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pointed at the apex, the margins toothed. Basal leaves numerous on long 



petioles. Flowers in the axils of the stem leaves, often appearing throughout 



the season from May to July, whitish with a bright-yellow eye, the upper 



petals more or less tinged with violet on the outside, the lower petal striped 



with fine, dark lines. 



In upland and mountainous forests, New Brunswick to Saskatchewan, 



south to South Carolina and Alabama. 



The Pale or Striped Violet (Viola striata Aiton) possesses less 

 ascending and more angular stems than V. c a n a d e n s i s, 6 to 1 2 inches 

 high when in flower; the flowers white or cream-colored, densely bearded 

 in the center. In low and shaded places, New York to Minnesota, south 

 to Georgia. 



American Dog Violet 



Viola conspersa Reichenbach 



Plate 142b 



Usually several stems ascending from an oblique, branched rootstock, 

 3 to 6 inches long at flowering time. Leaf blades orbicular, heart-shaped, 

 crenate-serrate on the margins, blunt, one-half to 2 inches wide, the upper 

 ones smaller and more pointed. Flowers numerous, usually pale violet 

 or rarely white, raised above the leaves on axillary stalks, 2 to 3 inches 

 long. 



Common in low ground or moist, shaded woods, Quebec to Minnesota, 



south to Georgia. Flowering from early spring until late in May. 



Closely related, but more dwarfed, with small, orbicular blades 

 and deep violet flowers is the Alpine Dog Violet (Viola labradorica 

 Schrank) occurring in New York only on the higher mountains of the 

 Adirondacks. 



The Sand Violet (Viola adunca J. E.Smith; V. subvestita 

 Greene) is finely puberulent, the stems only 2 to 6 inches long; leaf 

 blades ovate, one-half to 1 inch long, crenulate, blunt, subcordate; flowers 

 deep violet, with a straight, blunt spur about 3 lines long. Rather local in 

 sandy or sterile soil or on dry stony ridges, Quebec to Maine and westward. 



