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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola pedata var. pedata
FAMILY
Violaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola pedata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola pedata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola pedata var. pedata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola pedata var. pedata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola pedata var. pedata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-001:
Viola pedata FAMILY Violaceae
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Viola pedata var. lineariloba
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Viola pedata var. pedata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola pedata
COMMON NAME:
Common Birdsfoot Violet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vipe_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvpedata_point1
March
Petals beardless, or the spurred petal very short pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu25310b
April Pickens County SC
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu53170b
April Rabun County GA
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Harry Davis hld1654_bir_0001
April Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
All the petals in one plane, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm060429_250
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Stamen appendages brilliant orange, conspicuous in flower center, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm060429_252
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Some authorities call the solid color form ("concolor") var. lineariloba.
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JK Marlow jkm110417_937
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
The "bicolor" color form: upper petals a deep red-purple.
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JK Marlow jkm210408_9319
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210408_9320
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_viola_pedata_1472
April Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm210507_9977
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Calyx glabrous, ciliate; auricles prominent, entire, not elongating in fruit, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America (Ballard).
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JK Marlow jkm210507_9979
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190726_0277
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves basal, long-stalked, the 3-parted lateral segments 3-5 cleft, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Ben Geer Keys bgk1654_a
Month Unknown
Unique in that the orange tips of the stamens protrude conspicuously, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola pedata var. pedata
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola pedata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola pedata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola pedata var. pedata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola pedata var. pedata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola pedata var. pedata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-001:
Viola pedata
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Viola pedata var. lineariloba
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Viola pedata var. pedata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola pedata
1654
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry rocky or sandy forests, woodlands, glades, and roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaves glabrous
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Petals beardless
5 sepals
5 petals
5 exserted stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p282
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p198
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p189
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p016
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p034
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p418
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p052
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p154
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p350
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p077
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p100
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p102
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p090
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