Viola cucullata

Viola cucullata

Taxobox
name = "Viola cucullata"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Violaceae
genus = "Viola"
species = "V. cucullata"
binomial = "Viola cucullata"
binomial_authority = Aiton

"Viola cucullata" (Hooded Blue Violet, Marsh Blue Violet or Purple Violet) is a species of the genus "Viola" native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Georgia. [Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?41706 "Viola cucullata"] ]

It is a low-growing perennial herbaceous plant up to 20 cm tall. The leaves form a basal cluster; they are simple, up to 10 cm broad, with an entire margin and a long petiole. The flowers are violet, occasionally white, with five petals. The fruit is a capsule 10–15 mm long, which splits into three sections at maturity to release the numerous small seeds. [Northern Ontario Plant Database: [http://www.northernontarioflora.ca/description.cfm?speciesid=1004498 "Viola cucullata"] ]

The purple violet is the provincial flower of New Brunswick. [cite book | author=Blanchan, Neltje | title=Wild Flowers Worth Knowing | year=2005 | publisher=Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]

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