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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Viola blanda
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola blanda var. blanda
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola blanda var. blanda
INCLUDED WITHIN
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola 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)
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.
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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
Petioles and peduncles usually reddish-tinged, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090412_190
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Basal lobes of the leaves often overlapping, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm100422_001
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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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.
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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.
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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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Keith Bradley kab_viola_blanda_03075
April Greenville County SC
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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
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JK Marlow s050414_a
April Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Viola blanda
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola blanda var. blanda
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola blanda var. blanda
INCLUDED WITHIN
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola 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)
Viola blanda
1642
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont
Look for it in 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
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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 p198
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p010
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p132
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p028
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p072
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p085
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p073
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p096
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p104