Viola blanda
 
Sweet White Violet

Lateral Petal, Side View

Brockelbank Hill, Highway 980 South of Armit
31-May-2017

A key to violets originally written by Vern Harmes and subsequently expanded by Glen Lee to include most of the violets found in Saskatchewan can be found here

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Blanda: Answers to questions in Lee/Harmes key leading to this species. 
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dryer habitat; NOT [wetland habitat]

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plants found in regions beyond Porcupine Hills; NOT [plants found only in Porcupine Hills]

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NOT [plants large, 20 to 60 cm in height]

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petioles sparsely hairy to puberulent, leaf undersides with hairs; NOT [plants glabrous, underside of leaves hairless]

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some leaves greater than or equal to 2.5 cm wide and long; NOT [leaves less than or equal to 2.5 cm wide and long]

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flowering stems without leaves; NOT [flowering stems with leaves]

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NOT [scapes noticeably elongate]

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flowers white; NOT [flowers purple-blue or mauve], NOT [flowers yellow]

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lateral petals bearded; NOT [lateral petals beardless or with an inconspicuous tuft of hairs]

 

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Violaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family. 
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herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

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plants terrestrial or semiaquatic; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]

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plants not with colored milky juice

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plants with more than one normal leaf

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some or all leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite, whorled, or basal]

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leaves with stipules; NOT [leaves without stipules, or having glands]

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flowers with two floral rings

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calyx regular; NOT [calyx irregular, some sepals smaller than others]

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corolla with each petal distinct from the others

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corolla irregular in shape; NOT [corolla regular in shape]

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corolla with one petal spurred or sac-like; NOT [corolla pea-like]

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stamens usually separate or partly so, not in a column; NOT [stamens numerous, united into a column]

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fruit a 3-valved capsule; NOT [fruit a legume]