Viola pedatifida

Prairie violet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Violaceae
Genus:Viola
Species: V. pedatifida
Binomial name
Viola pedatifida

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. ↑ "Viola pedatifida". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 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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