Viola affinis Le Conte

Detail
- Family
- Violaceae
- Botanical Name
- Viola affinis Le Conte
- Common Name
- LeConte's Violet, Sand Violet
- Synonym(s)
- Viola palmata L., in part
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Viola affinis Le Conte
- Comments
- McKinney (1992) considers this species to be a variety of V. sororia restricted to the far north and western U.S. He considers our plants to be referable to V. sororia var. missouriensis. As interpreted here, the name is applied to wetland plants, generally glabrescent and having leaves longer than wide. For the time being, we follow the long held traditional view found in most current manuals.
- Habitat
- Floodplain forests, alluvial swamps, seepage swamps, and stream banks; also, apparently in cove forests and mesic high-elevation forests. Frequent to common throughout.
- Native Status
- Native
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