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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Viola hastata
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=2: 149. 1803
|year=1803
}}
|common_names=Halberd-leaved or halberdleaf yellow violet
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Violaceae;Viola;Viola hastata
|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 hastata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 112, 117
|treatment_page=page 133
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, caulescent, not stoloniferous, 5–30 cm. <b>Stems</b> 1(–2), erect, leafless proximally, leafy distally, glabrous or sparsely puberulent, from fleshy rhizome. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; basal: 0–1; stipules ovate to lanceolate, margins laciniate with gland-tipped projections, apex usually acuminate; petiole 3–11.5 cm, usually glabrous; blade sometimes gray-green abaxially, usually mottled light green adaxially, widely or narrowly hastate to ovate, 2.5–4.4 × 1.8–3.2 cm, base hastate to cordate or truncate, margins serrate or crenate, ciliate or eciliate, apex acute, surfaces usually glabrous, sometimes scabrous; cauline similar to basal except: leaves usually restricted to distal ends of naked stems; petiole 1–2.5 cm; blade 2–10 × 1.1–4.5 cm. <b>Peduncles</b> 1–5.3 cm, usually glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals lanceolate to ovate, margins mostly eciliate, auricles 0.5–1 mm; petals lemon-yellow usually on both surfaces, lower 3 and sometimes upper 2 brownish purple-veined, lateral 2 bearded, lowest 9.5–12 mm, spur yellow to greenish, gibbous, 0.5–2 mm; style head bearded; cleistogamous flowers axillary. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid to ellipsoid, 6–8 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> beige to bronze, 2–2.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late Mar–May.
|habitat=Rich woods, chiefly mountains and piedmont
|elevation=50–2000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;Md.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>V. B. Baird (1942) commented that <i>Viola hastata</i> is more closely related to <i>V. glabella</i> than to any eastern species.</p>
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name=Viola hastata
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Violaceae
|phenology=Flowering late Mar–May.
|habitat=Rich woods, chiefly mountains and piedmont
|elevation=50–2000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;Md.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1803
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Viola
|species=Viola hastata
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