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Viola langsdorfii langsdorfii (Alaska Violet)

Synonyms: Viola peduncularis (homotypic); Viola simulata; Viola superba

Wikipedia Abstract

Viola langsdorffii is a species of the Viola. It is a plant from rather stout creeping rootstocks, glabrous, the stems ascending 5-30 centimeters long. The Viola langsdorffii has leaves that are long-petioled, round-cordate, and anywhere from 2.5 to 4 centimeters broad, crenate; stipules foliaceous, lanceolate, the lower usually incised. The flowers are pale violet, with petals 12-16 millimeters long, the three lower white at base, the lateral pair bearded; spur very short and stout, as broad as long; the head of styles not bearded. The Alaskan and Aleutian specimens are more robust with petals 20 millimeters long.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [3]  Herb
Height [2]  3.937 inches (0.1 m)
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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0