States east of the Mississippi;

Ontario and eastern Canada

Yes Rickett, 1966
Southern United States

AL AR DE DC FL GA KY MD NC SC TN VA WV

Yes Rickett, 1966
Coastal Plain ?
Piedmont ?
Blue Ridge Mountains ?
        Great Smoky Mountains National Park No
Ridge and Valley ?
Cumberland Plateau ?
Central Arch ?
Georgia Yes GA Plant List
Clarke County, GA Yes Clarke Plant List
Sams Farm Probably Christy Hetzel
         Old Field Probably Christy Hetzel
         Wetland Probably not Christy Hetzel
          Woods Probably Christy Hetzel

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