Viola palmata

Viola palmata
	At the University of Wrocław Botanical Garden
	Close-up of leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Violaceae
Genus:	Viola
Species:	V. palmata
Binomial name
	Viola palmata; L.
Synonyms
	List Viola congener Leconte; Viola cucullata var. congener (Leconte) Torr. & A.Gray; Viola cucullata var. palmata (L.) A.Gray; Viola falcata Greene; Viola ornithodes Greene; Viola palmata f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield; Viola palmata var. asarifolia House; Viola palmata var. dilatata Elliott; Viola palmata var. fragrans Elliott; Viola palmata var. obliqua Hitchc.; Viola palmata f. striata O.R.Willis; Viola palmata var. triloba (Schwein.) Ging.; Viola palmata var. variegata Stowell; Viola palmata f. variegata (Stowell) E.L.Rand & Redfield; Viola palmata var. vulgaris Elliott; Viola triloba Schwein.; Viola triloba f. albida Steyerm.; Viola triloba f. annjoae Creutz; Viola triloba var. dilatata (Elliott) Brainerd; Viola triloba f. dilatata (Elliott) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.; Viola vespertilionis Greene; ;

Viola palmata, the trilobed violet, early blue violet, or wood violet (names it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Violaceae.^[1] Viola palmata is native to southeastern Canada as well as the eastern half of the United States.^[2]^[3] Often confused with Viola triloba, V. palmata is a member of a class familiarly known as "blue stemless violets", characterized by its cleistogamous flowers on short prostrate peduncles, and often concealed under dead leaves or soil.^[4]

Here given as palmate-leaved violet
Habit
Flower bud
Frontal close-up of flower
Empty seed capsule

References

^ ^a ^b "Viola palmata L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
^ NRCS. "Viola palmata". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 October 2024.
^ "Flora of the Southeastern US". fsus.ncbg.unc.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
^ Brainerd, Ezra (1910). "Viola palmata and Its Allies". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 37 (12): 581–590. doi:10.2307/2479318. ISSN 0040-9618. JSTOR 2479318.

[POWO_868887-1-1] "Viola palmata L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[:1-2] NRCS. "Viola palmata". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 October 2024.

[:2-3] "Flora of the Southeastern US". fsus.ncbg.unc.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2024.

[:3-4] Brainerd, Ezra (1910). "Viola palmata and Its Allies". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 37 (12): 581–590. doi:10.2307/2479318. ISSN 0040-9618. JSTOR 2479318.

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