Characteristics
Viola blanda Willd.
sweet white violet
Mesic hardwood and mixed coniferous-hardwood forests, mesic to wet-mesic forest openings, hummocks in swamps, swamp margins, and forested dirt roadsides.
Herbaceous
Perennial
Vascular
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Native FACW (NWPL EMP) FACW (NWPL NCNE) SNR (State Rank)
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Classification
Eudicots
Malpighiales
Viola blanda Willd. - sweet white violet
Citation
Viola blanda Willd.
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display its name.

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Plant Photos
Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Tompkins County, NY: 20 May 2022 -
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Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Tompkins County, NY: 20 May 2022 -
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Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Tompkins County, NY: 20 May 2022 -
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Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Tompkins County, NY: 20 May 2022 -
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Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Tompkins County, NY: 20 May 2022 -
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 6 May 2011 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 30 May 2011 - 1
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Photo by: Kimberly J. Smith - NYNHP/OPRHP. Photo taken: Cattaragus Co., NY: 16 May 2010 - 5
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