PLANTS Profile for Viola ×palmata (early blue violet)

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PLANTS Profile

Viola ×palmata L. (pro sp.) [brittoniana or pedatifida × affinis or sororia]
early blue violet

Symbol:

VIPA18

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Violaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

Photo of Viola ×palmata L. (pro sp.) [brittoniana or pedatifida × affinis or sororia]

Viola palmata

©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.

More Information:

Images:
Viola ×palmata L. (pro sp.) [brittoniana or pedatifida × affinis or sororia]

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Synonyms:
Viola ×palmata L. (pro sp.) [brittoniana or pedatifida × affinis or sororia]

VIFA3	Viola falcata Greene
VIPA3	Viola palmata L.	early blue violet
VIST2	Viola stoneana House

Distribution:
Viola ×palmata L. (pro sp.) [brittoniana or pedatifida × affinis or sororia]


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, CT, DE, GA, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Viola ×palmata L. (pro sp.) [brittoniana or pedatifida × affinis or sororia]

View 4 genera in Violaceae, 125 species in Viola

Classification:
Viola ×palmata L. (pro sp.) [brittoniana or pedatifida × affinis or sororia]

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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 ×palmata L. (pro sp.) [brittoniana or pedatifida × affinis or sororia] – early blue violet

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Viola ×palmata L. (pro sp.) [brittoniana or pedatifida × affinis or sororia]

The synonym italicized and indented below 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.

Maine:
Viola palmata
palmate-leaved violet		Possibly Extirpated
New Hampshire:
Viola palmata
palmate violet		Endangered
Rhode Island:
Viola palmata
palmate-leaved violet		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Viola ×palmata L. (pro sp.) [brittoniana or pedatifida × affinis or sororia]

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

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

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

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 07:01 AM MDT