Viola palmata

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Viola palmata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Viola palmata, Linn. Fig. 3941. Rootstock stout, usually oblique rather than erect: first lvs. in spring sometimes less divided but later lvs. palmately 5-11-lobed or -parted, middle segm. largest, all of them variously toothed or cleft: fls. violet-purple, about 1/2 - 1 in. across; lateral petals bearded; sepals rather blunt, ovate-lanceolate; produces cleistogamous fls. on prostrate peduncles. Woodlands, Mass. to Minn. and to Fla. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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