Viola xsubsinuata Greene (pro sp.) Unedited notes on Viola subsinuata; 3 photographs, no drawings Pittonia 4:4. 1899. (syn. V. palmata auct. non L., V. pedatifida x sororia) TM: Section Nosphinium, subsect. Boreali-Americanae [NEW classification, 2010]. Harvey Ballard, July 2005 & Michigan Botanist, 1994: V. xpalmata produces leaves early in the growing season and in the fall…
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Viola pedata L.
Viola pedata L. Description, 24 photographs of Viola pedata plants leaves and flowers, 4 drawings. Viola pedata, Blue Ridge Pkwy. April 2004) Viola pedata, endemic to North America, is one of the loveliest violets, distinctly different from all other species. Deeply divided leaves give this species its name, the divisions radiating from the center of…
Viola trinervata (Howell) Howell ex A.Gray
Viola trinervata Description. Illustrations: 3 photographs of Viola trinervata and 2 drawings. This violet species is named for the three prominent veins easily visible on the erect glaucous leaves. It is found in the lithosol soils of central Washington State and northern Oregon with a disjunct population in south eastern Oregon in the Great Basin….
Viola hallii A. Gray
Viola hallii Description. Illustrations: 3 photographs of Viola hallii and 2 drawings This rare violet species is classified in the subsection Chrysanthae, very closely related to V. beckwithii, however the plants of V. hallii are completely glabrous, the divided leaves are pale green and the flowers more rounded. Its two upper petals are dark…
Viola beckwithii, Torr. & Gray
Viola beckwithii Description. Illustrations: 4 photographs of Viola beckwithii and 3 drawings. Viola beckwithii is a lovely violet with large, open two-toned flowers and attractive deeply divided foliage. These plants are highly adapted to the extremes of weather in their habitat and are very difficult to cultivate. In common with many other desert plants, their…