Violaceae - violet family
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Mount Desert Island is home to 8 species in 1 genus. If you already know what violet you have or are interested in learning about, click on the appropriate link below. Otherwise, examine the table below for help with identification.
Viola (8 species)
Viola adunca - hook-spurred violet (rare [see note 1 at bottom of page])
Viola blanda - sweet white violet (uncommon)
Viola cucullata - blue marsh violet (occasional)
Viola lanceolata - lance-leaved violet (occasional)
Viola pallens - smooth white violet (occasional)
Viola primulifolia - primrose-leaved violet (rare)
Viola sagittata - arrowhead violet (uncommon)
Viola sororia - woolly blue violet (occasional)
Viola (violet)
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| red font = unique character state or nearly so | leafy aerial stem | leaf base | petal color | sepal margins | spurred petal pubescence | lateral petal pubescence | hair type |
| V. adunca | present | broad-cuneate to subcordate | purple | eciliate | glabrous | pubescent | ? |
| V. blanda | absent | broad cordate-ovate (to cordate-orbicular) | white | eciliate | glabrous | glabrous or pubescent | rounded at apex |
| V. cucullata | absent | cordate-ovate to cordate-triangular | purple | eciliate | glabrous | pubescent | rounded or knob-shpaed at apex |
| V. lanceolata | absent | narrow-elliptic to lanceolate | white | eciliate | glabrous | glabrous | n/a |
| V. pallens | absent | cordate-ovate to cordate-orbicular | white | eciliate | glabrous | glabrous or with a few hairs | ? |
| V. primulifolia | absent | oblong or narrow-ovate | white | eciliate | glabrous | glabrous | n/a |
| V. sagittata | absent | ovate to ovate-oblong or lanceolate to long-triangular | purple | ciliate or eciliate | pubescent | pubescent | tapering to apex |
| V. sororia | absent | broadly cordate-ovate | purple | ciliate | pubescent or sometimes glabrous | pubescent | tapering to apex |
Viola adunca (hook-spurred violet) - [information to be added]
Viola blanda (sweet white violet) - [information to be added]
Viola cucullata (blue marsh violet) - [information to be added]
Viola lanceolata (lance-leaved violet) - [information to be added]
Viola pallens (smooth white violet) - [information to be added]
Viola primulifolia (primrose-leaved violet) - [information to be added]
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Viola sagittata (arrowhead violet) - [information to be added]
Viola sororia (woolly blue violet) - [information to be added]
Note:
1. Frequency designations are from the paper “Vascular flora of the Acadia National Park region, Maine” by Craig W. Greene, Linda L. Gregory, Glen H. Mittelhauser, Sally C. Rooney, and Jill E. Weber, published in the spring 2005 issue (vol. 107, No. 930) of Rhodora: Journal of the New England Botanical Club.