PLANTS Profile for Viola bicolor (field pansy)

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PLANTS Profile

Viola bicolor Pursh
field pansy

Symbol:

VIBI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Violaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Viola bicolor Pursh

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Synonyms:
Viola bicolor Pursh

	VIKI	Viola kitaibeliana auct. non Schult.
	VIKIR	Viola kitaibeliana Schult. var. rafinesquei (Greene) Fernald
	VIRA5	Viola rafinesquei Greene

Distribution:
Viola bicolor Pursh


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV), CAN (AB, BC, NT, ON, SK)

Related Taxa:
Viola bicolor Pursh

View 4 genera in Violaceae, 125 species in Viola

Classification:
Viola bicolor Pursh

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Violaceae – Violet family
Genus	Viola L. – violet
Species	Viola bicolor Pursh – field pansy

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Viola bicolor Pursh

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FAC

FACU

FAC

FACU

FAC-

FAC

UPL

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Viola bicolor Pursh

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Minor						Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Viola bicolor Pursh

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22047.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 12:14 AM CDT