Lance-leaved Violet
Viola lanceolata
Lance-leaved violet is a bog and wet-meadow violet with narrow lance-shaped leaves and small white flowers, a fritillary host for sunny, saturated ground. Like other violets, young leaves and flowers are edible raw or cooked, thickening soups much like okra.
- Family
- Violaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.17–0.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.17–0.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~29 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV
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- Bird's-foot Violet (Viola pedata)
- Canadian White Violet (Viola canadensis)
- Stream Violet (Viola glabella)
- Cream Violet (Viola striata)
- Western Dog Violet (Viola adunca)
- Long-spurred Violet (Viola rostrata)