Common Blue Violet

Viola sororia Willd.

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Viola sororia (common blue violet) is a herbaceous species of plant in the family Violaceae, with a self-supporting growth habit. It has simple, broad leaves and purple flowers. It is a photoautotroph.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/self-supportingGrowthForm
Definition: an organism relying on its own supportive tissues rather than a climbing habit to achieve vertical growth

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0020042
Definition: A leaf in which the lamina is undivided

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002359
Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's width being notably higher than its length.
Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000951
Definition: A color that falls about midway between red and blue in hue.
Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dictionary:http://dictionary.reference.com/]

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000013
Definition: A process during which a living entity generates food from abiotic sources and captures energy from light.

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EOL has data for 69 attributes, including:

bloom period
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BloomPeriod
- Definition: The seasonal period in the U.S. during which the plant blooms the most. The bloom period is defined as the time when pollen is shed and stigmas are receptive.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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mid spring
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/midSpring
- Definition: The mid part of the season between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice.
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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North Pacific
- URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1908
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life cycle habit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0002725
- Definition: Determined for type of life cycle being annual, binneal, perennial etc.
- Comment: The life cycle habit indicates the typical duration of an individual plant's life. Common values are annual, biennial, and perennial. Some plants have different durations depending on environment or location, so a plant can have more than one value.
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perennial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
- Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
- Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial
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low temperature tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TemperatureTolerance
- Definition: The minimum tolerable temperature is the lowest temperature recorded in the plant’s historical range. If this is not available, the record low January temperature recorded at climate stations within the current geographical range of the plant is used. This definition does not apply to summer annuals.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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-28 degrees Fahrenheit
plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form
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herbaceous
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
- Definition: whole plant herbaceous
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salt tolerance
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0006001
- Definition: Tolerance to the high salt content in the growth medium.
- Comment: In the USDA PLANTS database, tolerance to a soil salinity level is defined as only a slight reduction (not greater than 10%) in plant growth.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GR:pj]
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none
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/260413007
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seed period begin
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedPeriodBegin
- Definition: Season in which the earliest fruit or seed of the fruit/seed period is visually obvious.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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spring
- URI: http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C94731
- Definition: The season between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice.
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seed period end
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedPeriodEnd
- Definition: Season in which the latest fruit or seed of the fruit/seed period is visually obvious.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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summer
- URI: http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C94732
- Definition: The season between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox.
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seed spread rate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedSpreadRate
- Definition: The capability of the plant to spread through its seed production compared to other species with the same growth habit.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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slow
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000911
- Definition: Decreased rate. A rate which is relatively low.
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seedling survival
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedlingSurvival
- Definition: The expected seedling survival percentage of the plant compared to other species with the same growth habit.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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medium
- URI: http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C49507
- Definition: Mid-way between small and large in number, quantity, magnitude or extent.
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shade tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ShadeTolerance
- Definition: The relative tolerance of the plant to shade conditions
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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medium (normal)
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000461
- Definition: Average. A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's exhibiting no deviation from normal or average.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]
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vegetative spread rate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/VegetativeSpreadRate
- Definition: The rate at which this plant can spread compared to other species with the same growth habit.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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slow
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000911
- Definition: Decreased rate. A rate which is relatively low.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of common blue violet

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