Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viola minuscula
FAMILY
Violaceae
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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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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).
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