Viola nephrophylla

Viola nephrophylla (northern bog violet, Leconte violet, or kidney leaved violet) syn. Viola nephrophylla Greene f. albinea (Farw.), Viola pratincola Greene, Viola retusa Greene ) is an annual or perennial forb in the Violet family (Violaceae) native to North America.[1]

Viola nephrophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species:
V. nephrophylla
Binomial name
Viola nephrophylla
Distribution of Viola nephrophylla
Synonyms
  • Viola maccabeana
    M.S. Baker
  • Viola pratincola
    Greene
  • Viola retusa
    Greene

Viola nephrophylla was named by Edward Lee Greene in 1896 from specimens he collected near Montrose, Colorado. The species name, nephrophylla, is from the Greek for "kidney shaped leaves".[2]

Conservation status within the United States

It is listed endangered in Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio, as threatened in New Hampshire,[3] and as a special concern in Connecticut.[4]

Native American ethnobotany
See also: Native American ethnobotany and Navajo ethnobotany

The Ramah Navajo use the plant as a ceremonial emetic.[5]

References
  1. "Viola nephrophylla". Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  2. Schneider, Al. "Viola". Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. Gothic, Colorado: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  3. "Plants Profile for Viola nephrophylla (northern bog violet)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015" (PDF). State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 15 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
  5. Vestal, Paul A. (1952). "The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho". Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology. 40 (4): 36.


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