Sweet White Violet

Viola blanda

''Viola blanda'', commonly called the sweet white violet, is a flowering perennial plant in the Violet family . It is native to parts of south-eastern and south-central Canada and the eastern, and north-central, United States. Its natural habitat is in cool, mesic forests.
Sweet White Violet - Viola blanda Habitat: Growing near a stream in a mesic, hardwood forest https://www.jungledragon.com/image/146887/small_white_violet_-_viola_macloskeyi.html Geotagged,Spring,United States,Viola blanda,viola,violet

Appearance

The sweet white violet grows from 6 to 12 inches high. They grow small white flowers in spring and early summer. The lower petals have purple veins. The upper petals are often twisted or bent backwards. The stalks are a reddish tinged. They grow 1-2 inch long heart shaped leaves with a few scattered hairs.

The white violet has demonstrated a weak ability to respond to climate change by shifting its flowering time in some areas of its range.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderMalpighiales
FamilyViolaceae
GenusViola
SpeciesV. blanda
Photographed in
United States of America