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Definition of Long-spurred violet
1. Noun. Violet of eastern North America having lilac-purple flowers with a long slender spur.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Long-spurred Violet
Literary usage of Long-spurred violet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"Cheboygan Co., B. & K.; Keweenaw Co., OA Farwell, Gratiot Co., CA Davis. *1490.
V. rostrata Pursh. long-spurred violet. Well distributed and frequent. ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The long-spurred violet (F. 1-4*1 i-¡tt<n is a rather taller plant, the spur
being longer than the petals ; a species with a similar habit of growth, ..."
3. A World of Green Hills: Observations of Nature and Human Nature in the Blue by Bradford Torrey (1898)
"The long-spurred violet was new to me, and both for that reason and for itself
peculiarly attractive. As I passed up the glen on the right of the brook ..."
4. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1890)
"(long-spurred violet.) Governor-General's Bay, New Edinburgh. Ju.—1. 242. V.
CANADENSIS, L. (Canada Violet.) Rich woods. A charming species, flowering in ..."
5. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... A.Gray Kidney-leaved white violet Herbaceous perennial Wooded swamps and cool,
wooded slopes. Viola rostrata Pursh long-spurred violet ..."
6. Michigan Flora: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by William James Beal (1904)
"long-spurred violet. Well distributed and frequent. Alma, Ann Arbor, CA Davis.
C. & S. 1491. V. rotundifolia Michx. Round-leaved Violet. ..."
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