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Viola arvensis Murray
European field pansy

       
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©William S. Justice. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology, Botany. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Viola arvensis Murray

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Synonyms:
Viola arvensis Murray

  VITRA Viola tricolor L. var. arvensis (Murray) Boiss.
 

Distribution:
Viola arvensis Murray

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AR, CA, CT, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Viola arvensis Murray

View 4 genera in Violaceae, 125 species in Viola
 

Classification:
Viola arvensis Murray

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Violales
Family Violaceae – Violet family
Genus Viola L. – violet
Species Viola arvensis Murray – European field pansy
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Viola arvensis Murray

European field pansy
field violet
wild pansy

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Viola arvensis Murray

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Viola arvensis Murray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22037.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Viola arvensis Murray

VA-Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide

 
 
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