Viola sororia f. priceana (Pollard) Cooper

Filed As

Violaceae
Viola sororia f. priceana (Pollard) Cooper

Collector(s)

D. E. Atha 14295 with Regina Alvarez & Betsy Rogers, 26 Apr 2014

Location

United States of America. New York. New York Co. New York City. Central Park, Pool, at 103rd St and between Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. and Central Park West, ca 35 m E of Central Park West.

Habitat

Cultivated beds planted with Amelanchier × grandiflora and mix of native and exotic herbaceous species, ground mulched with bark chips.

Description

Herb; petals white, tinged with blue, each petal darker medially and toward the base, the veins blue, the claws yellow, giving the flower a yellow center. These plants are sometimes called Viola priceana Pollard or Confederate violet. They grow sympatrically with Viola sororia (with all purple flowers), but the two forms appear to segregate themselves into distinct colonies. Planted and apparently spreading locally. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

Notes (shown on label)

Sample preserved in silica gel at NY

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 02449807

Occurrence ID: 84001a11-d0a5-4e5a-bb83-d4348c2317c9

Laboratory Collections

Tissue Samples, 02757736, D. E. Atha 14295, Viola sororia f. priceana (Pollard) Cooper - Accepted : Violaceae (223.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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