PLANTS Profile for Viola odorata (sweet violet)

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PLANTS Profile

Viola odorata L.
sweet violet

Symbol:

VIOD

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Violaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
CAN		I

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United Kingdom, England, Cambridge. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Viola odorata L.

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Distribution:
Viola odorata L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, CO, CT, GA, HI, ID, IL, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MT, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, TN, UT, VA, WA, WI), USA+ (PR), CAN (BC, NF, NS, ON)

Related Taxa:
Viola odorata L.

View 4 genera in Violaceae, 125 species in Viola

Classification:
Viola odorata 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 odorata L. – sweet violet

Introduced Information:
Viola odorata L.

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 odorata 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 22122.

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

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: 10/07/2008 07:17 AM MDT