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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.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Viola (Ballard [in prep])

Viola pallens

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Viola macloskeyi

INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)

Viola macloskeyi

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

Viola macloskeyi var. pallens   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Viola pallens

COMMON NAME:
Wild White Violet, White Marsh Violet

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vipa8_001_lvd

        

JK Marlow    jkm230322_1931

March    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Leaf margins subentire to shallowly crenate, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

JK Marlow    jkm230322_1934

March    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Leaf blades strictly glabrous, orbicular, mostly broadly rounded at apex, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

JK Marlow    jkm230322_1947

March    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

JK Marlow    jkm230322_1949

March    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Petals white, lower petal mostly veined with purple. Petals beardless, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25414

April    Cherokee County    NC

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25414b

April    Cherokee County    NC

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvmackloskeyipalle_bm1

May        

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viola minuscula   FAMILY Violaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola pallens

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Viola macloskeyi

INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola macloskeyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-013:
Viola macloskeyi var. pallens   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola pallens