View source for Viola primulifolia

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|accepted_name=Viola primulifolia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 934. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Violaceae;Viola;Viola primulifolia
|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 primulifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 115
|treatment_page=page 148
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, acaulescent, stoloniferous, (3–)5–20(–36) cm; stolons pale, often rooting and leafy at nodes; rhizome thick or slender, fleshy. <b>Leaves</b> basal, 4–8, prostrate to ascending; stipules linear-lanceolate, margins ± crenate-serrate, sometimes glandular, apex acute; petiole (1–)3–13(–29) cm, glabrous or pubescent; blade unlobed, elliptic to narrowly or broadly ovate, (1.5–)3–7(–9) × 1–3(–3.5) cm, longer than wide, base broadly cordate to attenuate, rarely ± truncate, margins crenulate to serrulate, sometimes glandular, mostly eciliate, apex acute to rounded, mucronulate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent. <b>Peduncles</b> (3–)6–18(–28) cm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals lanceolate to ovate, margins usually eciliate, auricles 1–2 mm; petals white on both surfaces, lower 3 purple-veined, lateral 2 bearded or beardless, lowest 9–14(–16) mm, spur white, gibbous, 1–2 mm; style head beardless; cleistogamous flowers present or absent. <b>Capsules</b> ellipsoid, (5–)8–9 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> beige to bronze, 1.5–2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;D.C.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;N.C.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Vt.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Viola primulifolia</i> occurs in small colonies; individual plants are interconnected by stolons.</p>
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades elliptic to widely ovate, base broadly cordate to attenuate, surfaces sparsely pubescent, rarely glabrous; cleistogamous flowers present; c, e United States.
|[[Viola primulifolia var. primulifolia|Viola primulifolia var. primulifolia]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades elliptic to narrowly ovate, base usually attenuate, rarely ± truncate, surfaces glabrous, rarely pubescent; cleistogamous flowers absent; nw California, sw Oregon.
|[[Viola primulifolia var. occidentalis|Viola primulifolia var. occidentalis]]
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name=Viola primulifolia
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Violaceae
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;D.C.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;N.C.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Vt.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_258.xml
|genus=Viola
|species=Viola primulifolia
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