OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola primulifolia   FAMILY Violaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola ×primulifolia [lanceolata × macloskeyi]   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola primulifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)

Viola primulifolia var. primulifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)

Viola primulifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Viola ×primulifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-015:

Viola primulifolia   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola primulifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Primrose-leaf Violet


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image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu53183

April    Rabun County    GA

Tallulah Gorge

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm080419_009

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm080419_017

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm130430_889

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm200403_3430

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm210423_9692

April    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm210423_9703

April    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvprimulifolia_pc1

April    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvprimulifolia_pc3

April    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

JK Marlow    s080419_a

April    Greenville County    SC

Leaf blade tissue decurrent on the petiole, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu53133

May    Habersham County    GA

Tallulah Gorge

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm080503_053

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_viola_primulifolia_3

May        

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm210603_0960

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230609_4021

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Viola primulifolia, Primrose-leaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm210710_2087

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola primulifolia   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola ×primulifolia [lanceolata × macloskeyi]   FAMILY Violaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola primulifolia var. primulifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola primulifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola ×primulifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-015:
Viola primulifolia   FAMILY Violaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1655

Forb
Perennial/Winter annual

Habitat: bogs, wet savannas, pocosins, sandhill streamhead ecotones, moist organic soils along small streams, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Margins crenate
Leaves glabrous or pubescent

FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded slightly, or sometimes beardless
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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