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|accepted_name=Viola blanda
|accepted_authority=Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hort. Berol.
|place=1(2): plate 24. 1804
|year=1804
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|common_names=Sweet white violet;violette agréable
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Viola blanda var. palustriformis
|authority=A. Gray
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|name=V. incognita
|authority=G. Don
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|name=V. incognita var. forbesii
|authority=Brainerd
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|name=V. leconteana
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Violaceae;Viola;Viola blanda
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Violaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Viola]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Viola blanda]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 111, 115, 125, 128, 130, 143, 148
|treatment_page=page 124
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, acaulescent, stoloniferous, 3–20 cm; stolons pale, often rooting and leafy at nodes; rhizome short, slender, fleshy. <b>Leaves</b> basal, 2–9, prostrate to ascending; stipules linear-lanceolate, margins entire, apex acute; petiole 2–11 cm, usually sparsely pubescent; blade unlobed, reniform to ovate, 2–4 × 2–4 cm, base cordate, lobes often overlapping, margins serrate, ciliate or eciliate, apex rounded or acute to acuminate, surfaces sometimes glabrous, usually sparsely pubescent adaxially. <b>Peduncles</b> 3–11 cm, glabrous or pubescent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals lanceolate to ovate, margins mostly eciliate, auricles 1–2 mm; petals white on both surfaces, lower 3 purple-veined, lateral 2 usually beardless, lowest 8–10 mm, spur white, gibbous, 1–2 mm; style head beardless; cleistogamous flowers axillary. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid to ellipsoid, 4–6 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> beige to bronze, 1.5–2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 44, 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Rich woods
|elevation=30–2000 m
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Viola blanda</i> occurs in small colonies; individual plants are interconnected by stolons.</p><!--
--><p>Whether to recognize <i>Viola</i> incognita at any taxonomic level is currently unresolved. It is said to have pubescent</p><!--
--><p>leaf blades, greenish peduncles, nontwisted lateral petals, and a preference for moister habitats. Most of these characters fall within the range of variation observed in <i>V. blanda</i>.</p><!--
--><p>N. H. Russell (1965) noted that <i>Viola</i> incognita is principally found in glaciated areas whereas <i>V. blanda</i> is found in nonglaciated areas. Á. Löve and D. Löve (1982b) and J. M. Canne (1987) reported a chromosome count of 2n = 44; J. Clausen (1929) and A. Gershoy (1934) reported 2n = 48. V. B. Baird (1942) reported that <i>V. blanda</i> (and V. incognita) have fragrant flowers.</p>
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name=Viola blanda
|author=
|authority=Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Viola blanda var. palustriformis;V. incognita;V. incognita var. forbesii;V. leconteana
|basionyms=
|family=Violaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Rich woods
|elevation=30–2000 m
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Hort. Berol.
|publication year=1804
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_204.xml
|genus=Viola
|species=Viola blanda
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