Marsh blue violet

(Viola cucullata)

Information

marsh blue violet - Species Profile

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Conservation Status

IUCN Red List

not listed

NatureServe

NNR - Unranked
SNR - Unranked

Minnesota

not listed

Wetland Indicator Status

Midwest

OBL - Obligate wetland

Northcentral & Northeast

OBL - Obligate wetland

Description

The flowers rise from the ground on leafless stalks.

Height

Up to 8

Flower Color

Light violet to white

Similar Species

 

Habitat

Wet. Meadows, woods, bogs, swamps.

Ecology

Flowering

April to June

Pests and Diseases

 

Use

 

Distribution

Distribution Map
7/25/2023

Sources

2, 3, 5, 7, 24, 28, 30, 83.

Biodiversity occurrence data published by: Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas (accessed through the Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Portal, bellatlas.umn.edu. Accessed 7/25/2023).

Midwest Herbaria Portal. 2026. https://midwestherbaria.org/portal/index.php. Accessed 7/25/2023.

Viola cucullata Aiton in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org. Accessed 7/25/2023.

Nativity

Native

Occurrence

Common

Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae (Plants)

Subkingdom

Pteridobiotina

Phylum

Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)

Class

Magnoliopsida (Dicots)

Order

Malpighiales (Nances, Willows, and Allies)

Family

Violaceae (Violet)

Subfamily

Violoideae

Tribe

Violeae

Genus

Viola (Violets)

Subgenus

Viola (Pansies and Violets)

Section

Nosphinium

Subsection

Borealiamericanae (Eastern American Blue Violets)

Subordinate Taxa

 

Synonyms

Viola asarifolia

Viola barbata

Viola canina var. nemoralis

Viola caricetorum

Viola ciliata

Viola consors

Viola cordata

Viola cucullata var. cordata

Viola cucullata var. cordiformis

Viola cucullata var. glaberrima

Viola cucullata var. hispidula

Viola cucullata var. leptosepala

Viola cucullata var. macrotis

Viola cucullata var. microtitis

Viola cucullata var. minor

Viola cucullata var. obliqua

Viola cucullata var. reniformis

Viola cucullata var. striata

Viola cucullata var. thurstonii

Viola fontana

Viola induta

Viola leptosepala

Viola macrotis

Viola mesochora

Viola obliqua

Viola oconensis

Viola pachyrhizoma

Viola palmata var. cucullata

Viola palmata var. obliqua

Viola primulifolia var. cordata

Viola prionosepala

Viola resupinata

Common Names

blue marsh violet

hooded blue violet

hooded violet

marsh blue violet

purple violet

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Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata)
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5/25/2026

marsh blue violet

Location: Lake Shore, MN

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