Viola palmata

Viola palmata
At the University of Wrocław Botanical Garden
Close-up of leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Violaceae
Genus:	Viola
Species:	V. palmata
Binomial name
Viola palmata L.
Synonyms [1]
List Viola congenerLeconte Viola cucullata var. congener(Leconte) Torr. & A.Gray Viola cucullata var. palmata(L.) A.Gray Viola falcataGreene Viola ornithodesGreene Viola palmata f. albifloraE.L.Rand & Redfield Viola palmata var. asarifoliaHouse Viola palmata var. dilatataElliott Viola palmata var. fragransElliott Viola palmata var. obliquaHitchc. Viola palmata f. striataO.R.Willis Viola palmata var. triloba(Schwein.) Ging. Viola palmata var. variegataStowell Viola palmata f. variegata(Stowell) E.L.Rand & Redfield Viola palmata var. vulgarisElliott Viola trilobaSchwein. Viola triloba f. albidaSteyerm. Viola triloba f. annjoaeCreutz Viola triloba var. dilatata(Elliott) Brainerd Viola triloba f. dilatata(Elliott) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Viola vespertilionisGreene

Viola palmata, the trilobed violet, early blue violet, or wood violet (names it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Violaceae. ^[1] Viola palmata is native to southeastern Canada as well as the eastern half of the United States. ^{[2] [3]} Often confused with Viola triloba, V. palmata is a member of a class familiarly known as "blue stemless violets", characterized by its cleistogamous flowers on short prostrate peduncles, and often concealed under dead leaves or soil. ^[4]

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  Here given as palmate-leaved violet
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  Habit
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  Flower bud
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  Frontal close-up of flower
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  Empty seed capsule

References

1. "Viola palmata L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 27 December 2023.
2. NRCS. "Viola palmata". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 October 2024.
3. "Flora of the Southeastern US". fsus.ncbg.unc.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
4. Brainerd, Ezra (1910). "Viola palmata and Its Allies" . Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 37 (12): 581–590. doi:10.2307/2479318. ISSN   0040-9618. JSTOR   2479318.