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This species is smaller in stature than the very similar V. blanda and V. incognita, with the flowering stalks seldom more than 2-3 inches high. On mountain walks in spring, this species is occasionally encountered, almost always in seepages inside the forests, whereas V. blanda will be seen much more often, away from water. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Its glabrous leaf blades (occasionally with hirtellous petioles) and subentire to very shallowly crenate margins, unspotted cleistogamous capsule on an erect peduncle, and small dark brown to blackish seeds distinguish it from V. blanda and V. incognita. Read more in Weakley's Flora.

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-013:

Viola macloskeyi var. pallens   FAMILY Violaceae

COMMON NAME:
Wild White Violet, White Marsh Violet

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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) 130-02-013:
Viola macloskeyi var. pallens   FAMILY Violaceae