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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
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:
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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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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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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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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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
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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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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