Viola epipsila subsp. repens Becker Description and illustrations of Viola epipsila subsp. repens: 6 photographs and 4 drawings This violet from arctic to sub-arctic climates is only 2-10 cm high with flowers of less than 1 cm. Its cold northern inland range, dwarf size and the position of the bracteoles near the top of the peduncle distinguish this…
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Viola blanda
Viola blanda Willd. Description and illustrations of Viola blanda: 11 photographs (4 of hybrids) and 3 drawings The most common white flowered stemless violet in eastern North America is Viola blanda. It grows in shaded damp deciduous woodlands at lower elevations, flowering at the time the deciduous trees are leafing out, or even later. It…
Viola xsubsinuata
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…
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 scopulorum
Viola scopulorum Description. Illustrations: 2 photographs of Viola scopulorum and 2 drawings. Viola scopulorum (Boulder Co, CO. May 1995) A diploid species of subsection Canadenses, Viola scopulorum is tall, with rigid vertical stems, similar in height and general habit to V. canadensis. However the leaves, petioles and flowers are smaller, basal leaves are about half the…
Viola ocellata
Viola ocellata, Torr. & A. Gray Description. Illustrations: 3 photographs of Viola ocellata and 3 drawings. Viola ocellata is an attractive white-flowered violet species from the redwood belt in the Coast Ranges of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon. Its new heart-shaped leaves appear after the arrival of the late autumn rains, growing through the relatively…
Viola frank-smithii
Viola frank-smithii N. H. Holmgren Description. Illustrations: 4 photographs of Viola frank-smithii (1 with Frank Smith) and 2 drawings. One of three new violet species discovered in North America between 1980 and 1990, all of which grow in limestone or dolomite in the presence of conifers, either Douglas Firs or Bristlecone pines. Although this species…
Viola cuneata
Viola cuneata S. Wats. Description. Illustrations: 4 photographs of Viola cuneata and 2 drawings. One of a pair of very similarly flowered violet species growing in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon, Viola cuneata is narrowly localized in the Klamath-Siskiyou Range. Round, white-faced flowers have distinctive markings: a yellow central patch, relatively large, dark black-purple eyespots…
Viola canadensis
Viola canadensis L. syn. Viola rydbergii Greene Description. Illustrations: 7 photographs of Viola canadensis (and variants) and 3 drawings. A beautiful woodland plant, Viola canadensis is the tallest native violet species in North America with strong, upright, leafy stems and broadly heart-shaped leaves. It can be distinguished from other white-flowered violets by its bright yellow…
Viola striata
Viola striata Notes on comparison with Viola canadensis. Illustrations: 7 photographs of Viola striata and 2 drawings. (Note on comparison with V Canadensis) Both Viola canadensis and Viola striata have white flowers on vertical stems. Viola striata has creamy-white flowers, often with wavy margins on the petals, but there is no yellow color present….