marsh blue violet - Species Profile
Conservation • Wetland • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Use • Distribution • Taxonomy
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
Sources
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
Subkingdom
Pteridobiotina
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
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
