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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Violaceae
Viola adunca Sm.
hook-spur violet, sand violet
Viola: a classical Latin name for violets
adunca: bent, crooked, curved, hooked
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 3"-6" tall forb, spreading and drooping with age; stems leafy |
| Flower: | violet, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/2" long, side petals bearded, the spur straight, up to 1/4" long, blunt or often tapering to a short, inwardly-curving point; solitary from the leaf axils; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | capsule with dark brown seeds |
| Leaf: | oval to roundish with the base straight to only slightly heart-shaped, coarsely toothed |
| Habitat: | moist, dry; woods; in gravelly, sandy soil |
| Notes: | very similar to V. labradorica except the spur is longer, the stipules are narrower and bristly-toothed less than half their length, and the plant is more or less fuzzy |
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