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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola blanda
FAMILY
Violaceae
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Read more about Sweet White Violet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
...similar to V. minuscula, but it differs in the upper surface of the leaf blades commonly bearing subappressed hairs, glabrous petioles, and heavily spotted cleistogamous capsule on a prostrate peduncle. Read more in Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola blanda var. blanda
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola blanda
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola blanda var. blanda
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola blanda
INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola blanda
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola blanda var. blanda
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-014:
Viola blanda FAMILY Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola blanda
COMMON NAME:
Sweet White Violet
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JK Marlow jkm0404r_36
April Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Leaves nearly circular, cordate at the base with a narrow sinus, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0404y_09
April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0504h_27
April Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm090412_190
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm100422_001
April Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140412_941
April Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm140417_128
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The most common white Violet in the southern mountains, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm140417_128b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Upper petals oblong, twisted, and bent backward, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm160421_308
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170414_611
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm250415_2475
April Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_viola_blanda_03075
April Greenville County SC
Petioles and peduncles red-tinged or -spotted; spotted; all petals glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Keith Bradley kab_viola_blanda_1188
April Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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Keith Bradley kab_viola_blanda_1683
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Inner edges of basal lobes close or overlapping in life, sinus less than 1/4 length of blade, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow s050414_a
April Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Leaves glabrous except for scattered appressed hairs on upper surface of leaf blades, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvblanda_pw1
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_viola_blanda
May
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu25933b
June Oconee County SC
Leaves nearly circular. Apex sharp-pointed. Base cordate with narrow sinus, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola blanda
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola blanda var. blanda
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola blanda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola blanda var. blanda
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola blanda
INCLUDED WITHIN
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola blanda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola blanda var. blanda
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-014:
Viola blanda
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola blanda
1642
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist microsites in mesic forests on slopes and along streams, often under conifers (e.g., Tsuga), northern, or at higher elevations southwards, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Margins crenate-serrate
Leaves pubescent above (at least on basal lobes) or below - or both, or glabrous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
Petals beardless
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p198
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p010
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p132
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p158
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p028
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p085
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p347
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p073
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p096
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p104
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