Viola palustris L., 1753 29% complete

Alpine marsh violet

Sp. Pl.: 934 (1753)

Data sources

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Sourced10 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded8 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 934 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Alpine marsh violet No source recorded
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Observations Subarctic America to W. & N. U.S.A., Morocco, Europe to W. Siberia No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 6 cm
  • 5.6 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 178, 251, 500, 519, 818, 898
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 12 cm
  • 12 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 178, 251, 500, 519, 818, 898
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Phenology
Bloom months apr, may
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded jan, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 110, 164, 178, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 9 / 12 · amphibious part of the year (seasonal helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light
  • 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 11 cm Sourced
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record