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Viola sororia Willd.
common blue violet

       
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Photo of Viola sororia Willd.
Viola papilionacea

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Viola sororia Willd.

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Synonyms:
Viola sororia Willd.

  VIFL3 Viola floridana Brainerd
  VILA7 Viola latiuscula Greene
  VIPAS2 Viola palmata L. var. sororia (Willd.) Pollard
  VIPA5 Viola papilionacea Pursh p.p.
  VIPAP Viola papilionacea Pursh var. priceana (Pollard) Alexander
  VIPR7 Viola priceana Pollard
 

Distribution:
Viola sororia Willd.

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Viola sororia Willd.

View 4 genera in Violaceae, 125 species in Viola
 

Classification:
Viola sororia Willd.

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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 sororia Willd. – common blue violet
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Viola sororia Willd.

Viola papilionacea
common blue violet
hooded blue violet
meadow violet

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above 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.

N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Viola sororia Willd.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC-,FAC FAC- FAC- FAC- FAC FAC FAC NO NO NI NO NO NO NO

Viola floridana:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW- NO FACW- NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

Viola papilionacea:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FAC FAC FAC FAC FACU FAC FAC NO NI NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Viola sororia Willd.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22169.

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

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

 

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Viola sororia Willd.

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VA-Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide

 
 
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