NODDING GREEN VIOLET
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Hybanthus verticillatus (Ortega ) Baill.
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| Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 4-14 inches |
| Family: Violaceae - Violet Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June |
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| Stems: | | Erect or ascending, several clustered in small tuft, simple or branched, leafy. | | Leaves: | | Opposite below to mostly alternate above, simple, sessile, linear to linear-lanceolate, .5 to 1.5 inches long, less than .5 inch wide, glabrous; margins mostly entire; tips pointed; smaller leaves often clustered in axils; stipules leaf-like, .5 to 1.5 inch long. | | Inflorescences: | | Solitary flowers, in leaf axils, short-stalked, nodding. | | Flowers: | | Sepals 5, ovate to lanceolate, margins usually fringed with hairs, tips pointed; corollas less than 1/4 inch long, 5-petaled, greenish white to cream-colored; tips purplish; lower petal fiddle-shaped, swollen at base, bearded within, larger than 4 upper petals; stamens 5, short. | | Fruits: | | Capsules, egg-shaped to nearly spherical, glabrous; seeds rounded, slightly flattened, shiny black. | | Habitat: | | Dry, upland prairies, hillsides, rocky areas, and disturbed sites, on gravelly or sandy soils. | | Distribution: | | Throughout Kansas. | | Comments: | | The short stems of nodding green violet make this plant difficult to spot in the surrounding vegetation. |
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| Nodding green violet flower |  | | 54 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Nodding green violet leaves |  | | 94 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Nodding green violet corollas and sepals |  | | 54 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Nodding green violet fruits |  | | 67 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Nodding green violet |  | | 63 KB | | Riley County, Kansas |
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