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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Viola canadensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola canadensis
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-021a:
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED AS TO PLANTS IN OUR AREA)atpioa
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Viola canadensis var. rugulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Viola canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Canada Violet, Tall White Violet
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_viola_canadensis_3
March
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu57185
April Graham County NC
Has leafy stems & leaves that are heart-shaped with long-pointed apices, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0504l_23
April Henderson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm080420_147
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
White flowers with a yellow eye and purple veins near the base of the petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm180414_305
April Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1602
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Calyx glabrous/sparsely hirtellous; auricles short, not elongating in fruit, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America.
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JK Marlow jkm200409_3602
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7090
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_viola_canadensis_0887
April Polk County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_canadensis_violet
April
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Steve Marlow snm090405_026
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
The tallest violet in southern mountains, this bears flowers in leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Tim Spira tpsvcanadensis
April
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JK Marlow jkm0405g_03
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Backs of the petals are usually tinged with violet, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm090503_092
May Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm090503_094
May Polk County NC
Petals white with a yellow center, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm150508_934
May Union County GA
Sosebee Cove
Fruit an ellipsoid to globose capsule, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm150508_934b
May Union County GA
Sosebee Cove
Peduncles shorter (rarely longer) than the leaves. Sepals 4-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160503_157
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_viola_canadensis_7997
May NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_viola_canadensis_5
May
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu44826
June Greenville County SC
Table Rock Reservoir watershed
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Viola canadensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola canadensis
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-021a:
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED AS TO PLANTS IN OUR AREA)atpioa
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Viola canadensis var. rugulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Viola canadensis
1643
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
Look for it in rich cove forests, other rich mesic situations, such as floodplains, 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.
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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant caulescent (with an obvious, leafy, above-ground stem). Leaves alternate
Margins crenate-serrate
Leaves glabrous or with some short stiff trichomes
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
(with a yellow center, and tinged with violet beneath)
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!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p188
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p038
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p129
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p056
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p073
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p076
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p157
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p073
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p096
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p465
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p101