PLANTS Profile for Viola canadensis (Canadian white violet)

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PLANTS Profile

Viola canadensis L.
Canadian white violet

Symbol:

VICA4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Violaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Viola canadensis L.

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Distribution:
Viola canadensis L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Viola canadensis L.

View 4 genera in Violaceae, 125 species in Viola or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Viola canadensis var. canadensis
Canadian white violet

Viola canadensis var. rugulosa
creepingroot violet

Viola canadensis var. scariosa
Canadian white violet

Viola canadensis var. scopulorum
Canadian white violet

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Viola canadensis L.

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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 canadensis L. – Canadian white violet

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Viola canadensis L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
Canada violet		Threatened
Illinois:
Canada violet		Endangered
Maine:
tall white violet		Endangered
New Jersey:
Canadian violet		Endangered
Rhode Island:
Canada Violet		Historical

More Accounts and Images:
Viola canadensis L.

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 22053.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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.

Time Generated: 10/25/2008 07:00 AM MDT