WILD FLOWERS OF NEW YORK l8l 



Open bogs, marshes and moist meadows, Nova Scotia to Minnesota 



and southward. Flowering in May and June or sometimes as early as the 



latter part of April. 



The Round-leaved Yellow Violet (Viola rotundifolia 

 Michaux) possesses oval or orbicular, blunt leaves, heart-shaped with 

 repand-crenulate margins; at flowering time about I inch wide; in mid- 

 summer 2 to 4 inches wide and flat upon the ground; flowers bright yellow, 

 the three lower petals with brown lines. In cold woods, Maine to Ontario, 

 south to Georgia. Very common in the Adirondack and Catskill mountains. 

 In other parts of the State rather rare or local. 



Smoothish Yellow Violet 

 Viola eri oca r pa Schweinitz 



Plate 134b 



Commonly with two to four ascending stems from a single rootstock. 

 Basal leaves often several, long petioled with ovate to reniform blades, 

 smooth except for minute pubescence on the upper part of the stem and 

 on the lower leaf surfaces along the veins; the stems bearing one to three 

 short-petioled leaves, each broadly ovate, slightly heart-shaped at the 

 base and long pointed at the apex, the uppermost ones smaller and nearly 

 sessile. Flowers in the upper axils, yellow, the lateral petals bearded. 

 Fruiting capsules ovoid, woolly white or rarely nearly smooth; seeds brown. 



In low, open, moist woods, Nova Scotia to Manitoba, south to Georgia 



and Texas. Flowering in May and June. 



The closely related Hairy or Downy Yellow Violet (Viola 

 pubescens Aiton) is softly pubescent throughout ; stems usually but 

 one from a rootstock ; usually without basal leaves, but bearing one to three 

 leaves on the stem, which are broadly ovate or reniform. In dry, rich 

 woods, Nova Scotia to Dakota, south to Virginia and Missouri. 



Canada Violet 



Viola canadensis Linnaeus 



Plate 141 



Stems 6 to 18 inches high, usually several or many together from a 

 perennial root, smooth or nearly so. Leaves broadly ovate, heart-shaped, 



