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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola glaberrima
FAMILY
Violaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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.
Viola glaberrima has typically been listed as a variety of 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 glaberrima
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) 130-02-018b:
Viola tripartita var. glaberrima FAMILY Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola tripartita var. glaberrima
COMMON NAME:
Northern Wedgeleaf Violet
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JK Marlow jkm100314_108
March Decatur County GA
Usually synonymized under or treated as a variety of V. tripartita, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu54374
April Clay County NC
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu54752b
April Abbeville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm110415_426
April Carroll County GA
Leaves have truncate or wedge-shaped - but never cordate - bases, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm110415_430
April Carroll County GA
Petals yellow, some with purple veins. Lateral petals bearded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm110415_431
April Carroll County GA
Upper two petals suffused with purple on the back. Sepals 5-6.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola glaberrima
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 glaberrima
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) 130-02-018b:
Viola tripartita var. glaberrima
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola tripartita var. glaberrima
1933
Forb
Perennial/Winter annual
Habitat: Rich mesic to wet-mesic forests on lower slopes and bottomlands, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant caulescent (with an obvious, leafy, above-ground stem). Leaves alternate
Margins of apical half of blade with conspicuous marginal teeth
Stem & leaves sparsely to moderately hirtellous with easily visible hairs
FLOWER:
Spring
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!
- 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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