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Photo by Jacob Gorneau
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42.3498, -74.0187

Field Notes

Description:

A very ornate Viola species. Any ID help would be greatly appreciated.

Habitat:

Found near Bloodroot.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

Thank you very much, John! I was really wondering about this one! That looks just like it! You can suggest an identification if you would like.
This is a bizarre plant. It took a bit of research to come up with a likely suspect. Violets with notched petals are uncommon even outside this country, and I've never seen an individual with basically cleft parts like this. Based on the photograph, a positive ID is probably impossible (at least from me, I'm not a Viola specialist), but I believe this is some variety, forma, or defective individual of Viola renifolia. The leaves might provide a positive ID, but unfortunately, these were yet unfurled. Still, they have the same general appearance and the flower structure is the same as well - apart from the cleft petals and dull lip-vein coloring. Anyway, cool plant! That's not one you see every day.

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