HALBERD-LEAVED VIOLET 



Flowers. — White, beardless; the lower petals marked 

 with purple lines; spur short. 



This Violet is readily recognized by means of its long, 

 narrow leaves, which gradually taper into a long, 

 slender petiole. 



The white-petaled flowers are beardless, have a short 

 spur, and the lower petals are marked with purple 

 lines. In summer the plant sends out many stolons 

 that take root at short intervals and bear cleistogamous 

 flowers. It is an 

 eastern rather than 

 a western form. 



HALBERD-LEAVED 

 VIOLET 



Viola hastdta 



Perennial, having 

 stems, flowers yellow. 

 Open woods. Penn- 

 sylvania and Ohio to 

 Georgia and Alabama. 

 Frequent in northern 

 Ohio. Aprfl, May. 



Stem . — Rather 



smooth, slender, four Halberd-Leaved Violet. Viola hastita 



to ten mcnes high. 



Leaves. — Halberd-shaped or oblong, heart-shaped, slightly 

 serrate, acute, often mottled. 



Flowers. — Yellow, marked with dark lines; lateral petals 

 bearded; sepals linear, lanceolate, acute; spur short; 

 stipules ovate, small. 



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