ANMAR03/03 Viola sp. for identification

[Anurag Sharma]

Family: Violaceae
Date: November 2014
Place: Mussoorie, Uttarakhand
Habit: Herb

[Shruti Shah]

It may be Viola odorata or Viola alba, not sure.

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

It may be Viola odorata or Viola alba, not sure.- from Shruti ji.
efi page on Viola odorata

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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

It may be Viola odorata or Viola alba, not sure.- from Shruti ji.
efi page on Viola odorata

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[Ashwini Bhatia]

Looks a lot like the Viola canescens we have here in the himalayas. 

Regards,

Ashwini

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[Anurag Sharma]

Any key identifying features, sir?

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St. Josephs College

Bangalore

[Ashwini Bhatia]

Hello Anurag,

I can think of a couple off the top of my head. The lower petal is the smallest among all five. The tiny style (I am not sure if it could be called that) is yellow and tiny white hair cover the central upper surface where the petals meet. The flower overall is very pale violet, almost white. 

Please remember that I am a beginner myself, so wait for the experts before concluding anything.

Regards,

Ashwini

[Anurag Sharma]

Thank you very much sir. This helps me a lot.

Have you come across any other similar looking species of Viola?

[Ashwini Bhatia]

I am struggling with this family. A couple of times I thought I had seen V. canescens turned out to be not so. There is V. pilosa and another whose identity I am still not sure. Hopefully in good time I will be certain what to look for. These are very useful plants for food as well medicines. Dr Chauhan's book on medicinal plants lists V. serpens, V. canescens, and V. odorata in use in Himachal Pradesh. 

The name serpens is also used for both indica and pilosa species. So you see there is lot to be learnt.

The good thing is that we have specimens aplenty here to study and I should ideally devote some time to this genus exclusively. You will surely hear it if I get around to doing that.

Regards,

Ashwini

[Anurag Sharma]

Will definitely be glad to find out how to identify these Violas. Thank you. Please keep me updated!

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Anurag ji,

Leaves look more like Viola pilosa, but I think stipules are laciniate as in Viola canescens

Stigma is not clear and appears more like Viola canescens

So it may be something else.

However, high resolution images are required to see the details correctly.

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[J.M. Garg]

I think it may be Viola pilosa Blume only.

I think stipules are variable.

Flora of China says stipules mostly free, brown or green, lanceolate, margin long or shortly fimbriate-dentate, apex long acuminate;