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Viola tricolor

Three-colour Violet

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.962549

Element CodePDVIO044Z0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusProvisional

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderViolales

FamilyViolaceae

GenusViola

Other Common Names

Johnny-jump-up (EN) Violette tricolore (FR)

Concept Reference

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2015. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 6. Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droserceae. Oxford University Press, New York. 496 pp + xxiv.

Taxonomic Comments

FNA (vol. 6, 2015) recognizes three varieties in Viola tricolor, with V. tricolor var. tricolor (= Kartesz's 1994 V. tricolor) in North America.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Mississippi	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Oklahoma	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNA	No
Florida	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Alaska	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Northwest Territories	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
Yukon Territory	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

New Hampshire (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Kinsman Mountain	White Mountain National Forest	8,999

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2015. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 6. Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droserceae. Oxford University Press, New York. 496 pp + xxiv.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.