Common Blue Violet
Scientific Name: Viola sororia
Seeds have fatty appendages (elaiosomes) which attract ants that disperse seeds. Violets grow on all continents and are the larval host plant for Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies.
Common Blue Violet
Scientific Name: Viola sororia
Common Blue Violet
| Genus species: | Viola sororia | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Common Blue Violet | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Violaceae 
Annual or perennial herbs; leaves alternate, simple, entire to lobed, stipules conspicuous and often lobed or fringed; flowers bisexual, irregular, solitary; fruit a capsule. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Wildflower | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | Violet/Blue | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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