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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Violaceae
Viola pedatifida G.Don
prairie violet
Viola: a classical Latin name for violets
pedatifida: Latin for generally "divided from a central point with divisions also deeply clefted"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial forb, basically stemless |
| Flower: | deep blue to violet, 5-parted, 3/4"-1 1/4" wide, petals often lined with white, 3 lower petals bearded, center obviously not yellow; solitary, basal; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | oval to elliptical capsule with brown seeds |
| Leaf: | often deeply and variously lobed nearly to the base, toothed, mostly erect |
| Habitat: | dry, well drained; prairies, glades |
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