Viola tripartita Elliott

• 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 tripartita Elliott

• Description

  Species Description - Plants 1.5–4.5 dm from a short rhizome, usually puberulent or glandular-puberulent above; lvs 2–4(–7) near the top of the stem, 3–10 cm, often some (sometimes all) of them ovate to lance-ovate with long tip and truncate to broadly tapering base, usually some or all ± deeply 3-cleft, the terminal segment the largest; fls on slender, erect, axillary peduncles; sep lance-linear, ciliolate; pet bright yellow with brown-purple lines toward the base, the lateral ones bearded; style with a capitate, bearded summit; frs stoutly ellipsoid, 8–10 mm; seeds pale. Rich woods; sw. Pa. and s. O. to N.C., S.C., Ga., Ala., and ne. Miss. Apr., May.

• Common Names

  three-parted violet