{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Alpine Violet Viola labradorica Flower Closeup 1456px.jpg |genus = Viola (plant) |species = labradorica |authority = Schrank<ref name=trop>''Viola labradorica'' was originally described and published in ''Denkschriften der Bayer. Botanischen Gesellschaft in Regensburg'' 2: 12. 1818<br />{{Tropicos|33800415|Name - ''Viola labradorica'' Schrank |access-date=August 21, 2011}}</ref> |synonyms = *''V.&nbsp;conspersa'' <small>Rchb.</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name=trop /> }} [[File:Labrador Veilchen Viola labradorica.JPG|thumb|''Viola riviniana'' Purpurea Group mislabeled as ''Viola labradorica'' growing in the Botanischer Garten at Krefeld]]

'''''Viola labradorica''''', commonly known as '''alpine violet''',<ref>{{ITIS |id=22093 |taxon=Viola labradorica}}</ref> '''American dog violet''',<ref name="Go Botany">{{Go Botany |genus=Viola |species=labradorica |common=American dog violet, Labrador violet}}</ref> '''dog violet'''<ref name="Illinois">{{Illinois Wildflowers|woodland/plants/dog_violet|Dog Violet (Viola conspersa)}}</ref> or '''Labrador violet''',<ref name="Go Botany" /><ref>{{GRIN}}</ref><ref name=eol-common>{{EOL|584348|Common names for American dog violet (Viola labradorica) |access-date=22 March 2014 }}</ref> is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant. It is native to Greenland, eastern Canada, and the eastern United States.<ref name="POWO_868477-1">{{cite web |title=''Viola labradorica'' Schrank |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:868477-1 |access-date=2019-04-04 }}</ref> The plant sold as ''Viola labradorica'' by nurseries is ''Viola riviniana''.<ref>[http://www.perennials.com/plants/viola-labradorica.html Heritage Perennials: Viola labradorica]</ref>

==Uses== ===Culinary=== ''Viola labradorica'' has edible leaves and flowers. However, the leaves are sometimes characterized as "wooly" and thus not as desirable for eating.<ref>Jacke, Toensmeier, Edible Forest Gardens Volume One</ref>

==See also== *List of ''Viola'' species

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== {{Commons}} {{Wikispecies}} *{{Minnesota Wildflowers|flower/dog-violet |link=1}}

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labradorica Category:Plants described in 1818 Category:Alpine flora Category:Flora of Eastern Canada Category:Flora of Subarctic America Category:Flora of the North-Central United States Category:Flora of the Northeastern United States Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States Category:Flora of the Southeastern United States Category:Flora of Western Canada Category:Edible plants Category:Garden plants of North America Category:Groundcovers Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status

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