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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola tripartita
FAMILY
Violaceae
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For the most current and comprehensive body of information regarding violets in our region, visit the new website Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America.
Weakley (2020) has split Viola glaberrima (and also the poorly known V. tenuipes) out from the former V. tripartita. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola tripartita
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola tripartita
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola tripartita
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola tripartita
INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola tripartita
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola tripartita
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-018a:
Viola tripartita var. tripartita FAMILY Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola tripartita var. tripartita
COMMON NAME:
Threepart Violet, Three-parted Yellow Violet
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_viola_tripartita_4
March
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu76813
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0504q_25
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Leaves deeply divided into three divisions, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0504q_29
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm090419_036b
April Pickens County SC
Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area
Leaves may be pubescent or glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090419_036c
April Pickens County SC
Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area
Sepals 5-6.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Keith Bradley kab_viola_tripartita_1273
April Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
Petals yellow, some with purple veins. Lateral petals bearded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvtripartita_botg4
April Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvtripartita_chauga1
April Oconee County SC
Chau-Ram County Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvtripartita_chauga3
April Oconee County SC
Chau-Ram County Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_tripartita_3parted
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_viola_tripartita
April
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvtripartita_good
April?
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvtripartita_wadc1
April? Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvtripartita_wadc2
April? Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu25369
May Abbeville County SC
If leaves of V. tripartita are trifid, the segments may appear petiolate, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu25374
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm060506_009
May Oconee County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm060506_125
May Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
Capsule 9-12mm long, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu49176
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm221103_0535
November Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola tripartita
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola tripartita
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola tripartita
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola tripartita
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola tripartita
INCLUDED WITHIN
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola tripartita
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola tripartita
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-018a:
Viola tripartita var. tripartita
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola tripartita var. tripartita
1664
Forb
Perennial/Winter annual
Habitat: Moist slopes and bottomlands, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Plant caulescent (with an obvious, leafy, above-ground stem). Leaves alternate
Margins serrate
Leaves glabrous or lightly pubescent
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p233
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p224
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p052
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p353
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p081
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p104
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p102
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