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Viola renifolia A.Gray  
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FamilyVIOLACEAE
Genus speciesViola renifolia A.Gray 
BibliographyProc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 288 (1870)
Native RangeSubarctic America to n. USA
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatthickets and woods
Altitude200-3000m
Descriptionacaulescent, not stoloniferous, leaves reniform to orbiculate, 2-4cm, cordate, serrate-crenate, subglabrous, sepals lanceolate, lower petal 8-10mm, spur white, 2-3mm
Size5-30cm
Colorwhite
Bloomspring, early summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationcold, shady site with a humous, moist soil
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C
division after flowering and in fall
SynonymsViola blanda var. renifolia (A.Gray) A.Gray
Viola brainerdii Greene
Viola mistassinica Greene
Viola renifolia var. brainerdii (Greene) Fernald
Territory7 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)
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