Here are just a few of the many violets that grow in northern Indiana. Identification and nomenclature are debated at every turn, so please feel free to chip away at these identifications - I can always play the amateur card. One thing I would never do is debate the ID of a blue violet with basal, cordate leaves. Doing so would be an exercise in futility.
Viola sagittata - Arrow-Leaved Violet
Viola lanceolata - Lance-Leaved Violet
Viola palmata - Lobed Violet
Viola pubescens - Yellow Violet
Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
Viola pallens or V. incognita - Smooth or Hairy White Violet
Viola conspersa - Dog Violet
Viola pedata - Bird's Foot Violet
Viola canadensis - Canada Violet
Viola striata - Cream Violet
Viola rostrata - Long-Spurred Violet
2 comments:
Nice images, and I'd always thought Violets were blue.
Thanks for a great source to compare viola I find in the local Forest Preserve! Great pictures too! John
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