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291. Viola palustris Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 934.
K. & M., 1770, p. 210.—Babington, 1871, p. 296.—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881,
p. 39.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 113.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 127.—
O. & Gr., 1934, p. 76.
Flora Dan. tab. 83.
Icelandic: Mýrfjóla. Danish : Eng-Viol. English: Marsh Violet.
Common in most parts, also in the central highland, e.g. Hveravellir, Karls-
dráttur at Hvítárvatn (J.Gr., 1934), Kerlingarfjöll (V.R., 1935).
Life-form: H.
In bogs and marshes, in medium moist depressions, in moss-carpets on the banks
of rivulets.
Flor. V—VII; fr. mat. VII—VIII.
Max. height: 7 cm ; average : 4 cm.
Geogr. area: Am.: Labrador to Alaska and southward to New England, Colorado
and Wash.—Greenl.: W. 60°—63°5'. E. 60°—65°53'.—Eur.: Fær.; E.S.I.;
throughout most of Eur., from northernmost Scandinavia to Sierra Nevada; Cau-
casus.—Asia : Northern parts, Himalaya.
292. Viola Riviniana Reichb., Icon. botan. s. plantae crit. I (1823)
p. 81.
V. sylvatica Fr., Babington, 1871, p. 296.—Bennet, 1896, p. 353.—Gronlund,
Isl. FL, 1881, p. 40.—V. sylvestris (Lam.) Rchb., Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 2,
1924, p. 128.—V. Riviniana (Lam.), O. & Gr., 1934, p. 77.
Reichenb. Icon. III, 4502.
Icelandic: Skógfjóla. Danish: Skov-Viol. English: Wood Violet.
Fig. 126. Viola Riviniana Reichb.