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Viola ×cordifolia
Viola ×cordifolia (Nutt.) Schwein. (pro sp.)
Heart-leaf Hybrid Violet
Violaceae (Violet family)
Synonym(s): Viola ×perpera
USDA Symbol: VICO9
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Hybrid progeny of Viola hirsutula and V. sororia. (Webref: 27)
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Herb
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: "2 dm." (Reslit: 2852)
Leaf: "Dark green, pubescent, 2 dm. tall. Leaf-blades broadly ovate, obtuse, cordate or somewhat reniform, upper surface appressed- pubescent with the characteristic hairs of V. hirsutula, lower surface pubescent on the veins; margin ciliate, crenate; petioles ascending, pubescent, one to three times as long as the blades." (Reslit: 2852 as V. hirsutula x sororia.)
Fruit: "Cleistogenes not fully developed, small, on prostrate or decumbent peduncles; calyx purplish, with short ciliolate auricles." (Reslit: 2852 as V. hirsutula x sororia.)
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: White , Blue , Purple , VioletBloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun
Distribution
USA: CT , DC , IN , KY , NC , NJ , NY , OH , PA , TNNative Distribution: Northeastern US. (Webref: 39)
Web Reference
Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.Webref 6 - Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database] (2018) USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
Webref 39 - Plants of the World online (2020) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Webref 27 - USDA Plants Database (2018) USDA, NRCS.
Additional resources
USDA: Find Viola ×cordifolia in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Viola ×cordifolia in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Viola ×cordifolia
Metadata
Record Modified: 2023-01-04Research By: Joseph A. Marcus