Viola langsdorffii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Viola langsdorffii Fisch. ex Ging.

Aleutian violet

2010 Ray Collett

Gerald and Buff Corsi2009 California Academy of Sciences

Viola langsdorffii is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

also called Viola langsdorfii

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere). CNDDB


	Plant Range Observation Search (6 records) Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

Bloom Period

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Genus:	Viola
Family:	Violaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: MINOR (SEEDS) Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Habitat: bogs/fens, coastal

Communities: Freshwater Wetlands, Northern Coastal Scrub, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


CNPS + PLANTS	Viola langsdorfii
JEF + PLANTS	Viola simulata
JEF + PLANTS	Viola superba

More information about Viola langsdorffii


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (VILA6) BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 09/27/2022).