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Viola glabella
Also called Stream violet, Yellow wood violet, Smooth yellow woodland violet, Smooth Yellow Violet
Pioneer violet is a small perennial herb of moist woods and stream banks in northeastern Asia and northwestern North America, with yellow flowers. It thrives in moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soil in part shade.
Viola glabella, the stream violet or pioneer violet, is usually found along streams or in moist woods in northeastern Asia and northwestern North America.
Its petals are yellow on both sides, with the exception of dark purple nectar guides on the front of the lower three petals. The flowers arise from the same stems as the leaves. Viola glabella is a perennial herb, growing to 0.1 m (0 ft 4in) by 0.2 m (0 ft 8in) and blooming from April to July. The plant is deciduous and dies back completely to its roots during Autumn.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Viola glabella by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
