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The Violets of Ohio. 
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18. Spurred petal glabrous; flowers, violet to lavender. V. sororia (18). 
18. .Spurred petal with scattered hairs; petals reddish purple. 
V. hirsutula (17). 
19. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate not incised at the base. 
V. fimbriatula (22). 
19. Leaves sagittate or ovate-sagittate, incised or deeply dentate toward 
the base. 20. 
20. Leaves sagittate-lanceolate or ovate-sagittate; basal lobes often 
dilated and incised. V. sagittata (23). 
20. Leaves deltoid sagittate, sharply dentate below the middle. 
V. emarginata (21). 
21. Leaves sagittate-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate in outline, only slightly 
lobed at the base. V. sagittata (23). 
21. Leaves ovate or orbicular in outline usually deeply lobed or 
dissected. 22. 
22. Lateral petals bearded; stigma with a conical beak on the lower 
side. 23. 
22. Lateral petals not bearded; style club-shaped and beakless; stamen 
tips conspicuous orange. V. pedata (24). 
23. Plants more or less pubescent; leaves mostly 3-9 lobed. V. palmata (19). 
23. Plants glabrous or only slightly pubescent; leaves pedately divided 
into linear lobes. V. pedatifida (20). 
1. Viola canadensis L. Canada Violet. Stem leafy, 4—16 in. 
high; leaves cordate-ovate, acute, serrate 1—4 in. long, |—3f in. 
broad; stipules small, lanceolate, entire; flowers, pale violet or 
white with purple veins, lateral petals bearded. Lake, Medina, 
Columbiana, Jefferson, Coshocton, Belmont, Gallia, Muskingum, 
Fairfield, Clermont, Hamilton, Huron Co. 
2. Viola scabriuscula (F. & G.) Schw. Smooth Yellow Violet. 
Plant 3-11 in. high; stems thick and leafy; leaves 1J-2| in. long, 
1-2 in. broad, renifomi to cordate-ovate, acute crenate-dentate; 
stipules, small, entire; flowers pale yellow. Common in Ohio. 
3. Viola pubescens. Ait. Hairy Yellow Violet. Plant 6-16 
in. high, hairy; leaves ovate or reniform, acute, crenate-dentate, 
l|-2^ in. long, 1-2 in. wide, petioles very short; flower yellow, 
purple veined with short spur and lateral petals bearded; capsule 
in. long, glabrous or wooly; stipules ovate, entire. Ashtabula, 
Lake, Medina, Stark, Wayne, Huron, Richland, Crawford, 
Ottawa, Wood, Hancock, Wyandot, Morrow, Hardin, Franklin, 
Fairfield, Warren and Pike Co. 
4. Viola hastata. Michx. Halbert-leaf Violet. Stem slender, 
erect, leaves and flowers borne near the top, 2-7 in. tall; leaves 
short petioled, hastate to hastate-ovate, slightly serrate, acute 
l-2f in. long, f-lf in. broad; flowers yellow. Lake, Cuyahoga, 
Portage, Columbiana, Belmont Co. 
5. Viola striata. Ait. Striped Violet. Plant 3-22 in. high, 
stem slender, leafy; leaves heart-shaped, crenate-dentate, some¬ 
times acute, f-2| in. long, |-1| in. wide; stipules, large, oblong, 
lanceolate, attentuate, |-1 in. long; flowers white with thick 
spurs, somewhat shorter than petals. Common in Ohio. 
