List of Violales of Montana
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Violales
Violales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants and takes its name from the included family Violaceae. The name has been used in several systems, although some systems used the name Parietales for similar groupings...
found in Montana. Some of these species are exotics
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
(not native to Montana) and some species have been designated as Species of Concern.
Blazingstar and Stickleaf
Family: LoasaceaeLoasaceae
The Loasaceae is a family of 15-20 genera and about 200-260 species of flowering plants in the order Cornales, native to the Americas and Africa. The family comprises annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous plants, and a few shrubs and small trees.Genera...
- Bractless blazingstar, Mentzelia nuda
- Dwarf mentzeliaMentzelia pumilaMentzelia pumila, is a biennial wildflower found in the western United States and northern Mexico from Montana and North Dakota, south to Sonora and Chihuahua...
, Mentzelia pumila - Giant blazingstarMentzelia laevicaulisMentzelia laevicaulis is a showy wildflower native to western North America. Its common names include giant blazing star and smoothstem blazing star....
, Mentzelia laevicaulis - Mada stickleafMentzelia dispersaMentzelia dispersa is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name bushy blazingstar. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to the Dakotas, where it grows in many types of habitat....
, Mentzelia dispersa - Ten-petal blazingstar, Mentzelia decapetala
- White-stem stickleafMentzelia albicaulisMentzelia albicaulis is a species of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae known by the common name whitestem blazing star, small flowered blazing star, white stemmed stickleaf...
, Mentzelia albicaulis
Cucumber
Family: CucurbitaceaeCucurbitaceae
The plant family Cucurbitaceae consists of various squashes, melons, and gourds, including crops such as cucumber, pumpkins, luffas, and watermelons...
- White Bryony, Bryonia alba
- Wild Cucumber, Echinocystis lobata
Violets
Violaceae
Violaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of about 800 species in 21 genera. It takes its name from the genus Viola, the violets and pansies.Older classifications such as the Cronquist system placed Violaceae in an order named after it, the Violales...
- Alpine Marsh VioletViola palustrisViola palustris is a perennial forb of the genus Viola. It inhabits moist meadows, marshes, and streambanks in northern parts of North America and Eurasia....
, Viola palustris - Canada VioletViola canadensisViola canadensis is more commonly known as Canadian white violet, Canada Violet, tall white violet, or white violet. As its name suggests, it is a species of violet which bears white blooms. The flowers are white, with yellow bases and sometimes streaks of purple. The leaves are heart shaped, with...
, Viola canadensis - Great-spurred Violet, Viola selkirkii
- Kidney-leaf White Violet, Viola renifolia
- Northern Blue Violet, Viola septentrionalis
- Northern Bog VioletViola nephrophyllaViola nephrophylla is an annual or perennial forb in the Violet family native to North America....
, Viola nephrophylla - Nuttall's VioletViola nuttalliiViola nuttallii is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Violet family , and is one of the few violet species with lanceolate leaves...
, Viola nuttallii - Pine VioletViola purpureaViola purpurea is a species of violet which bears yellow flowers. It is known commonly as the goosefoot violet. It is a small plant which bears thick to fleshy toothed or ridged oval leaves which are mostly green but may have a purplish tint to them...
, Viola purpurea - Prairie VioletViola pedatifidaViola pedatifida Viola pedatifida Viola pedatifida (Prairie violet, Crow-foot violet, larkspur violet, purple prairie violet, coastal violet; syn. Viola pedatifida subsp. brittoniana (Pollard) L. E. McKinney, Viola pedatifida G. Don subsp. pedatifida, Viola palmata L. var...
, Viola pedatifida - Roundleaf Violet, Viola orbiculata
- Sand VioletViola aduncaViola adunca is a species of violet known by the common names hookedspur violet, sand violet, and western dog violet. It is native to North America, including the western half of the United States to New England northward throughout Canada.This is a hairy, compact plant growing from a small rhizome...
, Viola adunca - Small Wild PansyViola arvensisViola arvensis is a species of violet known by the common name field pansy. It is native to Europe, western Asia, and North Africa, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species and a weed of disturbed and cultivated areas....
, Viola arvensis - Smooth White VioletViola macloskeyiViola macloskeyi is a flowering perennial plant in the Violet family .It is native to Canada, the Northeastern, North-Central, Northwestern,...
, Viola macloskeyi - Smooth Yellow Woodland VioletViola glabellaViola glabella, the Stream Violet or Pioneer Violet, is usually found along streams or in moist woods in northeastern Asia and northwestern North America....
, Viola glabella - Upland Yellow Violet, Viola nuttallii var. praemorsa
- Valley Violet, Viola nuttallii var. vallicola