Viola sororia

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Viola sororia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Genus: Viola
Species: V. sororia
Binomial name
Viola sororia
Willdenow

Common name: common blue violet

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Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

V. sororia can occur in ecosystems such as mixed hardwood forests, floodplain woodlands, pine palmetto forests, mesic hammocks, ravine slopes, and streambanks. It will also grow in disturbed areas such as roadsides or forest edges. V. sororia tends to grow in partly shaded conditions in mesic, sandy soils.[1]

Associated species include Viola rafinsquii, Micromeria, Anemone, Panicum, Sabatia, Quercus, Ulmus, Carpinus, Liquidambar, Viburnum, Serenoa repens, and Sabal palmetto.[1]

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, K. Craddock Burks, J. E. Fairey, Angus Gholson, Robert K. Godfrey, Gary R. Knight, Robert Kral, S. R. Harrison, O. Lakela, Sidney McDaniel, J. B. Nelson, B. W. Wells, Dorothy B. Wiggins, Ira L. Wiggins, and Baker Wilson. States and counties: Florida: Gadsden, Hillsborough, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Union, and Washington.