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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Violaceae
Viola sagittata Aiton
arrow-leaved violet
Viola: a classical Latin name for violets
sagittata: from the Latin for "arrow" and hence sagitate
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial forb, basically stemless |
| Flower: | purple, 5-parted, 3/4"-1" wide, lower 3 petals bearded; solitary, basal; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | oval capsule with brown seeds |
| Leaf: | various but mostly arrow-shaped becoming lobed at the bottom with age, usually 1 1/2 times as long as wide |
| Habitat: | dry, moist; prairies, meadows, inland sands, open woods |
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