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Photographer: Robert H. Read
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Family Violaceae
Hybanthus concolor (T.F.Forst.) Spreng.
eastern green-violet, green-violet
Hybanthus: from "humpbacked" and "flower," from dorsal gibbosity
concolor: of the same color, as in the leaf surfaces
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 12"-40" tall forb |
| Flower: | green, 5-parted, 1/5" long, petals turning upward at the tip, lower one the widest; inflorescence of one to a few drooping flowers from the leaf axils; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | capsule |
| Leaf: | many, widely elliptical to oblong, sharply pointed |
| Habitat: | moist; woods, ravines; in rich soil |
| (Glossary) |
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