| Botanical name: |
Viola brittoniana Pollard
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| Common
name: |
Northern coastal violet
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| Synonomy: |
Viola atlantica Britton
Viola palmata Britton
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| Group: |
Dicot
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| Family: |
Violaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
Ford/herb
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| Duration: |
Perennial
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| Plant
height: |
1.5-2 dm
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| Foliage: |
Leaf stalks and underside of
leaves smooth; early leaves may be toothed. Leaves are palmately
divided Lobes extend nearly to base of blade, the 5-9 lobes
linear-lanceolate, the middle lobe 3-divided
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| Flower
color: |
Rich violet with conspicuous white throat |
| Flower
size: |
1 to 1-1/2" wide |
| Flowering/fruiting time: |
Flowers late April to early June
Fruits, of cleistogenes, latae July to late August (Stone) |
| Habitat: |
Sandy or peaty soil |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
throughout southern NJ and the Middle district |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
S3 |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
USDA
lists as FAC (facultative): equally likely to occur in wetlands (estimated probability 34% - 66%) or non-wetlands..
Stone states that this "form of the cut-leaved group was first
recognized by Dr. N.L Britton, Director of the New York Botanic
Garden, formerly botanist to the New Jersey Geological Survey and
author of the Catalogue of New Jersey Plants, 1888" (567).
Variety brittoniana is listed by NJ Natural Heritage database as S3;
while variety pectinata is listed as SH (state historical). The
USDA plant database also shows two varieties; however many botanists
currently consider pectinata to be a forma of brittoniana rather than a
separate variety. (Boissiera 53:9-126. 1997).
Brittoniana for Nathaniel Lord Britton, 1859-1934 |
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| Sources |
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| *USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 554. |
