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Photographer: Marcie O'Connor
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Family Violaceae
Viola X palmata L. (pro sp.)
early blue violet, wood violet
Viola: a classical Latin name for violets
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial forb, basically stemless |
| Flower: | violet, 5-parted, 3/4"-1 1/4" wide, petals often streaked with white, lower 3 petals bearded; solitary, basal, long-stalked and often taller than the leaves; blooms April-May |
| Fruit: | oval to elliptical capsule with brown seeds |
| Leaf: | usually variously lobed but usually not to the base (palm-like), sometimes only 3-lobed |
| Habitat: | dry, well drained; woods, clearings, glades |
| (Glossary) |
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