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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Violaceae
Viola blanda Willd. var. palustriformis A.Gray
sweet white violet
Viola: a classical Latin name for violets
blanda: from blandus for "flattering, caressing, alluring, tempting"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial forb, basically stemless; creeping rhizomes later developing obvious stolons |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, less than 1" wide, fragrant, 3 lower petals with brownish lines at the base, mostly beardless, upper 2 petals twisted and pointing backward, 2 side petals pointing forward; solitary, basal; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | purplish, oval, capsule with dark brown seeds |
| Leaf: | oval with heart-shaped base, dark green, satiny |
| Habitat: | shady; moist; woods, forests, slopes; in deep humus soil; usually under evergreens |
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