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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Violaceae
Viola macloskeyi F.E.Lloyd subsp. pallens (Banks ex Ging.) M.S.Baker
small white violet, wild white violet
Viola: a classical Latin name for violets
macloskeyi: after George Macloskie (1834-1920), naturalist, educator, author, who was born in Castledawson, County Londonderry, Ireland; Chair of Biology at Princeton University in 1874.
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial forb, basically stemless; creeping rhizomes with stolons |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1/4"-3/8" wide, lower 3-petals with brownish lines at the base, upper 2 petals not twisted, 2 side petals mostly beardless; solitary, basal, stalked, equal to or taller than the leaves; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | green, elliptic to oval capsule with brown to black seeds |
| Leaf: | widely-oval to kidney-shaped with a blunt tip and wavy teeth |
| Habitat: | wet; forests, bogs, streambanks, shallows, usually near cold water |
| (Glossary) |
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