| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola canadensis L. sect. Viola |
| Synonyms | Viola albiflora Link |
| Viola geminiflora Greene | |
| Viola neomexicana Greene | |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 50-3600m |
| Description | leaves ovate-cordate, finely dentate, ca. 6cm long, flowers in bud purplish, lower petal violet striate |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Northwest Territories ) Eastern Canada (New Brunswick , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Illinois , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , Vermont , West Virginia ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Kentucky , Maryland , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | VIOLACEAE
canadensis rugulosa (Greene) C.L.Hitchc., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N. W. (C.L. Hitchcock & al.) 3: 442 (1961)
canadensis scopulorum A.Gray, Bot. Gaz. 11: 291 (1886)
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