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Habitat: |
slopes, open and low woods, thickets, stream banks |
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Plant Height: |
7.5-20 cm; stalks from think underground caudex |
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Flower Color: |
blue/violet, occasionally white or bicolor |
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Flower: |
complete; perfect; irregular; 5 sepals, mostly glabrous or very sparsely pubescent; 5 petals, with dark venation near base; lateral petals bearded, lower petal spurred; 5 stamens, connate around ovary, bottom two stamens with flattened curved nectaries |
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Inflorescence: |
single flowers on hirsute peduncles from base of plant; curved at apex; flowers and leaves on separate stems; flowers do not stand much above leaves |
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Fruit: |
capsule |
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Leaves: |
simple; broad, heart-shaped leaves arising from base of plant; petioles long, hirsute |
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Bloom Time: |
March-early June |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
resembles other plants in genus, but differs in typically having densely pubescent leaves and peduncles; see also V. cucullata | |