Viola rotundifolia

Viola rotundifolia
Conservation status

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species: V. rotundifolia
Binomial name
Viola rotundifolia
Michx.

Viola rotundifolia, common name Roundleaf yellow violet, is a plant species of the genus Viola.[1] It is found in mesic habitat areas of the eastern United States and Canada; from Tennessee and Kentucky south to Georgia. It grows 2 to 4 inches tall with leaves and flowers on separate stalks.[2]

References

  1. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VIRO2
  2. Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 102, ISBN 978-1-55105-428-5
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