Common Blue Violet
Scientific Name:Viola sororia


NOTES: Seeds have fatty appendages (elaiosomes) which attract ants that disperse seeds. Violets grow on all continents and are the larval host plant for Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies.

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Common Blue Violet
Genus species: Viola sororia
Common Name: Common Blue Violet
Family Name: Violaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs; leaves alternate, simple, entire to lobed, stipules conspicuous and often lobed or fringed; flowers bisexual, irregular, solitary; fruit a capsule.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Violet/Blue
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Backyard Habitat
Nature Playscape
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming.
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