Taxon: Viola sororia Willd. var. sororia

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See other conspecific taxa:

• Viola sororia (21 accessions)
• Viola sororia var. affinis (no accessions)
• Viola sororia var. missouriensis (1 accessions)
• Viola sororia var. novae-angliae (no accessions)

Common names:

• Confederate violet   (Source: Hortus 3 [as V. sororia f. priceana]) – English
  
• northern blue violet   (Source: Hortus 3 [as V. septentrionalis]) – English
  
• northern bog violet   (Source: Hortus 3 [as V. nephrophylla]) – English
  
• ögonviol   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Montana
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California

References:

• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• McKinney, L. E. & N. H. Russell. 2002. Violaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 67:378.
• McKinney, L. E. 1992. A taxonomic revision of the acaulescent blue violets (Viola) of North America.

Synonyms:

• (=) Viola nephrophylla Greene
  
• (=) Viola papilionacea Pursh
  
• (=) Viola papilionacea f. albiflora Grover
  
• (=) Viola papilionacea var. priceana (Pollard) Alexander
  
• (=) Viola pratincola Greene
  
• (=) Viola priceana Pollard
  
• (=) Viola septentrionalis Greene
  
• (=) Viola sororia f. priceana (Pollard) Cooperr.
  

Check other web resources for Viola sororia Willd. var. sororia:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Images:

• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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