Viola pedatifida

Viola pedatifida
Prairie violet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species: V. pedatifida
Binomial name
Viola pedatifida
G.Don

Viola pedatifida (Prairie violet, Crow-foot violet, larkspur violet, purple prairie violet, coastal violet; syn. Viola pedatifida subsp. brittoniana (Pollard) L. E. McKinney, Viola pedatifida G. Don subsp. pedatifida,[1] Viola palmata L. var. pedatifida (G.Don) Cronquist[2]) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Violet family (Violaceae). It is 4-8in. (10–20 cm) tall with pale purple flowers and deeply divided leaves. Prairie violet is native to North America.[3]

The specific epithet pedatifida means "pedately-cleft" in botanical Latin, in reference to the leaves, which look like a bird's foot with the outer toes again parted. Prairie violet was described for science in 1831 by the Scottish botanist George Don (1798–1856)[4]

References

  1. ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  2. ^ Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  3. ^ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  4. ^ Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Retrieved 2010-03-12.


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