Family:
Violaceae
Common Name(s):
Yellow forest violet
Flowering Time:
April to May
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Seeds turn brown (check by opening a few capsules)
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
Late June
Seed Cleaning:
None required
Storage:
Intolerant of dry storage (Cullina 2000)
Restoration Potential:
High
Germination Method(s):
Notes
Of 240 seeds planted in a central Iowa demographic study, 94 (39%) germinated and 30 plants survived to year 5; 30 flowered after an average of 4 years and formed large colonies over 18 years (Mabry 2023); likely self sows (see below).
Seed output <25/plant.
Rhizone knotty with fibrous roots (Runkel and Bull 2009, vegetative spread low (Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991).
