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Viola odorata
Page Author: David Giblin
sweet blue violet 
Blooms: March - May and August - September
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced
Distribution: In scattered locations throughout Washington; introduced and escaping at various location in the United States.
Habitat: Sheltered, disturbed areas in somewhat moist soil.
Species Description:

General: Low, fragrant, creeping, soft-hairy perennial with stolons that root at the nodes.
Leaves: Leaves tufted, cordate and rounded, petiolate, enlarging in summer.
Flowers: Flowers blue-violet or white, rarely lilac, pink or yellow; sepals blunt.
Fruit: Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal.
Full Name with Authors:
Viola odorata L.

Synonyms:
(none)

Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
(not treated in H&C)
Additional Resources:

WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Viola odorata specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.

Washington Flora Checklist: Viola odorata treatment.

Oregon Flora Project Atlas: Viola odorata atlas page.

E-Flora BC: Viola odorata atlas page.

CalPhotos: Viola odorata images.

USDA Plants Database: Viola odorata.

Image © Richard Old


All photographs of Viola odorata:
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