Viola cucullata - (image 1 of 5)
Taxonomy
Family: Violaceae
Habitat
Swamps, bogs, in shade or sun. Usually in shallow water or on springy ground.
Associates
Have often found this species with marsh marigold, skunk cabbage, swamp saxifrage, swamp buttercup, and royal fern.
Distribution
MN south through MS, and all states to the east and north into Canada.
Morphology
Herbaceous perennial from a short, branched rhizome; glabrous throughout. Leaves all basal, crenate-serrate, cordate at base, short acuminate, held at an angle to ascending petioles. Flowers on long, slender peduncles, violet to white, lateral petal spreading and densely bearded with hairs under 1mm.
Notes
Flowers April to June
Wetland indicator: Facultative Wetland +
An attractive species that produces abundant flowers on long peduncles. Frequent in shallow water amongst sedge hummocks in swamps of central NY.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
USDA, NRCS. 2002. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov).
National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
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