Lance-leaved Violet

(Viola lanceolata)

 

   

 

Color Photograph: U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Lance-leaved Violet (Viola lanceolata L.)

Identification: Leaves basal and flowers on separate stalks. Flowers white with a little violet at the center. Flower stalks long. Leaves thin, elongate, tapering into a long petiole.

Distribution: Throughout eastern North America. Also occurs in the Pacific Northwest.

Habitat: Lance-leaved Violet is found in bogs, marshes, and other wet habitats.

Flowering period: April to June.

Similar Species: The long, lance-shaped leaves and white flowers are distinctive for this species.

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