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§1 Plant
Viola rostrata Pursh
vernacular longspur violet — species · Violaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Violaceae Batsch
- Genus
- Viola
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 416 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 416 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Greenup 21089
- Harlan 21095
- Hart 21099
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Johnson 21115
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Martin 21159
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Taylor 21217
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Delta 26041
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gladwin 26051
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Missaukee 26113
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ogemaw 26129
- Osceola 26133
- Ottawa 26139
- Roscommon 26143
- Saginaw 26145
- Sanilac 26151
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
- Wexford 26165
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Clermont 39025
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Geauga 39055
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Centre 42027
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hawkins 47073
- Knox 47093
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Carroll 51035
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Grayson 51077
- Highland 51091
- Lee 51105
- Montgomery 51121
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hancock 54029
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lincoln 54043
- Logan 54045
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Nicholas 54067
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VIRO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5331225 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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