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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: "2 dm." (Reslit: 2852)
Leaf: "Dark green, pubescent, 2 dm. tall. Leaf-blades broadly ovate, obtuse, cordate or somewhat reniform, upper surface appressed- pubescent with the characteristic hairs of V. hirsutula, lower surface pubescent on the veins; margin ciliate, crenate; petioles ascending, pubescent, one to three times as long as the blades." (Reslit: 2852 as V. hirsutula x sororia.)
Fruit: "Cleistogenes not fully developed, small, on prostrate or decumbent peduncles; calyx purplish, with short ciliolate auricles." (Reslit: 2852 as V. hirsutula x sororia.)

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Blue , Purple , Violet
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun

Distribution

USA: CT , DC , IN , KY , NC , NJ , NY , OH , PA , TN
Native Distribution: Northeastern US. (Webref: 39)

Web Reference

Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 6 - Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database] (2018) USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
Webref 39 - Plants of the World online (2020) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Webref 27 - USDA Plants Database (2018) USDA, NRCS.

Additional resources

USDA: Find Viola ×cordifolia in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Viola ×cordifolia in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Viola ×cordifolia