General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Multi-Color
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division

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Common names
  • Bog White Violet
  • Lanceleaf Violet
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Viola lanceolata
  • Synonym: Viola lanceolata subsp. lanceolata
  • Synonym: Viola lanceolata subsp. vittata

Photo Gallery
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park (NW)
Date: April 14, 2024
White bog violet #561; RAB p. 729, 130-2-50-16; LHB p. 684, 133-1
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park (NW)
Date: April 14, 2024
White bog violet #561; RAB p. 729, 130-2-50-16; LHB p. 684, 133-1
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park (NW)
Date: April 14, 2024
White bog violet #561; RAB p. 729, 130-2-50-16; LHB p. 684, 133-1
Location: Bloomingdale, NJ
Date: 2020-11-10
V. lanceolata ripening seed pod & remains of burst pod

Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
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Location: Bloomingdale, NJ
Date: 2020-05-31
Obtained as a weed in a pot of Sarracenia minor purchased at an M
Location: Fairfax, VA | September, 2023
Date: 2023-09-24
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2016-03-18
At Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve

Date: 2024-04-09
Location: Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park - Okeechobee co., Florida
Date: 21-MAY-2005
Photo courtesy of Brian Ahern
Plant Events from our members
KelliW On February 22, 2019 Seeds sown
#42, winter sown seeds from leilahamaya
WebTucker On April 14, 2024 Bloomed
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