. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 7. Viola missouriensis Greene. Missouri Violet. Fig. 2929. I'iola missouriensis Greene, Pittonia 4: 141. 1900. Glabrous, cespitose, the stout ascending rootstock often branching; leaves at vernal flowering 3'-6' high, the blades ovate-deltoid, cordate at base, often with concave upper margins; mature leaves 6-12' high, the blades 2i'-4' wide, as long as broad, acumina
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 7. Viola missouriensis Greene. Missouri Violet. Fig. 2929. I'iola missouriensis Greene, Pittonia 4: 141. 1900. Glabrous, cespitose, the stout ascending rootstock often branching; leaves at vernal flowering 3'-6' high, the blades ovate-deltoid, cordate at base, often with concave upper margins; mature leaves 6-12' high, the blades 2i'-4' wide, as long as broad, acuminate, rather coarsely crenate-serrate; corolla pale violet with a darker band above the white center, spurred petal gla- brous ; sepals lanceolate or ovate-oblong and obtuse, narrowly white-margined, slightly ciliolate; capsules from apetalous flowers broadly ellipsoid, finely dotted with brown, 5"-6" long; seeds bright buff, nearly i" long. River bottoms and low woods. Missouri and Ol;lahoma, south to Louisiana and Texas. April-May. 8. Viola sororia \Mlld. Woolly Blue Violet. Fig. 2930. Fiola sororia Willd. Enum. 263. 1809. Viola cuspidata Greene, Pittonia 3: 314. 1898. Rootstock stout, often branching; petioles and under surface of young leaves, and often the scapes, villous-pubescent; the blades ovate to orbicular or even reniform. with an obtuse short point, cordate. crenate-serrate, sometimes 4' wide when mature; corolla violet to lavender, and occasionally white; oiiter sepals ovate-oblong, commonly obtuse, all finely ciliate below the middle and on the short rounded auricles; cleistogamous flowers ovoid on short hori- zontal peduncles, usually underground, but length- ened and erect when the capsules ripen; capsules usually mottled with brown; seeds dark brown, i" long. Moist meadows, shady ledges and dooryards, western Quebec and New England to Minnesota, south to North Carolina and Oklahoma. Please note that these images are extracted from
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