Viola canadensis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|genus = Viola (plant)

|species = canadensis

|authority = L.

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|synonyms = *Lophion canadense (L.) Spach

• Lophion rydbergii (Greene) Nieuwl. & Lunell
• Viola geminiflora Greene
• Viola muriculata Greene
• Viola neomexicana Greene
• Viola neo-mexicana Greene{{Tropicos|50107017|Viola neomexicana}}[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/52466#page/34/mode/1up Greene, Edward Lee 1902. ] description and commentary in English, as Viola neo-mexicana
• Viola rydbergii Greene
• Lophion rugulosum (Greene) Lunell, syn of var. rugulosa
• Viola scopulorum (A.Gray) Greene, syn of var. scopulorum

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Viola canadensis is a flowering plant in the Violaceae family. It is commonly known as Canadian white violet, Canada violet, tall white violet, or white violet. It is widespread across much of Canada and the United States, from Alaska to Newfoundland, south as far as Georgia and Arizona.{{BONAP|ref |genus=Viola |species=canadensis |state=1}} It is a perennial herb and the Latin-specific epithet canadensis means of Canada.{{Cite web|title=Viola canadensis - Plant Finder|url=https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=287518&isprofile=1&gen=Viola|access-date=2021-11-12|website=www.missouribotanicalgarden.org}}

Viola canadensis bears white blooms with yellow bases and sometimes streaks of purple. The petals are purple-tinged on the backside. The leaves are heart-shaped, with coarse, rounded teeth.{{cite book | last=Blanchan | first=Neltje | title=Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors | year=2002 | publisher=Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation | authorlink=Neltje Blanchan| title-link=Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors }}{{cite book |last1=Horn |first1=Cathcart |last2=Hemmerly |first2=Duhl |title=Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians |publisher=Lone Pine Publishing |date=2005 |page=96 |isbn=978-1-55105-428-5}}[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31337395#page/529/mode/1up Spach, Édouard 1836. Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux. Phanérogames 5: 517] description and commentary in French, as Lophion canadense

;Subspecies and varieties

• Viola canadensis var. canadensis
• Viola canadensis subsp. canadensis
• Viola canadensis var. rugulosa (Greene) C.L. Hitchc.
• Viola canadensis subsp. scopulorum (A. Gray) House