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Description:

A very ornate Viola species. Any ID help would be greatly appreciated.

Habitat:

Found near Bloodroot.

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2 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Thank you very much, John! I was really wondering about this one! That looks just like it! You can suggest an identification if you would like.

JDP
JDP 10 years ago

This is a bizarre plant. It took a bit of research to come up with a likely suspect. Violets with notched petals are uncommon even outside this country, and I've never seen an individual with basically cleft parts like this. Based on the photograph, a positive ID is probably impossible (at least from me, I'm not a Viola specialist), but I believe this is some variety, forma, or defective individual of Viola renifolia. The leaves might provide a positive ID, but unfortunately, these were yet unfurled. Still, they have the same general appearance and the flower structure is the same as well - apart from the cleft petals and dull lip-vein coloring.

Anyway, cool plant! That's not one you see every day.

Jacob Gorneau
Spotted by
Jacob Gorneau

New York, USA

Spotted on Apr 20, 2013
Submitted on Apr 21, 2013

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