PRAIRIE VIOLET
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Viola pedatifida G. Don
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Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
Perennial |
Height: 4-8 inches |
Family: Violaceae - Violet Family |
Flowering Period: April, May |
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Also Called: | | Larkspur violet. | Stems: | | Stemless. | Leaves: | | Arising from short, stout bases, stalks to 6 inches long; blades 1 to 3 inches long, 1 to 4 inches wide, glabrous or pubescent, shallowly to deeply palmately 3-lobed, each lobe sometimes cleft again, these subdivisions often divided once more into 2-4 segments; margins fringed with hairs. | Inflorescences: | | Solitary flowers, terminal, stalks 1 to several, smooth, usually rising above leaves. | Flowers: | | Showy, violet; sepals 5, lanceolate; petals 5, 1/2 to 3/4 inch long, lower 3 petals with white bases, dark purple veins, densely bearded, lowest petal spurred; stamens 5, yellowish; inconspicuous, non-opening, self-pollinating flowers also occur on shorter flower stalks. | Fruits: | | Capsules, egg-shaped, smooth, yellowish; seeds many, tan. | Habitat: | | Prairies and open woodlands. | Distribution: | | East 2/5 of Kansas. | Comments: | | The epithet pedatifida is from Latin "foot" and "cleft", a reference to the appearance of the leaf. Viola species frequently hybridize, making identification difficult. |
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