Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

1657
Weakley's Flora ( 3/8/10 ): Violaceae
Viola rostrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Violaceae
Viola rostrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Violaceae
130-02-023
Viola rostrata

Common Name:
Long-spurred Violet

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in mesic forests, often under Tsuga, per Weakley's Flora



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...Moist

Leaves:
Simple
Plant caulescent
Leaves glabrous or with short stiff trichomes along the midrib above

Flower:
Spring
Pale bluish-violet ... with a dark eye
Bilaterally symmetrical
Petals beardless
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

Fruit:
Spring
Capsule

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p190
Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p018
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p056
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p121
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p157
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p101
Wildflowers of Tennessee p079
Wildflowers of the Eastern US p052




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March
Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park

 

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March
Greenville County SC
Mountain Bridge Passage Trail

 

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April
Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

No petals are bearded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

 

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April
Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges

 

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May
Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Often found under Hemlock, per Weakley's Flora.

 

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May
Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

An infallible field mark of this species is its spur, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.

 

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