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Viola palmata

At the University of Wrocław Botanical Garden

Close-up of leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Violaceae
Genus:	Viola
Species:	V. palmata
Binomial name
*Viola palmata* L.
Synonyms^[1]
List Viola congener Leconte Viola cucullata var. congener (Leconte) Torr. & A.Gray Viola cucullata var. palmata (L.) A.Gray Viola falcata Greene Viola ornithodes Greene Viola palmata f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield Viola palmata var. asarifolia House Viola palmata var. dilatata Elliott Viola palmata var. fragrans Elliott Viola palmata var. obliqua Hitchc. Viola palmata f. striata O.R.Willis Viola palmata var. triloba (Schwein.) Ging. Viola palmata var. variegata Stowell Viola palmata f. variegata (Stowell) E.L.Rand & Redfield Viola palmata var. vulgaris Elliott Viola triloba Schwein. Viola triloba f. albida Steyerm. Viola triloba f. annjoae Creutz Viola triloba var. dilatata (Elliott) Brainerd Viola triloba f. dilatata (Elliott) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Viola vespertilionis Greene

Viola palmata, the trilobed violet, early blue violet, or wood violet (names it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Violaceae.^[1] Viola palmata is native to southeastern Canada as well as the eastern half of the United States.^[2]^[3] Often confused with Viola triloba, V. palmata is a member of a class familiarly known as "blue stemless violets", characterized by its cleistogamous flowers on short prostrate peduncles, and often concealed under dead leaves or soil.^[4]