Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola renifolia A.Gray |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 288 (1870) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to n. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 200-3000m |
Description | acaulescent, not stoloniferous, leaves reniform to orbiculate, 2-4cm, cordate, serrate-crenate, subglabrous, sepals lanceolate, lower petal 8-10mm, spur white, 2-3mm |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Viola blanda var. renifolia (A.Gray) A.Gray Viola brainerdii Greene Viola mistassinica Greene Viola renifolia var. brainerdii (Greene) Fernald |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York, PEN Pennsylvania, VER Vermont) |