PLANTS Profile for Viola sagittata var. ovata (arrowleaf violet)

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Viola sagittata Aiton var. ovata (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray
arrowleaf violet

Symbol:

VISAO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Violaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Viola sagittata Aiton var. ovata (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

Viola fimbriatula

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 552. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Viola sagittata Aiton var. ovata (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Viola sagittata Aiton var. ovata (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

	VIAB2	Viola ×abundans House
	VIER2	Viola ×erratica House
	VIFI	Viola fimbriatula Sm.

Native Status:
Viola sagittata Aiton var. ovata (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Viola sagittata Aiton var. ovata (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

View 4 genera in Violaceae, 125 species in Viola, 2 varieties in Viola sagittata Aiton

Classification:
Viola sagittata Aiton var. ovata (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

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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 sagittata Aiton – arrowleaf violet
Variety	Viola sagittata Aiton var. ovata (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray – arrowleaf violet

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Viola sagittata Aiton var. ovata (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Wisconsin:
Viola fimbriatula
sand violet		Endangered

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 sagittata Aiton var. ovata (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

Viola sagittata:

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

FAC-,FACW

FACW

FACW-

FAC

FAC-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Viola sagittata Aiton var. ovata (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 541747.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 10:08 AM CDT