Flower ID: IMG_3649.JPG-05-19-2020 Flower name (scientific): Viola pedata Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) vy-OH-la ped-AY-tuh Flower name (common): Birdfoot Violet Family name (common): Violet Family name (scientific): Violaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: The Latin name for violets. Specific epithet: Like a bird's foot. Refering to the resemblance of the leaf shape to a bird's foot. The leaves are palmate and have the lower lateral lobes divided. The latter is referred to as a pedate leaf shape for a (compound leaf). Common name origin: From the leaf shape (see above). Violet is from the old French violete, and the Latin viola, the latter being used as the name for the genus. Flower description: Size: 0.8 to 1.5 inches (2.0 to 3.8 cm) Petal count: 5 Color: purple or blue. There is a white colored version and an attractive bi-colored version with the upper two petals dark purple-violet and the lower three petals the more common pale blue-violet. Other: flower arrangement, Solitary Plant description: Size: 3 to 6 inches (7.6 to 15.2 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is basal, type is compound Size: Leaves up to 2.5 to 4 cm long and about the same width. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaflet, lobes spatulate, lanceolate +/- linear, deltate, or ovate (FNA), ovate to kidney-shaped, ternately dissected into slender, linear to oblanceolate segments (MP) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): April to June Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Prairies, open woods, fields, sun or part shade, dry. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Viola pedatifida (Prairie Violet) is similar. The flowers of this species are bearded, whereas those of Viola pedata are not. Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes in the Wisconsin region, but employed by the Cherokee to prepare an antidiarrheal, a hedache medicine, a cold remedy, and to treat other ailments (Moerman, p. 597, 1998). Latitude: 44.795820 Longitude: -91.513667 Altitude: 264.30 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (ON) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym:Viola pedata subsp. pedata (The other infraspecifics are Viola pedata f. cuneatiloba Brainerd ex Fernald, Viola pedata var. flabellata D. Don & Link. Both of these infraspecifics have a restricted range in some eastern US states.) Wetland Status (NC): UPL Wetland Status (MW): UPL