Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens
 
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Photos courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown Line Drawing |
| Botanical name: | Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens |
| Common name: | small white violet |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Violaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 1-5" |
| Foliage: | leaves heart shaped or round 1/2-3", deeply notched at base, blunt or round at apex; not as narrow as Viola blanda. |
| Flower: | flowers solitary, 1/4"-1/2", upper petals not twisted, lateral petals not angled forward (unlike V. blanda) |
| Flowering time: | late April to late May; cleistogamous fruit mid June |
| Habitat: | wet woods, cold streams, glades, often in shallow water |
| Range in New Jersey: | through north Jersey, and the Inner Coastal Plain |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Facultative wetland obligate Often confused with Viola blanda. V.��macloskeyi��has completely glabrous leaf blades and usually pubescent petioles. macloskeyi, after George Macloskie (1834-1920), naturalist, author, who was born in Ireland; Chair of Biology at Princeton University in 1874. |