Nodding green violet

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Nodding green violet corollas and sepals

Nodding green violet leaves

Nodding green violet flower

Nodding green violet fruits

Nodding green violet

Nodding green violet

Morphology

Stem

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.

Inflorescence

Solitary flowers, in leaf axils, short-stalked, nodding.

Flower

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.

Fruit

Capsules, egg-shaped to nearly spherical, glabrous; seeds rounded, slightly flattened, shiny black.

Ecology

Habitat

Dry, upland prairies, hillsides, rocky areas, and disturbed sites, on gravelly or sandy soils.

Distribution

Throughout Kansas.

Additional Notes