Viola egglestonii Brainerd

Glade violet (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Violaceae > Viola

Characteristics

Plants perennial, acaulescent, not stoloniferous, 5–20 cm; rhizome thick, fleshy. Leaves basal, 3, prostrate to ascending; stipules linear-lanceolate, margins entire, apex acute; petiole 1.5–7 cm, usually glabrous; earliest leaf blades ± deltate or 3-lobed, mid-season blades 5–9-lobed, 1–9 × 1–10 cm, base truncate to cuneate, middle lobe lanceolate or spatulate to narrowly ovate, lateral lobes lanceolate or spatulate to falcate, margins serrate, sometimes with deltate or falcate appendages or teeth, ciliate, apex acute, surfaces usually glabrous, rarely pubescent. Peduncles 2–15 cm, usually glabrous, rarely pubescent. Flowers: sepals lanceolate to ovate, margins ciliate or eciliate, auricles 0.5–1 mm; petals light to dark blue-violet on both surfaces, lower 3 and sometimes upper 2 white basally, lower 3 darker violet-veined, lateral 2 densely bearded, lowest 10–15 mm, spur usually lilac, gibbous, 2–3 mm; style head beardless; cleistogamous flowers on prostrate peduncles. Capsules ellipsoid, 11–14 mm, glabrous. Seeds beige, mottled to bronze, 2–3 mm. 2n = 54.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.2
Root system rhizome
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment stratification
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Images

Viola egglestonii unspecified picture

Distribution

Viola egglestonii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:265889-2
WFO ID wfo-0001144624
COL ID 5BGPL
BDTFX ID -
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Viola egglestonii Viola septemloba subsp. egglestonii