Biology:Viola eriocarpa

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Viola eriocarpa
Mary Vaux Walcott - Smooth Yellow Violet (Viola eriocarpa) - 1970.355.562 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg
Botanical illustration by Mary Vaux Walcott
Viola pubescens scabriuscula FWS-2.jpg
Extreme close-up of flower
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species:
V. eriocarpa
Binomial name
Viola eriocarpa
Synonyms[1]

Viola eriocarpa (syn. Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula), the smooth yellow violet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Violaceae.[2] It is native to Canada and the United States east of the Rockies.[1] A perennial of forests, it prefers very rich soils.[2] It is extremely difficult to distinguish from Viola pubescens unless both are examined together.[2]

Description

Viola eriocarpa grows up to 35cm tall and has cauline leaves dispersed along its stem. It has golden petals with black lines at the base of them.[3]

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