Viola primulifolia L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Violaceae

• Scientific Name

  Viola primulifolia L.

• Description

  Species Description - Acaulescent, with slender creeping rhizomes, and producing leafy stolons after anthesis; lvs variously hairy or glabrous, oblong to ovate or obovate, finely crenate, obtuse or rounded at the tip, rounded to truncate or cuneate at base, mostly 1.5–2.5 times as long as wide; peduncles shorter to longer than the lvs; pet white, the 3 lower with brown-purple veins near the base, the 2 lateral ones beardless or slightly bearded; cleistogamous fls on short, erect peduncles; frs oblong-ellipsoid, 7–10 mm; seeds reddish-brown to black; 2n=24. Moist, open meadows and stream-banks, especially in sandy soil; N.B. to Fla., w. to Ind., Tenn., Okla., and Tex., more common eastward. Apr.–June.

• Common Names

  primrose-leaved violet