Great-spurred Violet

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Viola selkirkii

Great-spurred Violet, a reference photo
Photo: Antti Bilund · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Viola selkirkii is a species of violet known by the common names Selkirk's violet and great-spur violet. It is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere, its distribution circumboreal.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Great-spurred Violet being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Viola
Species
Viola selkirkii

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