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Photographer: Kyle Steele
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Family Violaceae
Viola striata Aiton
creamy violet, striped white violet
Viola: a classical Latin name for violets
striata: striped
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect to drooping, perennial, 2 1/2"-12" tall forb, clustered, mostly hairless; stems leafy |
| Flower: | white to cream, 5-parted, 1"-1 1/2" wide, numerous, all taller than the leaves, petals often with purple veins, side petals strongly bearded, spur thick and 1/8" long; solitary from the leaf axils; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | elliptic to round capsule with pale brown seeds |
| Leaf: | finely toothed, wrinkled and pleated like a fan, lower stem and basal leaves blunt and oval, upper leaves with a sharp tip |
| Habitat: | full to partial sun; moderate moisture; woods, meadows, streambanks, ditches |
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