Violaceae
Violet Family
The Violaceae family (Violet Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Malpighiales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 8 species across 3 genera. Its members are predominantly herbs. Well-represented genera include Hybanthus, Viola and Rinorea. Several members are valued in traditional medicine. Familiar examples include Spade Flower, Mountain Violet and Smooth-Leaf White Violet.
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Simple leaves, often heart-shaped, on herbs and shrubs; bilaterally symmetrical flowers have one lower petal extended into a backward-pointing nectar spur, with the two lateral stamens sometimes bearing spurs of their own reaching into it.
Many violets produce two kinds of flowers on the same plant — the familiar showy ones above ground, and small, closed, self-pollinating ones hidden near the soil that guarantee seed set without needing a pollinator.
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Typical leaf characters
- ArrangementVariable
TypeSimple- MarginVariable
- VenationVariable
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryZygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- InflorescencePanicle
- FruitCapsule
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 8 species in VIOLACEAE
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