Viola sororia Willdenow

Viola sororia Willdenow is an accepted species name sensu Ballard, 2020.

Hybrid parent of

Viola ×populifolia Greene.

Viola ×bernardii (Greene) Greene.

Vernacular names

• violette parente Marie-Victorin, 1995
• violette commune Lamoureux, 2002

• woolly blue violet FNA Ed. Comm., 2015
• blue prairie violet GRIN, 2010
• dooryard violet GRIN, 2010
• downy blue violet FNA Ed. Comm., 2015
• hooded blue violet Harms, 2006
• northern violet Klinkenberg, 2010+
• northern woodland violet Klinkenberg, 2010+

Synonyms

• Viola asarifolia Pursh Ballard, 2020
• Viola chalcosperma Brainerd FNA Ed. Comm., 2015
• Viola cucullata var. sororia (Willdenow) Torrey & A. Gray Ballard, 2020
• Viola cuspidata Greene Ballard, 2020
• Viola dicksonii Greene Ballard, 2020
• Viola floridana Brainerd FNA Ed. Comm., 2015
• Viola langloisii Greene
• Viola nodosa Greene Ballard, 2020
• Viola palmata var. asarifolia (Pursh) House Ballard, 2020
• Viola palmata var. sororia (Willdenow) Pollard Ballard, 2020
• Viola palmata var. variegata Stowell Ballard, 2020
• Viola priceana Pollard FNA Ed. Comm., 2015
• Viola rosacea Brainerd FNA Ed. Comm., 2015
• Viola sororia Willdenow subsp. sororia
• Viola sororia Willdenow var. sororia TROPICOS
• Viola sororia var. incognita J. Lacey Ballard, 2020
• Viola wilmattiae Pollard & Cockerell FNA Ed. Comm., 2015

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Rosanae
Order	Malpighiales
Family	Violaceae
Subfamily	Violoideae
Tribe	Violeae
Genus	Viola
Subgenus	Viola subg. Viola
Section	Viola sect. Nosphinium
Subsection	Viola subsect. Borealiamericanae
Species	Viola sororia

Habit

Herb