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|accepted_name=Viola palustris
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 934. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Northern marsh or marsh or swamp or alpine marsh violet;violette des marais
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Viola palustris subsp. brevipes
|authority=M. S. Baker
|rank=subspecies
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|name=V. palustris var. brevipes
|authority=(M. S. Baker) R. J. Davis
|rank=variety
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|name=V. palustris var. leimonia
|authority=J. K. Henry
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=V. palustris var. pensylvanica
|authority=Gingins
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=V. palustris subsp. pubifolia
|authority=Kuta
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Violaceae;Viola;Viola palustris
|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 palustris]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 112, 115, 130, 143
|treatment_page=page 142
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, acaulescent, stoloniferous, 3–21.5 cm; stolons pale, often rooting and leafy at nodes; rhizome slender, fleshy. <b>Leaves</b> basal, 2–4, ascending to erect; stipules linear-lanceolate, margins entire, apex acute; petiole 1–17 cm, glabrous; blade unlobed, reniform or ovate to orbiculate, 0.5–6.4 × 0.5–5.5 cm, ± as long as wide, base cordate, margins crenulate, eciliate, apex obtuse to acuminate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Peduncles</b> 2–20.7 cm, glabrous, bracteoles usually below middle in chasmogamous flowers. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals ovate or lanceolate, margins eciliate, auricles 1–2 mm; petals lilac, pale blue, or pale violet on both surfaces, sometimes nearly white and tinged with lilac, lowest and sometimes lateral 2 dark violet-veined, lateral 2 bearded or beardless, lowest 8–16 mm, spur usually same color as petals, gibbous, 1–3 mm; style head beardless; cleistogamous flowers on ascending peduncles. <b>Capsules</b> ellipsoid, 6–10 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown, 1–2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul.
|habitat=Marshes, swamps, fens, wet forests, stream banks, brushy places, lowlands to subalpine zones
|elevation=0–1800 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Maine;Mont.;Nev.;N.H.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p><i>Viola palustris</i> occurs in small colonies; individual plants are interconnected by stolons. When flowering, usually three or more leaves are present per caudex.</p><!--
--><p>M. Sorsa (1968) noted that in western North America <i>Viola palustris</i> specimens differ from European <i>V. palustris</i> plants and often show variation in character combinations. She stated (pers. comm.) that North American <i>V. palustris</i> is not a uniform entity.</p><!--
--><p>E. Hultén (1968) synonymized <i>Viola palustris</i> with <i>V. epipsila</i>, as did W. J. Cody (2000). G. W. Douglas et al. (1998–2002, vol. 5) recognized both species. We assume that <i>V. palustris</i> does not occur in Alaska; verification is needed. See additional discussion under 18a. <i>V. epipsila </i>var.<i> repens</i>.</p><!--
--><p>M. Sorsa (1968) indicated that <i>Viola palustris</i> var. brevipes has often been confused with <i>V. blanda</i> and that var. brevipes may have arisen from hybridization between a tetraploid and a diploid plant. Listed here in synonymy, var. brevipes may warrant recognition.</p><!--
--><p>Reports of <i>Viola palustris</i> from one location in Coconino County, Arizona, first collected in 1962, likely refer to <i>V. macloskeyi</i>.</p><!--
--><p><i>Viola palustris</i> hybridizes with <i>V. epipsila </i>var.<i> repens</i> (M. Sorsa 1968; T. Marcussen and T. Karlsson 2010).</p>
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name=Viola palustris
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Viola palustris subsp. brevipes;V. palustris var. brevipes;V. palustris var. leimonia;V. palustris var. pensylvanica;V. palustris subsp. pubifolia
|basionyms=
|family=Violaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul.
|habitat=Marshes, swamps, fens, wet forests, stream banks, brushy places, lowlands to subalpine zones
|elevation=0–1800 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Maine;Mont.;Nev.;N.H.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Viola
|species=Viola palustris
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