Viola macloskeyi
 
Macloskeyi's Violet

Flower Front, Lower Petal Removed

End of Fir River Road, West of Hudson Bay
11-June-2014

All of the lower petal except its spur has been removed from this flower.

A key to violets originally written by Vern Harmes and subsequently expanded by Glen Lee to include most of the violets found in Saskatchewan can be found here.

Macloskeyi: Answers to questions in Lee/Harmes key leading to this species. 

wetland habitat

flowering stems without leaves

scapes noticeably elongate

leaves less than or equal to 2.5 cm wide and long

underside of leaves hairless

flowers white

lateral petals beardless or with an inconspicuous tuft of hairs

 

Violaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family. 

herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

plants terrestrial or semiaquatic; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]

plants not with colored milky juice

plants with more than one normal leaf

some or all leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite, whorled, or basal]

leaves with stipules; NOT [leaves without stipules, or having glands]

flowers with two floral rings

calyx regular; NOT [calyx irregular, some sepals smaller than others]

corolla with each petal distinct from the others

corolla irregular in shape; NOT [corolla regular in shape]

corolla with one petal spurred or sac-like; NOT [corolla pea-like]

stamens usually separate or partly so, not in a column; NOT [stamens numerous, united into a column]

fruit a 3-valved capsule; NOT [fruit a legume]