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Hooked-Spur Violet (Western Dog Violet, Sand Violet) (Viola adunca): Images

Date Location Notes Images
May 17, 2012 Southeastern, New Hampshire One of the few purple violet species where the leaves and flower stalks grow out of a stem (rather than out of the ground). Notice that this plant and its leaves are very small compared to Viola sororia (for example).
  • Leafy aerial stems with flower stalk arising from leaf axil.
  • Plant perennial from rhizomes.
  • Petals violet, sepals not ciliate -- not hairy on the sepal margin.
  • Spur 2.8 - 7 mm long.
  • Leaf petioles distinctly winged. Leaf blades ovate to triangular in shape. Back of leaf blades has some hairs. Style has a bent tip that is as long as the diameter of the style.