Viola pedata

Birdsfoot violet
Photographed in Hobbs State Park / Conservation Management Area, northwestern Arkansas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Violaceae
Genus:	Viola
Species:	V. pedata
Binomial name
Viola pedata L.

Viola pedata (Birdsfoot violet, Bird's-foot violet) is an ornamental plant in the Violaceae family. Monophyletic in stature, this violet, also known as the "mountain pansy" is endemic to eastern North America, where it favors well drained, acidic soils in full to partial sun environments. It is supposedly difficult to transplant and grow in gardens, potentially because of an intolerance to rich, organic garden soils as well as excess moisture.

Varieties

Viola pedata var. bicolor

Two primary color forms exist, Viola pedata var. concolor, which is a solid pink-lilac-lavendar color, and var. bicolor, in which the superior petals are a deep red-purple and the lateral and interior petals are similar to the concolor variety.

References

• Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. 

External links

Media related to Viola pedata at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Viola pedata at Wikispecies

• Native Plant Identification Network
• PlantFiles on Dave's Garden
• Kemper Center for Home Gardening, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Connecticut Botanical Society
• Missouri Plants
• Illinois Wildflowers
• Minnesota Wildflowers
• Ontario Wildflowers
• Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
• Plant Fact Sheet, North Carolina Cooperative Extension
• Chesapeake Bay Watershed Natives
• Plant of the Week, Celebrating Wildflowers, US Forest Service
• CalPhotos
• Bioimages
• Viola Pedata Faces (variation in flower color)