downy yellow violet

(Viola pubescens var. pubescens)

Conservation Status
downy yellow violet (var. pubescens)
 
  IUCN Red List

not listed

     
  NatureServe

N5 - Secure

SNR - Unranked

     
  Minnesota

not listed

     
           
Wetland Indicator Status
     
  Great Plains

FACU - Facultative upland

     
  Midwest

FACU - Facultative upland

     
  Northcentral & Northeast

FACU - Facultative upland

     
           
 
Description
 
 

Downy yellow violet (var. pubescens) rises on one or two stems.

There are usually no basal leaves, sometimes there is just a single basal leaf. The leaf blades are egg-shaped to kidney-shaped and have a broadly angled to straight (truncate) base. The upper and lower leaf surfaces are densely covered with minute, fine, short hairs, especially along the main veins. The leaf margin has 15 to 23 teeth per side. The upper leaf stipules are herbaceous, broadly egg-shaped, and broadly angled at the tip.

The flowering stem is conspicuously hairy.

 
     
 

Height

 
 

4 to 18

 
     
 

Flower Color

 
 

Yellow

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
 

Smooth yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula) rises on usually three or more stems. There are usually 1 to 4 basal leaves. The leaf blades are heart-shaped to broadly egg-shaped and have a heart-shaped base. The upper and lower leaf surfaces are hairless or sparsely hairy . The leaf blade has 8 to 15 teeth per side. The upper leaf stipules are semi-herbaceous, ance-shaped, and narrowly angled at the tip. The flowering stem is hairless or has hairs in longitudinal lines.

 
     
 
Habitat
 
 

Dry. Woods, forests.

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Flowering

 
 

April to June

 
     
 

Pests and Diseases

 
 

 

 
     
 
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Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

3, 4, 7, 28, 29, 30.

 
  4/11/2023      
         
 

Nativity

 
 

Native

 
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

 

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Plantae (green algae and land plants)  
  Subkingdom Viridiplantae (green plants)  
  Infrakingdom Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)  
  Superdivision Embryophyta (land plants)  
  Division Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  
  Subdivision Spermatophytina (seed plants)  
  Class Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)  
  Superorder Rosanae  
 

Order

Malpighiales (nances, willows, and allies)  
 

Family

Violaceae (violet)  
  Subfamily Violoideae  
  Tribe Violeae  
  Genus Viola (violets)  
  Subgenus Viola (pansies and violets)  
  Section Chamaemelanium  
  Subsection Nudicaules  
  Species Viola pubescens (downy yellow violet)  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

 

 
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

 

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

downy yellow violet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary

Stipule

A small, leaf-like, scale-like, glandular, or rarely spiny appendage found at the base of a leaf stalk, usually occurring in pairs and usually dropping soon.

 

 
 
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