Blooms: March-June
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Both sides of the Cascades in Washington; introduced throughout the United States and Canada.
Habitat: Frequently escapes from cultivation.
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Both sides of the Cascades in Washington; introduced throughout the United States and Canada.
Habitat: Frequently escapes from cultivation.
Species Description:
General: Puberulent, freely-branched annual, 1-3 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaf blades ovate to lanceolate, coarsely round-toothed, 1-3 cm. long, about equaling the petioles; stipules very large, laciniate into 5-9 segments, usually with one leaf-like segment nearly as large as the main blade.
Flowers: Flowers long-pedunculate, solitary in the leaf axils, whitish or light yellow with a tinge of blue, the spur short; sepals lanceolate, about as long as the petals; style head copiously short-hairy.
Fruits: Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parieta
General: Puberulent, freely-branched annual, 1-3 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaf blades ovate to lanceolate, coarsely round-toothed, 1-3 cm. long, about equaling the petioles; stipules very large, laciniate into 5-9 segments, usually with one leaf-like segment nearly as large as the main blade.
Flowers: Flowers long-pedunculate, solitary in the leaf axils, whitish or light yellow with a tinge of blue, the spur short; sepals lanceolate, about as long as the petals; style head copiously short-hairy.
Fruits: Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parieta
Accepted Name:
Viola arvensis Murr.Synonyms:
Viola tricolor L. var. arvensis (Murr.) Boiss.
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Viola arvensis
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Viola arvensis specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Viola arvensis specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Viola arvensis treatment.
E-Flora BC: Viola arvensis atlas page.
CalPhotos: Viola arvensis images.
USDA Plants Database: Viola arvensis.
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Craig Althen, 2012
Craig Althen, 2012
Craig Althen, 2012
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