Plants 3–20 cm. Basal leaf-blades 0.5–3 [–3.5] × 0.9–3.5 [–5] cm. Flowers: sepals usually without purple stripe; lowest petal 6–10 mm. Seeds 1.5–2 mm. 2n = 12.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Montane and arctic regions, tundra, mesic alpine meadows, scree slopes, grassy places in shade of alders and willows, lake margins, granite outcrops, moist coniferous forests, along streams and falls in wet moss, alluvial soil, sand
Elevation: 40–3900 m
Distribution
B.C., Yukon, Alaska, Colo., c, s Europe, Asia (c), Asia (n China), Asia (ne India), Asia (Indonesia [n Sumatra]), Asia (Japan), Asia (North Korea), Asia (Malaysia), Asia (Mongolia), Asia (Pakistan), Asia (Philippines), Asia (Russia), Asia (Siberia), Asia (Taiwan)
Discussion
In North America, var. biflora occurs in Alaska (45–3300 m; PNW Herbaria Portal 2010), Yukon (1200–1500 m), and nine counties in central Colorado (1950–3850 m).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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puberulent +
not mottled +
acute;obtuse +
purple stripe +
narrowly lanceolate;oblong +
cordate +
overlapping +
alternate +
absent +
muriculate +
oblong-ovoid +
B.C. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Colo. +, c +, s Europe +, Asia (c) +, Asia (n China) +, Asia (ne India) +, Asia (Indonesia [n Sumatra]) +, Asia (Japan) +, Asia (North Korea) +, Asia (Malaysia) +, Asia (Mongolia) +, Asia (Pakistan) +, Asia (Philippines) +, Asia (Russia) +, Asia (Siberia) + and Asia (Taiwan) +
arillate +
glabrous +
0;5 +
spurred +
developed +
axillary +
absent +
cleistogamous +
loculicidal +
Montane and arctic regions, tundra, mesic alpine meadows, scree slopes, grassy places in shade of alders and willows, lake margins, granite outcrops, moist coniferous forests, along streams and falls in wet moss, alluvial soil, sand +
variously--shaped +
1(-3)[-5]-flowered +
axillary +
bearded +
bearded +
not leaflike +
alternate +
shorter +
unlobed +
larger +
showy +
not narrowed +
entire;erose +
purple stripe +
0.5mm;1mm +
protruding +
connivent +
syngenesious +
parietal +
superior +
surrounding +
anatropous +
8;75 +
not jointed +
glabrous +
imbricate +
unequal +
deep +
showy +
beardless +
glabrous +
[2-]3[-5]-carpellate +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
scapose +
deep-seated +
spreading +
fleshy +
arillate +
streaked with light and dark-brown +
purple +
glabrous +
6;75 +
ovoid;spherical +
hard +
entire +
subequal +
equal +
narrowly lanceolate;oblong +
longitudinal +
annual +
elongated +
gibbous +
connivent +
dehiscing +
lower +
leafy +
shallow +
deciduous +
withering +
erect;ascending +
glabrous +
1;3 +
thick +
adnate +
lanceolate;oblong;ovate;oblong;ovate;ovatelanceolate +
scapose +
thin +
beardless +
enlarged +
Viola biflora var. biflora +
Viola biflora +
variety +
perennial +