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Viola ×wujekii

Viola ×wujekii H.E. Ballard

Wujek's Hybrid Violet

Violaceae (Violet family)

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USDA Symbol: VIWU

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

"Perennial from a vertical or ascending stoloniform rhizome, crowns of individual ramets connected by slender stolons to the main rhizome, proliferating weakly ascending or decumbent stems bearing the current year's growth." (Reslit: 2854).

Hybrid progeny of Viola appalachensis and V. strriata. (Webref: 27).

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Fruit Type: Capsule
Leaf: "Cauline leaves at anthesis ovate to broadly so, the median ones obtuse or rounded and the upper abruptly obtusely or acutely pointed at apex, shallowly cordate at base, basal leaves broadly ovate to reniform, rounded at apex, shallowly cordate at base, all crenate along margins. Stipules lanceolate, lacerate with numerous thread-like processes. Foliage essentially glabrous except for scattered spicules over upper leaf surfaces and stipule margins." (Reslit: 2854).
Flower: "Petals pale blue; lateral petals densely bearded; spur 2.8-4.9 (avg. 4.1) mm long, 25-33% (avg. 29%) of the entire spur petal length (=blade plus spur). Lateral sepals ciliolate, lance-linear, with con-spicuous auricles 1.07-1.70 (avg. 1.39) mm long." (Reslit: 2854).

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Blue
Bloom Time: Jun
Bloom Notes: "Petals pale blue." (Reslit: 2854).

Distribution

USA: MD , PA , WV
Native Habitat: "�floodplain and wet meadow habitats�" (Reslit: 2854).

Web Reference

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.

Research Literature

Reslit 2854 - Three New Rostrate Violet Hybrids from Appalachia (1993) Harvey E. Ballard, Jr.

This information was provided by the Florida WIldflower Foundation.
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Additional resources

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

Metadata

Record Modified: 2020-12-07
Research By: Joseph A. Marcus

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