Common Name:
GREAT-SPURRED VIOLET
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Coefficient of Conservatism:
7
Coefficient of Wetness:
5
Wetness Index:
UPL
Physiognomy:
Nt P-Forb
M. White
Deciduous forests, especially beech-maple, frequently on rotting logs or mossy crevices in limestone; less often in coniferous forests and river bottomlands. This is a circumpolar violet, and is something of a calciphile. Although small and easily overlooked, perhaps mistaken for the common leafy-stemmed V. labradorica with similarly colored light blue flowers, this species can be easily recognized by the long, thick spur or by the leaves with a tendency for the lobes to overlap and with minute pubescence only on the upper surface (very rarely a few hairs beneath).
Locations
Alger County
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Baraga County
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Benzie County
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Charlevoix County
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Including Beaver Island
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Cheboygan County
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Chippewa County
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Clare County
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Emmet County
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Gogebic County
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Gratiot County
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Houghton County
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Iron County
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Keweenaw County
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Including Isle Royale
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Leelanau County
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Including Fox Islands
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Including Manitou Islands
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Luce County
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Mackinac County
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Including Bois Blanc, Mackinac, Round Islands
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Marquette County
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Menominee County
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Montmorency County
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Ontonagon County
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Oscoda County
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Presque Isle County
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Schoolcraft County
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Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. August 15, 2022. https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2797.