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Viola ×dissita

Viola ×dissita House

House's Hybrid Violet

Violaceae (Violet family)

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USDA Symbol: VIDI6

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

Hybrid progeny of Viola hirsutula and V. triloba. (Webref: 27).

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Fruit Type: Capsule
Leaf: "Plants reverting in various ways to the characters of one or the other parent species; some leaf-blades lobed as in V. triloba, others uncut as in V. hirsutula; most displaying the silvery pubescence of V. hirsutula on the upper surface and the villous pubescence of V. triloba on the lower surface." (Bibref: 1797).

Bloom Information

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

Distribution

USA: DC , IN , NC , NJ , PA , TN , VA

National Wetland Indicator Status

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FAC				FAC

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.1 (Lichvar, R.W. 2013. The National Wetland Plant List: 2013 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2013-49: 1-241). Click here for map of regions.

Bibliography

Bibref 1797 - Some Natural Violet Hybrids of North America (1924) Brainerd, Ezra

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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 27 - USDA Plants Database (2018) USDA, NRCS.

Additional resources

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

Metadata

Record Modified: 2023-01-04
Research By: Joseph A. Marcus

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