OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 48 taxa in the family Violaceae, Violet family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Eastern Green-violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Cubelium concolor   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hybanthus concolor   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hybanthus concolor 130-01-001   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Very nutrient-rich and mesic forests, especially over calcareous substrates such as limestone and dolomite, sometimes extending upslope into dry-mesic or even dry forests and woodlands when the soils are very basic

Common in GA Mountains (uncommon in Carolina Mtns & Carolina Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Birdsfoot Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola pedata var. pedata   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Viola pedata   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola pedata 130-02-001   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Dry rocky or sandy forests, woodlands, glades, and roadbanks

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sandhills Birdsfoot Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola pedata var. flabellata   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Viola pedata   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola pedata 130-02-001?   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Dry to xeric longleaf pine sandhills

Uncommon in Carolinas, rare in GA

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Blue Marsh Violet, Bog Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola cucullata   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola cucullata   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola cucullata 130-02-002   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, seeps, margins of spring branches

Common in Carolina Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains; uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Dooryard Violet, Confederate Violet, Common Blue Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola sororia var. sororia   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Viola sororia   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola palmata var. sororia 130-02-003 & 005b   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Loam or clay soils in dry-mesic to wet-mesic forests, higher ground and terraces or borders of bottomlands, and lawns and other anthropogenically modified sites formerly with native vegetation

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Yard Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola domestica   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Suburban yards

Rare

Native to North Carolina (the distribution very poorly known because of past inclusion of this taxon in others)

 


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Common Name: Northern Wood Violet, Northern Blue Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola septentrionalis   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola septentrionalis   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola palmata var. sororia 130-02-003?   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Moist woods, moist thickets

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: LeConte's Violet, Sand Violet, Thinleaf Violet, Missouri Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola affinis   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Viola affinis   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola affinis 130-02-004   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Damp to saturated (less typically periodically inundated), often sandy soils bordering vernal pools, streams and rivers in mesic to wet forests, and on terraces in floodplains and swamp borders

Common in Carolina Piedmont, Carolina Coastal Plain, & SC Mtns (uncommon or uncertain elsewhere in GA & NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola palmata var. palmata   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (PRO SP.) PLANTS National Database: Viola ×palmata [brittoniana or pedatifida × affinis or sororia]   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola palmata var. palmata 130-02-005a   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Drier to dry sandy, sandy loam in dry oak and oak-pine woods and dry to dry-mesic savannas and closed forests, on slopes and bluffs

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Wavyleaf Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata   FAMILY: Violaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Viola triloba var. dilatata   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola palmata var. triloba 130-02-005a?   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Rich, dry-mesic and dry upland forests, probably associated with mafic rocks

Common in Mountains (uncommon in SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Monacan Violet, Blue Ridge Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola monacanora   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Rocky loam soils at moderate elevations

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Northern Three-lobed Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola palmata var. triloba   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola triloba var. triloba   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola palmata var. triloba 130-02-005c   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Drier to dry sandy, sandy loam in dry oak and oak-pine woods and dry to dry-mesic savannas and closed forests, on slopes and bluffs, ranging into somewhat moister substrates in forested situations, including drier microsites on stream and rivers terraces and borders of swamps

Uncommon

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Southern Woolly Violet, Carolina Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola villosa   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola villosa   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola villosa 130-02-006   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Pocosin ecotones, other sites with moist soils

Uncommon (rare in Mountains) (rare in NC Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Woodland Violet, Silvery Purple-leaf Violet, Southern Wood Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola hirsutula   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola hirsutula   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola hirsutula 130-02-007   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomlands, moist slopes, dry forests and clearings

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Ovate-leaf Violet, Northern Downy Violet, Sand Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola fimbriatula   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola sagittata var. ovata   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola fimbriatula 130-02-008   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Somewhat acidic, well-drained sandy and gravelly soils in glades and prairie-like openings, or on slopes of oak forests

Common in NC Mountains (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC) (uncommon in NC Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Arrowleaf Violet, Arrowhead Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola sagittata   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola sagittata var. sagittata   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola emarginata var. emarginata 130-02-010   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Dry to moist forests and woodlands

Common (uncommon to rare south and west of SC Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Triangle-leaved Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola emarginata var. emarginata   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola emarginata var. emarginata 130-02-010?   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Somewhat acidic, well-drained sandy soils in oak and oak-pine forests, and open sites along forest borders and roadsides adjacent to open woodlands

Uncommon in Carolina Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Insect-leaf Violet, Walkingstick Insect Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola emarginata var. 1 ["phasmatifolia" variant]   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Somewhat acidic, well-drained sandy soils in oak and oak-pine forests, and open sites along forest borders and roadsides adjacent to open woodlands

Uncommon

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Deltate Violet?

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola emarginata var. 2 ["deltate" variant]   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola emarginata var. emarginata 130-02-010?   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Somewhat acidic, well-drained sandy soils in oak and oak-pine forests, and open sites along forest borders and roadsides adjacent to open woodlands

Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sword-leaved Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola emarginata var. 5 ["xiphophylla" variant]   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Limited information suggests sandy or rocky soils in montane oak and oak-pine forests, or dry open oak barrens

Rare

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola septemloba   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola septemloba   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola septemloba 130-02-011   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other sandy pinelands and secondary habitats derived from them

Common in GA & SC (uncommon in NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Atlantic Coast Salad Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola edulis   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola ×esculenta [septemloba × triloba]   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola septemloba 130-02-011?   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Sandy to mucky alluvial soils of low terraces, floodplains and swamps along blackwater streams and rivers

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Eggleston's Violet, Nashville Violet, Cedar Glade Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola egglestonii   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola egglestonii   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Calcareous barrens and glades, also in disturbed calcareous sites, including pastures, roadsides, and lawns

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Northern Coastal Violet, Coast Violet, Britton's Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola brittoniana   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana 130-02-012a   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Moist to seasonally inundated sandy soils of fields, meadows, trail edges, and forest clearings adjacent to rivers and coastal marshes, also peaty river shores

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Wild White Violet, White Marsh Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola minuscula   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS National Database: Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola macloskeyi var. pallens 130-02-013   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Brookbanks, seepages

Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Sweet White Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola blanda   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola blanda var. blanda   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola blanda 130-02-014   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Moist microsites in mesic forests on slopes and along streams, often under conifers (e.g., Tsuga), northern, or at higher elevations southwards

Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Disguised White Violet, Largeleaf White Violet, Common Sweet White Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola incognita   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola blanda var. palustriformis   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola blanda 130-02-014?   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Moist to wet forests

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Primrose-leaf Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola primulifolia   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola ×primulifolia [lanceolata × macloskeyi]   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola primulifolia 130-02-015   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, wet savannas, pocosins, sandhill streamhead ecotones, moist organic soils along small streams

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Lanceleaf Violet, Narrow-leaved Violet, White Bog Violet, Northern Water Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola lanceolata   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola lanceolata 130-02-016   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, seepage slopes, pitcher plant seepage bogs, streamheads and their margins, small swamp forests, depression ponds, interdune swales and ponds, other wet habitats

Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Strapleaf Violet, White Bog Violet, Southern Water Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola vittata   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola lanceolata ssp. vittata   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola lanceolata 130-02-016?   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Depression ponds, Carolina bays, other wetlands lacking flowing water

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Roundleaf Yellow Violet, Early Yellow Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola rotundifolia   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola rotundifolia   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola rotundifolia 130-02-017   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Rich coves

Common in Mountains

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Threepart Violet, Three-parted Yellow Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola tripartita   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Viola tripartita   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola tripartita var. tripartita 130-02-018a   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Moist slopes and bottomlands, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Northern Wedgeleaf Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola glaberrima   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Viola tripartita   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola tripartita var. glaberrima 130-02-018b   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Rich mesic to wet-mesic forests on lower slopes and bottomlands, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks

Rare

Native to the Carolinas

 


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Common Name: Southern Wedgeleaf Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola tenuipes   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Viola tripartita   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola tripartita var. glaberrima 130-02-018b?   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Rich dry to dry-mesic forests

Uncommon to rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Halberdleaf Violet, Halberdleaf Yellow Violet, Spearleaf Violet, Silverleaf Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola hastata   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola hastata   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola hastata 130-02-019   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Acidic coves, dry-mesic oak forests, bluff forests, bases of rock ledges

Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Downy Yellow Violet, Hairy Yellow Forest Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola pubescens   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola pubescens var. pubescens   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola eriocarpa var. eriocarpa 130-02-020a   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Rich deciduous forests

Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola eriocarpa   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola eriocarpa var. leiocarpa 130-02-020b   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic forests and floodplain terraces of brownwater rivers

Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon SC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Canada Violet, Tall White Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola canadensis   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola canadensis var. canadensis   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola canadensis var. canadensis 130-02-021a   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Rich cove forests, other rich mesic situations, such as floodplains

Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola striata   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola striata   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola striata 130-02-022   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic forests and woodlands, disturbed areas

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Longspur Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola rostrata   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola rostrata   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola rostrata 130-02-023   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Acidic cove forests, other mesic forests, often under Tsuga canadensis, but also in calcareous forests (as in n. AL)

Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: American Dog Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola labradorica   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola labradorica   FAMILY: Violaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola conspersa 130-02-024   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Moist alluvial woodlands and forests, seepage slopes, marl ravines, hammocks

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola walteri   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola walteri   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola walteri 130-02-025   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Nutrient-rich woodlands and forests, dolomite bluffs and ledges especially on mafic or calcareous rocks to the north, sandy or rocky and often acidic soils in dry or dry-mesic forests southward

Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC) (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain) (rare in NC Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Appalachian Violet, Henry's Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola appalachiensis   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola appalachiensis   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Moist loam on stream terraces in mesic forests, rich cove forests, and on mafic or ultramafic rocks especially in seepage, serpentine barrens

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Johnny Jump-up, Pansy

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola tricolor   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola tricolor   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola tricolor 130-02-026   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, garden borders, railroad rights-of-way, commonly cultivated

Rare

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: European Field Pansy

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola arvensis   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola arvensis   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola arvensis 130-02-027   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, other disturbed habitats

Common (uncommon in Mountains, rare in GA)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Johnny Jump-up, American Field Pansy, Wild Pansy

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola rafinesquei   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola bicolor   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (UNACCEPTABLE ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Viola rafinesquii 130-02-028   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Pastures, roadsides, lawns, other disturbed habitats, less commonly in dry rocky woodlands and barrens

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Asian Wedgeleaf Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola inconspicua   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, parking lots, gardens, increasingly appearing in natural areas

Rare

Non-native: east Asia

 


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camera icon Common Name: English Violet, Sweet Violet

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Viola odorata   FAMILY: Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Viola odorata   FAMILY: Violaceae

 

Habitat: Gardens, lawns, disturbed places, persistent or weakly spreading from horticultural use

Waif(s)

Non-native: Europe

 


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"Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences, whether we consider its subjects as furnishing the principal subsistence of life to man and beast, delicious varieties for our tables, refreshments from our orchards, the adornments of our flower-borders, shade and perfume of our groves, materials for our buildings, or medicaments for our bodies." — Thomas Jefferson (1814)