Viola brittoniana��
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown Line Drawing |
| Botanical name: | Viola brittoniana�� |
| Common name: | Northern coastal violet |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Violaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | to 7" |
| Foliage: | Leaf stalks and underside of
leaves smooth; early leaves may be toothed. Leaves are palmately
divided Lobes extend nearly to base of blade, the 5-9 lobes linear-lanceolate, the middle lobe 3-divided |
| Flower: | 1 - 1 1/2" Rich violet with conspicuous white throat |
| Flowering time: | Flowers late April to early June Fruits, of cleistogenes, latae July to late August (Stone) |
| Habitat: | Sandy or peaty soil |
| Range in New Jersey: | throughout southern NJ and the Middle district |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | S3 |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | USDA lists as FAC (facultative): equally likely to occur in wetlands (estimated probability 34% - 66%) or non-wetlands. Stone states that this "form of the cut-leaved group was first recognized by Dr. N.L Britton, Director of the New York Botanic Garden, formerly botanist to the New Jersey Geological Survey and author of the Catalogue of New Jersey Plants, 1888" (567). Variety brittoniana is listed by NJ Natural Heritage database as S3; while variety pectinata is listed as SH (state historical). The USDA plant database also shows two varieties; however many botanists currently consider pectinata to be a forma of brittoniana rather than a separate variety. (Boissiera 53:9-126. 1997). Brittoniana for Nathaniel Lord Britton, 1859-1934 |