Viola papilionacea

Common Name: 
common blue violet
Scientific Name: 
Viola papilionacea Pursh.
Family Name: 
Violaceae - Violet Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
native perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes
Stems
basal crown
Growth Habit of Common Blue Violet
Growth Habit of Common Blue Violet
Leaves
heart-shaped, hairless, long petioles, margins round, irregularly toothed
Leaves of Common Blue Violet
Leaves of Common Blue Violet
Flowers
5-petaled, purple or blue sometimes white, long stalked; cleistogamous flowers, inconspicuous near ground, self-pollinating, do not open
Seed Pods
three-sectioned capsule
Seedpods of Common Blue Violet