Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola labradorica Schrank sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 1(2): 12 (1818) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to c. & e. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and woods |
Altitude | 50-3000m |
Description | leaves ovate to reniform, 15-30mm long, dentate, flowers 2cm across, floral pedicels axillary, with pair of bracts |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | violet, white |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, semi-shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Viola adunca var. minor (Hook.) Fernald Viola canina var. muhlenbergii (Torr.) A.Gray Viola conspersa Rchb. Viola debilis Pursh Viola leucopetala Greene Viola muhlenbergiana Ging. Viola muhlenbergiana var. minor Hook. Viola muhlenbergii Torr. Viola punctata Schwein. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NWT Northwest Territories) 71 Western Canada (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) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, DEL Delaware, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |