| Viola primulifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Violaceae |
| Genus: | Viola |
| Species: | V. primulifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Viola primulifolia | |
| Varieties [1] | |
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Viola primulifolia, commonly called the primrose-leaf violet, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the violet family. It is native to eastern North America, [3] and possibly also to the Pacific Northwest. [4] Its natural habitat is wet acidic areas that are usually at least semi-open. [5]
It is a low, stemless perennial that produces white flowers in the spring. [6] It can be distinguished from the similar-looking Viola lanceolata and Viola blanda by its leaves that are ovate, with rounded to truncate bases, and are 1.5-2 times as long as wide. [5]
While typical Viola primulifolia occurs in a large area of the east, a variety of this species occurs in a small area of the Klamath Mountains in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon, under the name of V. primulifolia var. occidentalis. [7] [8] These populations, which are considered rare and highly localized, have alternatively been referred to as Viola lanceolata ssp. occidentalis. [9]
