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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Viola sagittata
|accepted_authority=Aiton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hort. Kew.
|place=3: 287. 1789
|year=1789
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Violaceae;Viola;Viola sagittata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Violaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Viola]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Viola sagittata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 111, 114, 115, 116, 139, 156
|treatment_page=page 155
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>perennial, acaulescent, not stoloniferous, 5–50 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome width;rhizome texture">rhizome thick, fleshy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position;leaf quantity;leaf orientation"><b>Leaves </b>basal, 4–8, ascending to erect;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="margin architecture or shape;apex shape">stipules linearlanceolate, margins entire, apex acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petiole some measurement;petiole pubescence;petiole pubescence">petiole 2–13 cm, glabrous or pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade lobe architecture or shape;blade lobe pubescence;blade lobe pubescence;earliest blade shape;earliest blade shape;earliest blade character;earliest blade character;earliest blade shape;earliest base shape;earliest base shape;earliest base shape;earliest base arrangement or shape;earliest base shape;earliest base shape;earliest base shape;earliest base shape;earliest base character;earliest base character;earliest base shape;earliest margin shape;earliest margin shape;earliest margin shape;earliest margin arrangement or shape;earliest margin shape;earliest margin shape;earliest margin shape;earliest margin shape;earliest margin shape;earliest margin shape;earliest margin shape;earliest margin shape;earliest margin shape;earliest margin character;earliest margin character;earliest margin shape;apex shape;surface pubescence;surface pubescence">middle and lateral blade lobes differ in width and/or shape, earliest blades ovate to elliptic, mid-season blades ovate, elliptic, narrowly elliptic to narrowly deltate, 1–8 × 1–5 cm, incised or lobed at base only, base sagittate or hastate, truncate, attenuate, or ± cordate, margins crenate or serrate, ciliate or eciliate, apex acute, surfaces glabrous or pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="peduncle some measurement;peduncle pubescence;peduncle pubescence"><b>Peduncles </b>3–15 cm, glabrous or pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal shape;margin pubescence;margin pubescence;auricle some measurement"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals lanceolate to ovate, margins ciliate or eciliate, auricles 2–3 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal coloration;petal position;petal quantity;petal coloration;petal position;petal coloration;petal position;petal quantity;petal pubescence;spur position;spur some measurement;lowest petal pubescence;spur coloration;spur shape;spur some measurement">petals light to dark violet on both surfaces, lower 3 white basally, lowest dark violet-veined, lateral 2 densely bearded, spur on lowest petal occasionally bearded, lowest 10–15 mm, spur light to dark violet, gibbous, 2–3 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="style head pubescence">style head beardless;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower reproduction;peduncle orientation;peduncle orientation;peduncle orientation">cleistogamous flowers on prostrate, ascending, or erect peduncles.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule some measurement;capsule pubescence"><b>Capsules </b>ellipsoid, 10–14 mm, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="seed coloration;seed coloration;seed some measurement"><b>Seeds </b>beige, mottled to bronze, 1.3–2.5 mm.</span><!--

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|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;D.C.;Del.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).</p>
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|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Mid-season leaf blades: base sagittate, hastate, or ± cordate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent; sepal margins eciliate.
|[[Viola sagittata var. sagittata|Viola sagittata var. sagittata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Mid-season leaf blades: base truncate, attenuate, slightly sagittate or hastate, or ± cordate, surfaces usually densely pubescent; sepal margins ciliate.
|[[Viola sagittata var. ovata|Viola sagittata var. ovata]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Viola sagittata
|authority=Aiton
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Violaceae
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;D.C.;Del.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Hort. Kew.
|publication year=1789
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V6/V6_277.xml
|genus=Viola
|species=Viola sagittata
|apex shape=acute;acute
|auricle some measurement=2mm;3mm
|blade lobe architecture or shape=serrate
|blade lobe pubescence=eciliate;ciliate
|capsule pubescence=glabrous
|capsule shape=ellipsoid
|capsule some measurement=10mm;14mm
|earliest base arrangement or shape=elliptic
|earliest base character=shape;width
|earliest base shape=crenate;lobed;incised;deltate;elliptic;ovate;elliptic;ovate
|earliest blade character=shape;width
|earliest blade shape=crenate;elliptic;ovate
|earliest margin arrangement or shape=elliptic
|earliest margin character=shape;width
|earliest margin shape=crenate;cordate;attenuate;truncate;hastate;sagittate;lobed;incised;deltate;elliptic;ovate;elliptic;ovate
|flower reproduction=cleistogamous
|leaf orientation=ascending;erect
|leaf position=basal
|leaf quantity=4;8
|lowest petal pubescence=bearded
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin pubescence=eciliate;ciliate
|peduncle orientation=erect;ascending;prostrate
|peduncle pubescence=pubescent;glabrous
|peduncle some measurement=3cm;15cm
|petal coloration=dark violet-veined;white;light;dark violet
|petal position=lateral;lowest;lower
|petal pubescence=bearded
|petal quantity=2;3
|petiole pubescence=pubescent;glabrous
|petiole some measurement=2cm;13cm
|rhizome texture=fleshy
|rhizome width=thick
|seed coloration=mottled;bronze
|seed some measurement=1.3mm;2.5mm
|sepal shape=lanceolate;ovate
|spur coloration=light;dark violet
|spur position=lowest
|spur shape=gibbous
|spur some measurement=2mm;3mm
|style head pubescence=beardless
|surface pubescence=pubescent;glabrous
|whole_organism architecture=not stoloniferous;acaulescent
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism some measurement=5cm;50cm
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